Pedaling to Shangri-La

“What would possess you to do such a thing?”

This is a question Claire and I get from Americans when they hear of our tandem bicycle travels in third-world countries and our perseverance in spite of difficult conditions. Of… Read the rest

“Same Same” (but different)

A knock off, a fake, a facsimile. Piracy in Vietnam floods the streets like monsoon rains. Street vendors of old Saigon sling armloads of poor representations of original art, music, movies and books.

Wrapped in plastic as carefully as… Read the rest

Our opinions in 22 languages

We are pleased to be able to offer automated translations for most JustOneOpinion.com pages and articles. The service is now available for our main/home page. All pages can be translated to your preferred language by selecting the country flag… Read the rest

Shangri-la exists!

If you haven’t yet checked in on Bob and Claire Rogers and their trip across China and southeast Asia, please take a moment and click on one of the links in the sidebar and go check out their progress.… Read the rest

Return to Taiwan, Island in the Sun

Editor’s Note: As Bob and Claire Rogers continue their amazing cycling trip, our attention has been focused on all things “Asian.” Chi Newman offered to let us publish this adaptation of her article that describes her recent trip

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On the road to Shangri-La

James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon described a mystical, harmonious semi-paradise, gently guided by ageless Tibetan monks from a lamasery situated high above a peaceful valley enclosed within the western end of the Kunlun Mountains.

This wonderous place called… Read the rest