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SKYPARK BASE JUMP | TLog

Friday, January 27th, 2012

I lived in Singapore for a year, but it was prior to the Marina Bay Sands Skypark being built. This structure looks like something out of Star Wars, or something designed by H.R. Giger (which would make it ‘Alien’, I realize that, but work with us here!) Now, imagine jumping off it into Singaporean traffic!
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LOST IN TOKYO | TLog

Friday, January 13th, 2012

If Sofia’s Coppola’s film, ‘Lost In Translation’, is a favorite of yours (it is one of ours), then you’ll love this twist on being ‘lost’ in Tokyo. Photographer Mark Bramley has a very good eye, and a keen sense of humor, too.
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WE WERE WANDERERS | TLog

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

As we’ve said before, travelogs these days come in all shapes and forms. While this isn’t your typical TLog (which is why we chose it), it evokes a timeless sense of place. Add the words of author Joseph Conrad and a simple music score, and you are transported into the heart of Malaysia.
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DRAGON SMOKE

Friday, June 11th, 2010

I smoked opium once. I saw God.
They say God has many faces. In this instance, she took the form of an elderly Asian woman dressed head to toe in black. She hovered above me – a face creased with age, framed with straight gray hair and punctuated with a toothy, betel nut-stained smile. Who knew [...]


TRAVEL WITH A BITE

Monday, June 7th, 2010

EXCLUSIVE TO WANDERISM – Woody Allen once said, “Man does not live by bread alone. Frequently there must be a beverage.”
Bread, in its myriad forms throughout the world, is a dietary staple, unless, of course, you find yourself in Southeast Asia. When I lived in Singapore the only Westernized version of bread I could [...]