Posted in Geography of Asia, tagged around the world, date line, jet lag, time on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
June 25, 1988.
In the early morning hours, as Europe is still chasing unfinished dreams, noon has crossed the nineteenth meridian. As I wake up, my first thoughts are to imagine a wet torpor wrapping up midday hours in a mythic, exotic and remote Orient; a reality as of tomorrow.
A few hours flight suffice [...]
Posted in Geography of Asia on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Like a shadow puppet on the blafard horizon, a tree is cut out against a fireball. This it how mandarins write the character for East. Middle Kingdom (1), country of the Fresh and Calm Mornings (2), island where the Sun Rises (3), this is the Far East of the Westerners. Beyond Japan and the Sakhalin [...]
