Category Archives: Cultures

The Death of Development

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

7 September 2004    Japan is dying.    Japan, a nation that has existed for thousands of years, a nation that has the world’s most developed infrastructure, a nation that has the world’s most rigorous academic system, a nation with …

Today’s News

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

June 23, 2004  I just read the newspaper for the first time in over six weeks.  That may not seem like too big of a deal, but I’ve been reading the paper every day there wasone available since I started …

America Knows No Tribe

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

June 22, 2004    America knows no tribe.    This fact was first brought to light for me by a Sikkimese businessman during a three hourinterview I conducted with him on our trip to South Asia earlier this year.    …

The Footsteps of History

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

June 5, 2004  Hello to all,  This morning I awoke to the soft pastel light of sunrise illuminating the two story high stone wall ofour bedroom. The light was filtered through the intricately carved stone latticework of the upperrow of …

Our Conversation with the Bedouin

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneystravel.com/Syria/05%20-%20Conversation%20with%20the%20Bedouin%2016.pdf

e-Postcard from Sikkim, India

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

April 12, 2004  I felt like Ralphie.  I couldn’t think of a single thing. My mind was as blank as a mid-winter Iowa cloud-covered sky.  Ralphie, hero of the classic film, A Christmas Story, in a final act of desperation …

e-Postcard from Darjeeline, India

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Please see the PDF file at: http://www.hackneystravel.com/India/darjeeline.pdf

Independence Day

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

“Hold on, I’ve got to take this call” “Ok, no problem,” I said. I was sitting in my friend’s office in Chicago. I’ll call him Tony. His large and expansive office suite was strangely quiet. The multiple offices and numerous …