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The view from Guava Ground
1991 • 6,150 words • Reportage & Criticism
There were storms below us in the John Crow Mountains, where the Black River meets the Rio Grande. The plane was bucking in the high… more»
This year in Bhutan
September 2003 • 7,074 words • Reportage & Criticism
I was walking in the mountains of western Bhutan, with a guide and two muleteers, along the high path that leads from Thimphu to Paro, from the capital of this pocket-sized Himalayan state to its only airport. … more»
São Paulo, 1987
1987 • 5,118 words • Reportage & Criticism
It’s a short flight from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, from the Guanabara Bay up over the coastal escarpment to the high plateau. In… more»
Paul Theroux’s peevish passages
1 November 2002 • 1,390 words • Reportage & Criticism
Half way into his journey through Africa, Paul Theroux is standing by the… more»
Lisbon, 1986
1986 • 4,864 words • Reportage & Criticism
It’s autumn in Lisbon—October, going on November. The elections are over; tourists have departed; the chestnut season is just beginning. On the outskirts of the… more»
Don’t be sad! Listen to this story!
1988 • 4,400 words • Reportage & Criticism
At Lingshi the mail-runner cried in his sleep. His father was sick. He dreamed he died. I dreamed I had long hair and no hat and lived in the forest on precious stones. They were rubies, dragon food … more»
Bringing it all back home
March 1989 • 1,008 words • Reportage & Criticism
Serpentine Gallery catalogue, 1989 Some travellers never return. They become villagers instead. This happened to a man I know, the symbolist of Itaparica. An American landscape… more»
The limbo of the transit lounge
1998 • 761 words • City of Words
I’m not afraid of flying, but I have a dread of airports: of the limbo of the transit lounge; the horrid bustle of the check-in; the… more»
