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I Should Have Stayed Home

Chinese public holidays are the worst time to travel in China. Why? Because it’s when…

Benjamin Williams16 July 2016

Laos Travel Tales

The Road Not Taken: Revelations and Bus Stations

There are those moments when stark realizations overlay themselves on what you are experiencing in…

Benjamin Williams08 July 2016

Laos Travel Tales

Breaking Out of Luang Prabang

The word is out there about Luang Prabang. UNESCO town. Beautiful architecture. Stunning riverside landscape…

Benjamin Williams22 June 2016

Laos Travel Tales

Muang Sing: A Foggy Dawn in the Morning Market

If there is one spot all the guides of Muang Sing say is a “must…

Benjamin Williams07 March 2016

Laos Travel Tales

Muang Sing: Fleeting Friendships in the Night Market

This is where I found myself; I had been away from the United States for…

Benjamin Williams18 November 2015

Laos Travel Tales

The Rough Road to Muang Sing

A prelude; This is a draft that has been sitting on my computer for…

Benjamin Williams29 January 2015

Long-Term Travel Travel Tales Vietnam

My Sundown in South East Asia

The decision came at the end of the road. In Hanoi, I had hit the…

Benjamin Williams23 December 2014

Curious Places Thailand Travel Tales

Koh Phayam: The Deserted Island Dream

Looks like a kangaroo. Legends you hear in passing without knowing anything about seem to…

Benjamin Williams14 June 2014

Curious Places Thailand Travel Tales

Death Railway’s End and the H.I.V. Staircase

The official name for the Death Railway was the Thailand-Burma Railway when it was being…

Benjamin Williams31 May 2014

Curious Places Thailand Travel Tales

The Death Railway: Just Along for the Ride

It was a legendary railroad, but a late start leaving everyone else behind in Kanchanaburi.…

Benjamin Williams29 May 2014

Hi all, my name is Ben. I’m a native Michigander with a passion for human culture and new places, and more than that, new experiences. I have degrees in archaeology and writing, pursuing a career in the latter. However, I never quite lost that fascination with archaeological theory. For the past 12 years, I’ve been living and travelling in Asia, Europe, and North America documenting ancient sites and the peoples who built them, and then adapting them into practical archaeological travel information at PathsUnwritten.com.

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Travel Tales

I Should Have Stayed Home

The Road Not Taken: Revelations and Bus Stations

Breaking Out of Luang Prabang

Muang Sing: A Foggy Dawn in the Morning Market

Muang Sing: Fleeting Friendships in the Night Market

The Rough Road to Muang Sing

My Sundown in South East Asia

Koh Phayam: The Deserted Island Dream

Death Railway’s End and the H.I.V. Staircase

The Death Railway: Just Along for the Ride

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