“because she would not believe that she was no different than her parents, that seeing him as only Korean—good or bad—was the same as seeing him only as a bad Korean. She could not see his humanity, and Noah realized that this was what he wanted most of all: to be seen as human.” “PatriotismContinue reading “Korea & Japan: Pachinko”
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Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos: The Dragon Apparent
It’s 1951. Most of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos (together called Indo-China) is under French colonial influence and the rest under Communist supported Viet Minh rule. There’s a full blown war going on between the French and the Viet-Minh. Three more years till France officially quits Indochina and four more years till the 19 year longContinue reading “Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos: The Dragon Apparent”
Peru: Turn Right at Machu Picchu
“On a globe it looks like a swollen California. Within that space, though, are twenty-thousand-foot peaks, the world’s deepest canyon (twice as deep as the Grand Canyon), unmapped Amazon jungle and the driest desert on earth.” The book talks about the author’s weeks long trek to Machu Picchu and other Inca sites around Cusco, retracingContinue reading “Peru: Turn Right at Machu Picchu”
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