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The Wallflowers Of Delhi: Faulty Memory India, Part One
In which our narrator tries to come to terms with a first real trip in the most populous country on earth.
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A Snowy Walk At The Top Of The World; Faulty Memory Nepal
In which our narrator takes like 5,000 words to describe one sunrise.
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Get a Job, Raining! Faulty Memory China, Part Three
In which our narrator finally goes to work.
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A Brief Interlude About Finding A Place To Live And Failing To Blend In: Faulty Memory Series China, Part Two
In which our narrator looks for a home and gets shouted at frequently.
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The Long, Silly Road to Hangzhou: Faulty Memory China, Part One
In which our narrator makes a slow-motion rash decision to drag his dog across the world.
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Is This Even A Real Job? Faulty Memory China, Introduction
In which our narrator recycles some old writing from an abandoned book about living in China and passes it off as new material.
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That Bell No Longer Tolls: Faulty Memory Japan, Part Three
In which our hero thinks he learned about parking garages and saw where the world ended.
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Graveyards And Heated Floors: Faulty Memory Japan, Part Two
In which our hero attempts to recall being welcomed into a Japanese home and being screamed at by schoolchildren in (probably) unconnected incidents.
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Adrift In The World's Biggest City: Faulty Memory Japan, Part One
Lessons not learned from Mario Kart, or its unlicensed real-world equivalent, MariCar.
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