Taipei, Taiwan
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Taiwanese Obama.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Taiwanese Obama.
I was invited to stop by CNN International on my way through Hong Kong.
On the Mag-Lev to Shanghai airport; the world's fastest train. The trip lasts just over 7 minutes. It takes 5 minutes to reach top speed, then pretty much immediately starts to break. I'm gonna go out on a limb and … Continue reading
Unwittingly stumbled into Beijing on the last night of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Once the sun goes down, this happens on every third street corner: There are no barriers or safety precautions of any kind. Cars weave around … Continue reading
Taking in the big show at the Children's Palace in Pyongyang; a dazzling spectacle of kids on parade below projected footage of Kim Jong Il looking at things. I've got to hand it to him, he is totally pulling off … Continue reading
This is harder than it looks — unless it looks really hard, then it's exactly as hard as it looks.
Only in PNG does a mob of angry citizens lynching a crocodile go below the fold.
Teaching the Huli Wigmen to do the hitchhiker.
This is Luke Yaparia. He has 18 wives and 48 children. He also mentioned he's killed 6 people, so at the end of the day, he's up by 42.
I am back in the Solomon Islands to finish a quest I started three years ago. Here's the backstory. The man on the right in the video is Wilson. I found him at his house, sitting in the same … Continue reading