Putting the Bounce in the Ball
Posted on 12. Jul, 2011 by Paul Sochaczewski in Golf
Playing golf near the rainforest which revolutionized the game MANAUS, Brazil Normally when I play golf, I clutter my head with an excess of swing thoughts – turn, extend the arm, swing to two o’clock, and so on. But standing on the first tee of the Manaus Golf Club outside the Brazilian city of Manaus, […]
Read MoreExploring Your Personal Odyssey
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
A creative writing workshop that helps people tell their personal stories ___ Monday October 11, 2010. 08.30-17.00 Sponsored by Neilson Hays Library [email protected] Tel: +66 2 233 1731 Bangkok, Thailand ___ Do you want to write your personal story but have been procrastinating, or don’t quite know how to start? This workshop helps people understand what […]
Read MoreAn Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles Lecture on Alfred Russel Wallace __ Friday July 16, 2010 18.00-19.00 National University Singapore Sponsored by National Parks Board-Singapore https://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/talks/20100716-wallacetalk.txt ___ Charles Darwin has been lionized as one of the giants of western thought for his theory of evolution. But what about Alfred Russel Wallace, a contemporary of Darwin’s who […]
Read MoreSummary of lectures/presentations
Posted on 27. Jun, 2011 by Paul Sochaczewski in LECTURES
Paul has prepared three core lecture themes. An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles Travels in Search of Eco-Dharma Things That Go Bump in the Night His presentations are highly-visual, full of intriguing story-telling and curious insights. “Paul’s lecture taught me about things I had never even considered, and got me to re-think some of my old […]
Read MoreArticles
Posted on 16. Nov, 2024 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles
Some notes on these articles This section includes just a few of the more than 600 by-lined articles I’ve had published in the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, CNN Traveller, GQ, Geographical, Reader’s Digest, Travel and Leisure, Travel and Leisure Golf, DestinAsian, International Wildlife, Earth Times, BBC Wildlife, and many other publications. Some of these […]
Read MoreAn Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in LECTURES
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles Alfred Russel Wallace and the Theory of Natural Selection The 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was celebrated in 2009. It was a landmark book which dramatically changed how we think about ourselves and the world in which we live. Charles Darwin has been lionized as one of […]
Read MoreLast Great Elephant Hunter Achieves Indochine Glory
Posted on 27. Jun, 2025 by Paul Sochaczewski in Curious Travel
DON VILLAGE, Buon Ma Thuot, Central Highlands, Vietnam Stardom can be defined in many ways. For Ama Kong it is a number, 298, the sum of wild elephants he has captured. He was 90 when I met him in 1999 (he died in 2012 at the age of 103), with failing eyesight but still […]
Read MoreCurious Encounters of the Human Kind – Myanmar (Burma)
Posted on 17. Oct, 2020 by Paul Sochaczewski in Books, Curious Encounters of the Human Kind
This is the first book in a five-book series of unusual (and true) personal travel tales. Within the first three days of the book’s publication it has become an Amazon best-seller in its category.
What do jumping cats have to do with Buddhism’s Middle Path? Did Orwell really hate everyone in Burma? How did Myanmar’s ruling junta use white elephants to consolidate their power? Will a synagogue caretaker’s improbable dream ever come true? What arrogance drives western travelers to seek the “unknown” in Myanmar’s Nagaland? And why should you never disrespect the nat spirits who guard a sacred forest?
Read MoreInduced Labor? That’s Real Golf Commitment
Posted on 16. Nov, 2024 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Golf
Golf nuts push the envelope “Honey, great news about the pregnancy, but would you mind inducing labor so I can play in a tournament?” Really, how many men would have the courage to say that to their wives? Well, Ivan Morris of Limerick City, Ireland did just that so he could play in the Interprovincial […]
Read MoreThe Keys to Golfing Success? Try a Red Shirt and the Right Locker, and Listen to Your Mother
Posted on 24. Jul, 2011 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Golf
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THE KEYS TO GOLFING SUCCESS? TRY A RED SHIRT AND THE RIGHT LOCKER And it never hurts to listen to your mother LANAI, Hawaii I was pedaling up a hill on a rented mountain bike, sweat evaporating under the fiery sun, glorying in the lunar-like scenery and cursing myself for not bringing enough water. I […]
Read MoreGolf: An Antidote to War and Hardship
Posted on 16. Nov, 2024 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Golf
Could golf in Iran help people love one another? TEHRAN, Iran And all along I had thought golf was a cause of anxiety. “No, just the opposite. Golf relieves stress,” Eisa Eshagi, president of the Iranian Golf Federation, said. “And that’s what we need, since we’re a nation that has suffered wars and hardships.” Few […]
Read MoreFire and Fury Might Have to Wait for the Next Lifetime
Posted on 16. Nov, 2024 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Golf
The Indian Army controls the world’s highest golf course, bringing a surprising set of challenges LEH, Ladakh, India I thought it might be the altitude that would get to me, but it turned out to be military bureaucracy. Since my first visit in 1979 I had wanted to play golf in Ladakh, an isolated corner […]
Read MoreMove Over Scotland: China Invented Golf
Posted on 17. Nov, 2024 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Golf
And it’s coming home to the Middle Kingdom HONG KONG, On the outskirts of the Middle Kingdom The Scots never knew what hit them. Everyone knows that these sturdy northerners invented golf. After all, the first written record about golf comes from 1457, when King James II banned the game because his subjects preferred it […]
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