Stories

Oman: touching the heaven’s doors

WE, IN THE WESTERN WORLD, have plenty of doors.  Front doors for who really matters to us:[…]

Fashion in Saudi Arabia or, la vie en…black! 

I’VE GOT NEWS. Fashion in Saudi Arabia is at its peak.  What? You don’t believe me?  Look[…]

Uzbekistan: Open-air food markets and the ABCs of haggling well.

ARE YOU AN OVERZEALOUS FOODIE who compels himself to go through the horrors of trying every imaginable[…]

A Fool in Istanbul, Adventures of a self denying workaholic. By Carol Vorvain. Excerpt

CHAPTER 14 My dearest Zoey, Won’t you tell me the meaning of this distance? The meaning of[…]

Why Not? The island where happiness starts with a question. By Carol Vorvain. Excerpt.

CHAPTER 3 – A machete unexpectedly prompts a visit to the local church ~ Local delicacy: rotting fish ~[…]

When Dreams are Calling. By Carol Vorvain. Excerpt.

CHAPTER 31 – A Knot, Some Words and We’re All Done First they were two: Adam and Eve,Then,[…]

When Dreams are Calling by Carol Vorvain – A selection of quotes

If we juggle everything at once, we might drop the most important piece and not even notice.[…]

Love goes round and round and around. The Asian kingdom where polyandry is still alive.

They’ll say you are bador perhaps you are mador at least youshould stay undercover.Your mind must be[…]

Ema Datshi – Delicious Memories From the Himalayas. Featured in Tashi Delek magazine.

Love Letter to the Bhutanese Ema Datshi My love, Life is a string of things that end[…]

The Power of the Penis

The penis, a “ridiculous petitioner,” as the novelist William Gass has called it, “unreliable, though everything depends[…]