Travels in the EastAdventures and contemplations throughout the world by a master storyteller, critic, and expatriate writer. |
Contents
Foreword by Stephen Mansfield | 9 |
Map | 20 |
The Primordial | 31 |
The World As It Used to Be | 39 |
Land of Yesterday and Tomorrow | 48 |
Inside the Forbidden City | 57 |
The Old Capital of Luang Prabang | 63 |
The Other Treasures of Angkor | 70 |
North South and Middle | 82 |
The Ruins of Sukothai 88 At Mae Hong | 96 |
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Ainu airport ancient Angkor appear Asakusa asked beach beauty Bhutan boat Buddha Buddhism Burma called capital carved century China climbing colors crowds distance Donald Richie enormous everything famous feel feet feng shui Flaubert Forbidden City forest gates gaze girls Hmong Hokkaido hundred Iban imperial island Japan Japanese jungle Khmer Korea Kunisaki lake land Laos live long house look Luang Prabang Luxor Mingun Mongolia Mongolian wrestling monks mountains natural nearly neighbors Nile Noto once one’s palace paradise past peninsula perhaps pleasure Preah Khan remains Richie river road rock roof ruins Saigon Satsuma Satsuma Peninsula seems seen shaman sitting smiled somehow spirit stand stare stone garden streets Sukothai temple Thailand Thimpu things thought Tokyo told tourist traditional trees turn village visitors walk window women wonder Yapese Yoshiwara young Zhou Daguan