Travel Stories

Meeting a friend of the way in Melaka.

I can’t say that I ever imagined doing this.

I get a look at the inner workings of how the ghost city narrative was created and maintained.

Crossing borders in and out of Xinjiang proved to be unexpectedly problematic. Is this a sign of challenges to come as I continue traveling along the New Silk Road?

Lawrence Hamilton touches on the aspect of China that seems to keep so many travelers netted for so long. For all the things that China is, one thing that it surely isn’t is boring.

Bad Mike is rescued but not saved from himself.

The rains begin as Kashmir enters its worst flooding in a century. The only thing to eat is rancid cabbage. The mountains begin crumbling and sliding, taking out villages and anything laying in their path. Though a hero emerges with a prize and a message of love. It can only get worse from here.

Fifteen years ago the island of Batam was nothing but forests in an obscure part of Indonesia. Now it is a vibrant boomtown with over a million people looking for something better.

Lawrence Hamilton recounts his first look at Pakistan in 2005.