Tonight, I am flying to Athens, Greece, from where I would begin my one month journey through one of the past decade's hot spots, the Balkans of southeastern...
Thessaloniki, Greek Macedonia & Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: A Tale of Two Macedonias Thessaloniki, old Salonika. Pearl of the Aegean, Second City of the...
Belgrade, Serbia: Broken dreams and phoenix rising from ashes Belgrade, the White City. Capital of Serbia and the soon-to-be-abolished Yugoslav Federation, at...
Since my last update from Belgrade, Serbia, I have been having a nice time in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Mostar) and southern Croatia...
Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska): A gentle people at odds with the world WeeCheng travels to the Serb Republic expecting to find some battlehard...
Sarajevo & Mostar, Bosnia-Herzogovina: Paradise Lost and Recovering Imagine a mini-Istanbul with all its Ottoman minarets, throw in some Catholic spires and...
Croatia: Croatia: Tales of Tragedies, A Grand Old Republic and 21st Century Mass Tourism "I am 56 and my two sons were killed in the war, aged 20 and 26" ...
Montenegro or Bust: A 1,500 km Rush Around the Balkans in 48 Hours After sunny Croatia, I decided to proceed to Montenegro, the junior partner in what remains...
Montenegro: Beach Bums, Mountain People And Dreams of Independence I arrived in Bar, Montenegro, now Yugoslavia’s only port, and perhaps not for nuch longer....
I know this story is somewhat long, but the part of my journey it relates to was unusual. It tells the story of a people currently under siege and very...
In Kalabaka, central Greece now. Started off the day in Gjokastar, southern Albania. Got onto the early mornng bus or Greece. 10 km away from the border, my...
Albania: Land of Teletubbie Bunkers ; Surviving An Accident and What It Meant Albania, some say, is a dangerous country. Many remember the period in the late...
WeeCheng's Russian Adventure Starts Today! Tonight I will be taking a three-night-two-day bus journey across northern Europe to Moscow. This is the beginning...
Newsflash: Back in Singapore; Journey disrupted by family bereavement Dear All, I am now in Singapore. Last Thursday night in Yaroslavl, north Russia, on...
Kaliningrad, Russia: In search of long lost Konigsberg, East Prussia If you look at the map of Europe, you would notice a small chunk of Russian territory...
Moscow: A New Age Buddhist Preaches the Bible to a Corrupt Policeman on the Red Square; And About Police Racism in Russia Back in Moscow from Kaliningrad, I...
After a few days in the Caspian Sea Oil Boom Town - Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, I am now in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan. This is the country where...
Baku, Azerbaijan: Short foray in Boom Town Baku – capital of Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that lies north of Iran, west of the Caspian Sea and the...
Asgabat, Turkmenistan: Admiring The Beloved Great Leader's Book in the City of Love Asgabat, City of Love in the Farsi (Iranian) language, capital of...
St Petersburg & the Russian North-West: Imperial glories, an ancient republic and a foray into the Arctic; Ready for Siberia! St Petersburg. The name evokes...
Gigantic Lenin head, Buddhist prayer flags, Mongolian boy band posters, nomads and wild horses, striptease clubs and casinos. Welcome to Ulan Ude, capital of...
Trans-Siberian Railway: Life and Fun across 9000 kilometers of taiga, steppes and plain wilderness Siberia – the name chills. Siberia, to many, invokes...
Mongolia: In search of the furry Mongolian groundhog and how a some Singaporeans became local stars on the steppes “Autumn is the time for delicious...
Northwest China: Did Genghis Khan lost his organ¡oops¡, in China ? As my train rolled into Hohhot, I wandered if I have mistakenably gotten onto a train...
I am now in Shangri-La, previously named Zhongdian. This is a small town in northwestern Yunnan Province in China, and site of the legendary paradise called...
Across the heart of China: Buy a Mao statue and win the lottery! After a wonderful time in Ningxia, I took an overnight train across the dusty, yellowish loess...
Yunnan Province, China: An encounter with Dr Ho, the legendary Taoist Doctor of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain The gentle autumn winds blowing across the...
Laos: Lazy Days Along the Mekong Mohan, Yunnan Province, China. This dusty, cowboy town sits right on the border with Laos, with three hotels, a few Sichuan...
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