Ramadan started this week. This is the Muslim holy month of fasting. I’m told life is going to change. The Islamic calendar is a lunar one and Ramadan starts with the new […]
Ramadan
Down at the D.M.V
Not really at the DMV, but it sure felt like it. After being here nearly a year, I finally got my Indonesian driver’s license. I’m afraid this blurb will not do the […]
S.A.M-Travel Insecurity
I read on the news wires recently about how the TSA failed to find some 90% of illegal items when inspectors tried to get them through. Here in Indonesia it seems […]
America: Head and Shoulders Above the Rest
Secret Asian Man returned to North America for a brief time recently for work and pleasure. It was so refreshing to walk in cities with only limited amounts of trash in the […]
This Week in Virginity… and Other Moral Legislation
There has been a lot of legal news in Indonesia in the last few months. Much morality has been legislated and enforced. Some of it you’ve probably read. The government here carried […]
Kathmandu
“Buddha was Born in Nepal” was emblazoned on the front window of a bus. One of the first things I saw when I woke in Kathmandu, Nepal. And thus begins this tale […]
A Drive in the Park
May Day is a national holiday in Indonesia and it fell on a Friday making for a 3 day weekend. The offspring’s prior plans, though, precluded taking full advantage. Mrs. S.A.M and […]
PNG n Mi
I was back in Port Moresby recently. If you read my last entry on the place, you’ll understand I had some trepidation about returning. Not much has changed. Actually, that’s not quite […]
A Tale of Two Airlines
Here’s a brief comparison of two very different airlines, SingaporeAirlines and Air Niugini. Both are actually comparably priced. Air Niugini has a pretty solid monopoly on the Papua New Guinea market, so […]
Follow the Rules
I had a conversation with a co-worker the other day. She’s Indonesian and an intrepid traveller. She just got back from a trip to Japan and was remarking about how she managed […]
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