Welcome to Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel‘s long awaited LOST, our fifth issue, which we are dedicating to the great traveller, Anthony Bourdain, whose recent passing has affected us all. We offer this issue in celebration of his storytelling. The word lost originates from the Old English losian, meaning to perish. While this collection features many narratives of loss, it also illuminates the journey to being found. We hope Bourdain is finding his way home.
...He’s drunk. I don’t know how I know that. Personal space in South Korea feels non-existent. The Asian ‘bubble’ is a few inches rather than the North American ‘couple of feet’. One time, an older man stood so close to my friend while we waited in line at the Yeosu World Expo that he was practically breathing down her neck; it was so crowded we couldn’t move, and my friend looked at me bug-eyed as I stifled laughter. Each time she shuffled ahead, he moved right along with her. The man chatted with his wife and looked relaxed. They didn’t seem to think anything was out of the ordinary.
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