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Baza Barbershop No1 sign Samarkand Uzbekistan brick wall

Baza Barbershop №1 in Samarkand: No Nonsense, No Rotating Poles, Just a Good Haircut

Tinder app icon on iPhone screen in China

Tinder in China: Blocked, But There's a Fix

Grindr chat in China — real conversation about the app working behind the Great Firewall

Grindr in China: Two Weeks of Personal Testing

wide highway in Furongzhen in the evening, sparse traffic

Furongzhen (Furong Town, 芙蓉镇): The Transit Stop Nobody Talks About

Photo of the Vietnamese border crossing

UD1 and UD2 Visas in Vietnam: A Breakdown from Someone Who Actually Lives Here

An exterior photo of the Furong Town Gaolaozhuang Inn

Furong Town Gaolaozhuang Inn: A quiet nest 30 minutes from the waterfall