PinnedJoshua Samuel BrownFlipping Bird Flu the BirdAuthor’s Note: Bird flu is trending again, which brings me back to December, 2005. H5N1 was sweeping across the globe, and the windows of…Jun 193Jun 193
PinnedJoshua Samuel BrownOn Tour with Genghis Khan, Bruce Lee and Chiang Kai-shekAuthor’s Note: My last couple of years on the road for Lonely Planet coincided with my first couple of years working as a tour guide…May 273May 273
Joshua Samuel BrowninTravel MemoirsA Wedding of Chance and OmenI find myself an honored guest at a tribal wedding involving augury, booze, and a traditional kidnapping2d ago62d ago6
Joshua Samuel BrowninCatnessA Hong Kong Cat’s Tale (Redux)Your humble narrator joins a crack team of feline wranglers in Hong Kong. But will politics kill the cat colony?4d ago54d ago5
Joshua Samuel BrownHello! I just published a cat story on my own profile, yet again not thinking about submitting it…Can I be added as a writer so I can publish the next one through Catness?6d ago16d ago1
Joshua Samuel BrownMonks, Baguettes and Rock & Roll (Eight Days in Laos)Author’s Note: Monks, Baguettes and Rock & Roll was the first international travel story I ever published (in the now-defunct China News…Jun 814Jun 814
Joshua Samuel BrownA Year in the Isles of WindAuthor’s Note: A Year in the Isles of Wind was originally published in 2009 in Topics Magazine (Taiwan). It’s a personal account of a year…May 234May 234
Joshua Samuel BrownNight At the Bison(Author’s Note: I spent the summer and autumn of 1999 honing my journalist chops as a live-in semi intern with a magazine called Beijing…May 202May 202