Terra Nullius, by Ned Donovan

Policing at the Speed of London

Before the lights, there is always a voice.

Sep 8 • 

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March 2025

Lost in (Google) Translation

As I eased myself into the steaming waters of a hot spring bath at the remote countryside inn, the stillness was gently broken by the murmur of an…

Mar 5 • 

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December 2024

Field Notes: Bangkok

In addition to my longer posts, I am going to be publishing short reports from my travels that focus on cities and what to do there.

Dec 9, 2024 • 

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October 2024

I Took The World's Longest Nonstop Flight

And lost my mind in the process

Oct 25, 2024 • 

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A Traveler's Survival Guide to Bureaucracy Across Borders

The ceiling fan spun lazily above, barely shifting the heat in the crowded FRRO office.

Oct 22, 2024 • 

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Scattered, Smothered, and Sacred

A Midnight Vigil at Waffle House

Oct 7, 2024 • 

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September 2024

England's Lost Monastic World

The cheap cup and saucer rattled slightly in the elderly monk’s hands as he opened the coffee urn’s tap.

Sep 30, 2024 • 

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June 2024

The Country That Didn't Exist

But crashed the British economy

Jun 24, 2024 • 

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All We Can Be Is Tourists Now

For most of humanity’s history, our tallest mountains and in particular Mount Everest have been realms entirely separate from those on earth. In ancient…

Jun 17, 2024 • 

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April 2024

The Great Diamond Hoax

Two frontiersmen wandered into the main branch of the Bank of California. Philip Arnold and John Slack, their faces weathered by the frontier sun and…

Apr 26, 2024 • 

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The Country That Ran on Cocaine and Yoga

As naval shells exploded amongst the terracotta tiles of Fiume’s roofs, throwing red dust and debris across his little Adriatic paradise, Gabriele…

Apr 15, 2024 • 

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X Marks the Spot - Our Hunt for Gold

Legendary lost Malaysian gold and other treasure mysteries to captivate us for generations

Apr 8, 2024 • 

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