I used to write a lot.
Outside Go // The Man Who Cried Fowl: Forget turkey. Hong Kong’s bird master, Ho Tong Fung, will sway you to the sublime ways of the roast goose. (Note: I won a Lowell Thomas Travel Award for this piece).
The Christian Science Monitor // An orphaned Koranic prodigy finds his place in the world: A Hong Kong mosque rallies to save Umar Khatab - who has nearly memorized the whole Muslim holy book - from being sent back to Pakistan where he has no family to care for him.
The Smart Set // Dear John: Almost half the world lacks access to a commode. On World Toilet Day, we consider its impact on longevity, safety, education, and even tourism. (Bonus: Do you square in the East or Southeast Asian manner?)
The Christian Science Monitor // Iceland’s new island is an exclusive club—for scientists only: UN World Heritage site that no tourist will ever set foot on, Iceland’s Surtsey is a fresh geologic creation reserved for research.
The Smart Set // Bobby Fischer Read Here: He rose to fame as an international chess genius, but spent his last days in the back corner of a sleepy Reykjavik bookstore
The Smart Set // Boomtown on the Barents: Hammerfest was a struggling fishing village deep in the Arctic Circle. Then the energy company came. And the Russian fighter jets.
Iceland Review // A Vault for Humanity: Next September, the Svalbard International Seed Vault will start accepting aluminum foil packets containing arguably the world’s most important resource: seeds. Think of this structure tucked away in one of the most desolate places on earth as a fail-safe life insurance policy, saving the world’s crops for a very rainy day.
TK more to come.
