Perspectives

From the road.

Travel essays and photography from James Bayly - places, people and the peculiar ideas they provoke.

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan - Khiva, slave town, far, far, away

25 August 2026

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan - Bukhara, edge of the dry desert

10 August 2026

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan - Samarkand, Midpoint of the East to West Road

28 July 2026

KyrgyzstanTajikistanAfghanistan

Pamir - Lost Capitalism

2 July 2026

KyrgyzstanTajikistanAfghanistan

Pamir Highway - The Orange State

10 May 2026

Kyrgyzstan

Iron Horses: Cars of Central Asia

10 April 2026

Kyrgyzstan

Go Now: Hiking the High Valleys of Kyrgyzstan

6 April 2026

KazakhstanKyrgyzstan

Born in the Saddle: The Horse Culture of Kyrgyzstan

26 March 2026

KazakhstanKyrgyzstanUzbekistan

Cities That Surprise Us

23 March 2026

China

The Emperor Who Refused to Die

1 March 2026

China

Flying through the Clouds

8 February 2026

China

Just Build It

21 December 2025

China

Monuments of Scale

25 November 2025

Indonesia

The Mountain That Changed Its Career

3 November 2025

Indonesia

The Bewildering Logic of Travel

12 October 2025

China

Golden Hour Portraits

1 October 2025

Philipines

The Filipino Casanova

18 September 2025

Philipines

Philipines - The Ever-Present Boat Dog

15 September 2025

Philipines

Philipines - Lethargic Perfection

12 September 2025

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - A Technicolour Paradise

1 September 2025

Sri Lanka

Haputale - Geometric Order is Beautiful

27 August 2025

Sri Lanka

Ella - Comfortable Lies You Happily Tell Yourself

23 August 2025

Nepal

Kathmandu - The Illusion of Control

15 August 2025

Nepal

A Journey to Everest Base Camp

18 July 2025

MalaysiaSingaporeIndonesia

Life in Five Foot Ways

9 July 2025

Thailand

Thoughts for would-be Mahouts

6 July 2025

Thailand

Chiang Rai - The Border Town That Found its Colours

1 July 2025

Japan

A Love Letter to the Frozen Future

27 June 2025

Japan

Castles of smoke and stone: Japan's Antifragility

7 June 2025

Japan

Ephemeral Beauty in Japan

2 June 2025

ThailandIndonesiaPhillipinesIndiaLaos

Pai - Life in Asia’s Drifter Capitals

31 May 2025

Thailand

Forgotten Empires

29 April 2025

DubaiSaudi ArabiaQatar

The Great Gamble of the Gulf

27 April 2025

VietnamChina

The Nuovo Sunset Town: A Love Letter to Europe

13 April 2025

Austria

Between the Alps and the Southern Alps

1 April 2025

Hong Kong

The Fall of Hong Kong

24 March 2025

VietnamThailandBali

The Trade-Off: Motorcycle Life in Southeast Asia

23 March 2025

Thailand

A Case Study of the Wealth Divide

21 March 2025

Thailand

The Road of Life

20 March 2025