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Travel Picks of the Week - 12/21/07
2007-12-21 16:20:00 Photo: Flickr/Marlowski Language, like art and architecture, is representative of a culture usually dating back a few centuries. A journey to Maloula, a town near Damascus in Syria, however, might seem like a page out of Christian history. The language used there is Aramaic, a 3000-year old one, spoken by Jesus Christ. National Geographic ... More About: Travel , Week
The Taxi Man Can (and Will!)
2007-12-17 16:00:00 Winter has broken out here in Dakar, and it is a beautiful thing, because the temperature has dropped enough for me to feel slightly chilly. This precipitate drop meant a trip to a local market called HLM to find a fleece or windbreaker type of garment to fend off the cold. The trip to the ... More About: America , Africa , Senegal , American , Taxi
Travel Picks of the Week - 12/14/07
2007-12-14 16:00:00 Photo:Flickr/Manu Kalra The selection process of the seven new wonders of the world generated a lot of buzz, excitement and heated and strong opinions. The good that came out of it was that the world was reintroduced to the amazing history and heritage of mankind. Encouraged by the success of its first campaign, New 7 ... More About: Travel , Africa , Week
Fancy Volunteering?
2007-12-12 02:30:00 Traveling it seems is turning a corner. While they will never be expunged entirely, the world of hyper luxurious, all-inclusive resorts is being confronted more and more by a different, more organic form of travel. Enter ‘volun-tourism.’ For the same price as a ritzy, expensive resort, families and the stray traveler can visit the ... More About: Volunteering , Erin , Fancy
Of Raciness and Religion
2007-12-10 16:00:00 I sense surprisingly little hostility from my local neighbors, not even when they tell me that all of the big properties in this swank neighborhood are owned by America ns. Further, there really does not seem to be any festering resentment towards white colonialist types; more than one Senegal ese has said to me: “I may be ... More About: Religion , American
Travel Picks of the Week - 12/07/07
2007-12-07 16:00:00 Photo: Flickr/BrendaM Ancient monuments and towering cathedrals fill us with a sense of amazement and set us thinking about the energy that inspired such arduous human endeavor. Today?s top world attractions were social and spiritual centers of primordial civilizations. Robert Scheer takes a peek at some of the world?s most visited sacred sites and provides tips ... More About: Travel , Vietnam , Week
Personal Space
2007-12-04 07:59:00 I recently came across an article about proxemics, the study of personal space and it got me to thinking of personal space during travel. Personal space is not something that pertains only to human animals– all animals have some sense of personal space, be it while attacking or retreating or smelling or communicating. ... More About: America , Space
Something fishy
2007-11-26 16:00:00 One of the many things my mother worried about when I told I would be going off to Senegal was my health. The bit about the yellow fever shot scared her quite a bit, of course, plus there was the laundry list of other dangers including (but by no means limited to!) malaria, typhoid, ... More About: Some
With A Touch of Drama, We Have Our $125 TSM Winner
2007-11-25 20:34:00 The $125 Fall Writing Contest is now complete, and as with every first time venture (especially where technology is involved), we have experienced our challenging glitches. I recently received an e-mail describing a sudden and drastic change in many of the ratings for the competition stories. I had noticed this myself, and when I looked into ... More About: Drama , Winner , Touch , Dram
Travel Picks of the Week - 11/23/07
2007-11-23 16:00:00 Photo : Flickr/vrog Nothing like a spoonful of warm soup, or a plate of colorful variety pasta to invigorate the taste buds, especially if you cooked them yourself. Thanks to television shows and extensive newspaper articles, culinary travel, one where you satisfy your knowledge and your hunger for food while traveling, is a growing offshoot of ... More About: Internet , Travel , Ireland , Week
The Pharmacist?s Honest Opinion
2007-11-17 16:00:00 Photo:Postiglione It?s difficult to believe how much trouble a broken little toe gave me during the first few weeks of my study abroad experience in Brisbane. The trouble all started when I attempted to walk through my bed instead of around it. This was the day before school started and a week before a Green Day ... More About: Australia , Opinion , American , Honest
Places to Go
2007-11-14 16:00:00 Photo: Flickr/Teseum I was 22 when I embarked on my first proper traveling trip in Europe : the ‘Top Deck Highlights of Europe’ tour. It was an organized trip; 16 days, taking in cities like Amsterdam, Munich, Salzburg, Florence, Nice and Paris. Now let me dispel any visions you might have of a coach-load of pink-haired ... More About: Egypt , Mexico , Italy , Ireland
Two Worlds
2007-11-12 16:00:00 Photo : Flickr/Domc New York , USA : As the sun set over a June Manhattan skyline, golds, oranges and yellows flashing through verdant maple via an internet of brash glass edifices, taxi cabs trumpeting evening, sidewalks straining with purposeful natives and lingering snappers, I hurriedly gorged my way from Gramercy, the Flatiron, Midtown, ... More About: England , Worlds , Irish
We are in Africa Now, Baby!
