Month of July , 2001

Trans-Atlantic Travelogue #12 - Olivet, France Every year on the summer solstice musicians gather in town squares and strut their stuff, due to the Minister of Culture. America should have a Minister of Culture, I hereby nominate Kurt Vonnegut.	Trans-Atlantic Travelogue #13 - Olivet, France Continued engine problems mean England will have to wait until mid-July. This leaves plenty of time for 500 Run Rummy and reading books.

Trans-Atlantic Travelogue #1 - Spokane, Washington, USA We're already behind schedule and over budget, but the excitement is really building and we're almost into the rhythm of the thing.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #17: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part I - Nepal and Tibet Arriving shortly after the royal family massacre, it's only after passing an effigy that Paul feels a sense of danger.
Paul Kan's Asia Journal #19: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part III - Nepal and Tibet The most interesting monasteries are outside Lhasa, just beware the yak butter.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #20: Introduction and Itinerary - Asia How it all began, and where it's all going.
Paul Kan's Asia Journal #18: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part II - Nepal and Tibet The monastery seems to have given way to the marketplace, even around the mighty Potala.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #16: June 22-26, Seoul, Korea - South Korea If one city in Asia seemed distinctly more Western than other Asian cities, yet also distinctly proud of its own national heritage, it was Seoul.
Paul Kan's Asia Journal #15: June 15-21, Tokyo, Kyoto & Nara, Part III - Japan Understanding Japan is difficult, if not impossible for a foreigner, but despite its contradictions Paul can't help but like the place.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #14: June 15-21, Tokyo, Kyoto & Nara, Part II - Japan Kyoto feels like a laid-back college town, but it rains too hard to even run out for some grub.

Paul Kan's Asia Journal #13: June 15-21, Tokyo, Kyoto & Nara, Part I - Japan Need to get around Hong Kong or Tokyo airports? Paul can show you the way.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #12: June 8-13, Saigon & the Mekong Delta - Vietnam It is all like coming home again, with familiar faces and a feeling of comfort and hospitality all around. How can he leave?
Paul Kan's Asia Journal #11: June 1-7, Cambodia, Part II - Cambodia Paul resumes his travelogue back with Cambodia, in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat. But he can't figure out why everyone seems so eerily nice.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #10: Sept. 11-Oct. 25, New York City Interlude - New York City, New York, U.S.A. We haven't heard from Paul for a while. Between illness in Asia, and returning home to NYC just before the Sept. 11 attacks, he's been out of commission. But now it's time to get back to writing.
Paul Kan's Asia Journal #9: June 1-7, Cambodia, Part I - Cambodia Don't motorbike and film at the same time, especially in "chicken village".	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #8: May 28-3, Bangkok & East Thailand - Thailand Forget Bangkok's sex shows ï¿½ buy knock-off brand merchandise instead!
Paul Kan's Asia Journal #7: May 6-24, Yunnan & Guanxi, Part III - China Paul comments on Chinese and Asian values, how life and society change, and how Westerners should not be so quick to judge such different cultures.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #6: May 6-24, Yunnan & Guanxi, Part II - China Courtesy abounds, new friends are made, but poverty also rears its head.

Paul Kan's Asia Journal #5: May 6-24, Yunnan & Guanxi, Part I - China Silence, order, balance; the contrast to Vietnam's seeming bustle and disorder leaves Paul both surprised and relaxed.	Paul Kan's Asia Journal #4: Apr. 14-May 3, Vietnam, Part II - Vietnam Fifty years of warfare have not been able to steal away or destroy the beauty of Vietnam or its people.