Well, I've learned a fine new word: neophobia. It means "fear of new things" - you had probably worked that out already - and is the psychological-jargon equivalent of one of my life mottoes: "All ...

Evening fog settled quickly on Mount Ngoc Linh, as the steady drone of cicadas and crickets took up their usual nighttime chorus. The night calm was broken by sudden crashing through the thick bamboo ...