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Pakse, Laos
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The first light of dawn spread like gilded silk over the Mekong River, its currents whispering secrets to the riverbanks of Pakse. In the heart of Champasak Province, the city of Pakse lay cradled between the horizons of two great rivers—the Mekong and the Xe Don—where the two waters met…
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Novosibirsk, Russia
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It was late January in Novosibirsk, the heart of Siberia, where the Ob River lay under a thick, lacquered crust of ice. The chill in the air was sharp, slicing through even the heaviest fur coats that locals wore with practical pride. On the central embankment—by the towering statue of…
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Belfast, United Kingdom
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Belfast stirred awake beneath a pewter sky as dawn crept across the River Lagan. Along the Titanic Quarter’s reclaimed docks, the great yellow gantry cranes—Samson and Goliath—loomed like ancient sentinels, recalling the city’s shipbuilding heydays. Dawn’s quiet light cast long shadows over the cobbles where the RMS Titanic first took…