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" ... But the gate that comes back to me all these years later is the one that greeted me one dawn steaming upriver into Bangkok. I stepped through the hatch onto the poop deck with coffee and a Camel just as the first rays of the sun slanted across the vast jungle canopy, alive now with the screech and chatter of monkey and bird. The sun set fire to the gold-leafed pagodas rising out of the jungle. That moment took my breath away, and does, still, all these years later. ... "
" ... The next morning we head to a large, deep pool in the river, maybe 30 minutes upriver. We stop and anchor to a long, naked tree stem that has fallen from the bank and juts into the river. My guide puts chunks of paku (a sort of South American panfish) on baseball sized treble hooks and hands the rebar like rods to me to begin casting in the midst of the current, a two-pound lead sinker attached to the rig. Either we are fishing for Volkswagens or there are fish down there for which we should have brought a rifle. ... "
" ... The path disintegrates into rusty stairs, broken walkways, and wooden slabs. It feels mildly unsafe as it passes under the arch and heads upriver to the dam behind. Here, the cliffs are much closer together, and bulge outwards. Natures curves abutting man-made angles, finally releasing back under the bridge and downstream to waterfalls and the countryside beyond. ... "
" ... The troops were filled with optimism for another quick victory. They were still riding high after capturing the city of Damietta a-year-and-a-half earlier. That battle had sent the Sultan scurrying upriver. The army’s leaders also believed in a prophecy that a great victory awaited them soon. ... "
" ... When business people reference California's "Bay Area” they most often think of the tech centers in San Francisco or Silicon Valley, but believe it or not, the East Bay was once the center of the Bay Area with the State Capital in the towns of Vallejo (1852) and Benicia (1853) before moving upriver in 1854 to where it now stands today in Sacramento. As the tech centers of San Francisco and Silicon Valley have boomed, few remember the industrial power that previously existed in the East Bay, such as mining, refining, wheat, and manufacturing. ... "