| 2007 |
Archived Articles |
| October |
The Pattaya Beach Drug Connection by
Dodie Cross.
Newly married and living in Pattaya Beach, Dodie Cross is struck by a painful infection in an intimate body part. In a hilarious Postcard from the Edge, she describes her desperate journey to seek relief, featuring an overly polite driver, a dusty drugstore -- and a pharmacist who shouts out something very embarrassing.
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| February |
The Runaway Bride by
Catherine Jones.
Staying with relatives in Messina, Catherine Jones can't escape a mounting
sense that something important is about to happen - but she doesn't speak
Italian, and no one seems willing to explain in the languages she does know.
Find out what she only learned after her departure.
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| 2006 |
Archived Articles |
| July |
Mosquito Hunting in Japan by Kevin Krikke.
According to Canadian expatriate and teacher Kevin Krikke,
Japanese mosquitoes are as relentlessly efficient as their car-making
compatriots. Kevin stalks one of the biting creatures in the middle of a hot July night -- until he discovers the surprising solution that lets him and his wife get back to sleep |
| March |
The Strange Affair of Srey Pim: Love, Loss and Confusion in Cambodia by Antonio Graceffo.
Living in Phnom Penh, writer and adventurer Antonio Graceffo feels a slight attraction to Srey Pim, an employee of the guesthouse where he's staying. To his frustration, he finds out that he can't ask her on a date unless they're engaged -- but he has no intention of proposing to someone he hardly knows. Join Antonio as he talks his way out of this cross-cultural minefield, in his hilarious and definitely not politically correct Postcard from the Edge
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| February |
Private Parts in a Public Park by Gillian Bland.
Gillian Bland, a teacher in Nakatsugawa, was invited by a colleague and a teenaged student to see one of the town's most famous sights. To her embarrassed surprise, the landmark turned out to resemble some of the more intimate parts of the human anatomy.
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| 2005 |
Archived Articles |
| January |
Neh: Learning "No" in Bulgaria by Bonnie Carlson.
It's hard enough to struggle with a foreign language, but when physical
gestures have different meanings as well, things can quickly go wrong. For
American expatriate Bonnie Carlson, a trip to buy cleaning liquid in Sofia
turned into a memorable experience and a lesson in communication across
cultural boundaries.
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| 2004 |
Archived Articles |
| September |
If You Want
Adventure, You Have to Buy a Ticket First by Antonio Graceffo.
Adventure writer Antonio Graceffo's quest to explore China's Taklamakan
Desert ends in misery and frustration -- before he even gets out of
the travel agency! |
| 2003 |
Archived Articles |
| November |
Back
in the USSR: Sportsmen in their underwear, naked winter swimmers,
cross-dressing teenaged girls, and gold-toothed women with young gigolos
at their sides -- Tamar Donovan bares all the quirkiness of the former
Soviet Union.
|
| July |
The Hoof:
If you think French food is all about refined, elegant foods like
pâté de fois gras or éclairs de chocolat, Ciarra Chavarria's The Hoof,
will have you rethinking that concept.
|
| May |
SARS
and the City: Foreigners stand out enough as it is on the streets
of Beijing, but these days, just try being a foreigner without a mask.
Author Fritz Galt tells us what that's like.
|
| February |
Three
Island Postcards: Big rusted guns, women who can hold their breath
for minutes at a time, and pigs that feed on crap - literally - are
the subjects of our latest Postcards from the Edge by journalist David
Cox, who sends them from the Pacific islands of Saipan and Jejudo.
|
| 2002 |
Archived Articles |
| October |
Postcards from
the Edge of the Table - Food Tales from Overseas: Oh, those strange
and wacky foreign foods - what would we do without them? Well, we
might feel a lot less revolted, for one thing. No, you won't find
any heartwarming, "eat in the name of world peace and tolerance" stories
here: In our latest Postcards from the Edge feature, writer Matt Comeskey
tells the hilarious story of a wayward eel bone, members of the Spousesview
email group relate their food nightmares, and Troy Vesper dreams of
a very American kind of food heaven. See if your food nightmares and
dreams match the ones here! .
|
| June |
World
Cup Dispatches: More World Cup Madness! Fans in Turkey and South
Korea are delirious with joy after their victories over the "big"
teams. Italian fans, on the other hand, are crying "foul." Join our
expat reporters on the ground in Ankara, Seoul and Rome.
|
| June |
Crowd-Watching
at the World Cup: When both teams are guests, who do you cheer
for? See who Korean fans favored in the historic U.S.-Portugal World
Cup upset.
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| 2001 |
Archived Articles |
| April |
A Fruitless-and
Fruitful-Search in Crete. Writer Anthony Cox tries to explain
a little conversation he had in the middle of nowhere on the island
of Crete. |
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| 2000 |
Archived Articles |
| November |
Borderline Sins by Andy Fletcher.
This accomplished writer has appeared in our pages before with his
frantically funny look at Shanghai. Now he explores
the much-too-calm world of Swiss border police. |
| August |
Sao Paulo Becomes an Addams Family
Nightmare by Sol Biderman. Gravediggers demand payoffs from mourning
families.
|
| May |
The Armed Forces Network
by Francesca Kelly. The Americans? Or the Nazis? Our Editor-in-Chief
couldn't tell for sure while watching Armed Forces TV one day. |
