South Asia

The Winged City

Mechanics and Protocol The Skytrain is approaching the platform. Please stand clear and make way for alighting passengers. Open twenty-four hours. Gates open three hours before scheduled departure time. Follow the signs to customs clearance and immigration. Photography of the…
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This Week in Photos

This post takes us through all but the last two days of a six-month trip that ends twelve hours from the time published at the bottom of this post. I’d really like to skip ahead those twelve hours and maybe…
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This Week in Photos

Homeless and destitute in Rangoon. Domes. Birds on a wire. Thatched green roofs at the labyrinthine, colonial-era Rangoon Central train station. Ghosts in transit. Religion and the state at Rangoon Central. Footballs at the station. Footballs crossing the road. For…
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