2007-11-12 16:00:00 “On est en Afrique.” Loosely translated as “we’re in Africa now, baby,” it is hard to describe the humorous kind of shrug accompanying this wry statement. Used frequently by locals, it is the standard response to every conceivable question: Share This Article More About: Baby , Muslim , Arabic , The U
Bats Like Crazy
2007-11-12 01:11:00 One of the wonders of our natural world are the bats. Blind, they are able to maneuver at great speeds due to the power of their sonar abilities. Each night bats leave the protection of their cave, together, and manage somehow to not knock each other out of the air. They zip around on delicate ... More About: Crazy , Bats
God?s Own Country : Kerala, India
2007-11-11 16:00:00 Photo:Flickr/Blackfin2 Walking through the narrow roads in God?s own country, one realizes the true majesty of this state in India . Patched with the parrot green carpet of the paddy fields and the thick stripes of coconut trees, Kerala is truly God?s own country. Among the 14 districts of the state, Pathanamthitta is a hub for many ... More About: Asia , Country , Hindu
Random Shopkeepers Call Me Brother
2007-11-10 16:00:00 Photo: Flickr/miiglea I spend my days strapping Syrian and Lebanese preteens into flight simulators, and fall asleep at night while packs of stray dogs rumble outside my bedroom window. Such is my life in Turkey . Share This Article More About: Europe , Asia , Random , Call
Travel Picks of the Week 11/09/07
2007-11-09 18:54:00 Photo : Flickr/Dagg2008 Fall foliage viewing, or ?leaf peeping? as it is popularly called, is a substantial source of tourist income in areas known for dramatic fall colors. In Vermont, USA alone, 3.4 million visitors spend nearly $364 million a year, according to sales estimates. Fall colors have been surfacing late over the years, and Dave ... More About: Travel , Week
A Thrilling Encounter With Customs Agents
2007-11-09 02:07:00 It was the mid 1990?s and the US embargo with Cuba was in full effect. Travel to, and trade between, the two countries was nigh impossible. Scraggly rafts washed up on the South Florida shore with alarming regularity. The Elian Gonzalez episode was still a few years away, but everyone could see ... More About: Agents , Airport , Customs , Encounter , Gent
Kona Falls : Thiruvallur, India
2007-11-08 16:12:00 After tasting hot dosa, vada, idly with groundnut chutney and steaming coffee served with the aroma of Chennai, the breakfast induced energy in me for a long journey. Packing my kit with camera, water bottle, writing pad and towels, we left early just after dawn before the mercury could soar higher. Share This Article More About: India , Asia , Kona , Falls
Traveling with foot-in-mouth disease
2007-11-07 18:26:00 I was in Cambodia touring the temples of Angkor. My guide Ree, was staring at me with a look of utter horror on his face. I was smiling broadly before I realized I had made one of life?s awful tourist gaffes. Share This Article More About: Disease , Mouth , Traveling , Foot
Travel Writing Contest - Only 2 Weeks Left !
2007-11-05 06:57:00 With only 2 weeks left for the $125 Travel ing Stories Magazine (TSM) Writing contest, I am thrilled to say that the TSM project is not only working, but is starting to really pick up momentum. It is always tenuous seeing whether what seems to be a great idea will actually find community support. Traveling Stories ... More About: Contest , Left , Weeks
My Turn
2007-11-03 06:00:00 I?m floating on Jenny Lake in my wetsuit with the timeless, beautiful Tetons in the distance, my 70-year-old Mom resting on the shore behind me. As I stare at the water, the waves play back in my mind the miles I had traveled thus far: from Michigan to the Pacific Northwest, a ... More About: Canada , Wyoming , Turn
Bed and Breakfast
2007-10-28 06:49:00 Staying at a bed and breakfast should be like going to stay at the home you wish you had. A good innkeeper dotes on you like your parents, but without the guilt and judgement. Usually, the choice of where to lodge on vacation is utilitarian. You choose a hotel that meets your budget and location ... More About: Breakfast , Canada , Bed and Breakfast
Point It
2007-10-15 01:59:00 Language dictionaries can be both a help and a chore– it seems like for every word or term easily found, several more are inexplicably, as they say, lost in translation (I couldn’t help the pun). So, while some may swear by the dictionaries, I swear by another book. It is wordless, slim and ... More About: Cheats , Point
Christmas in July : Shanghai
2007-10-07 03:23:00 Shanghai is one of the most exciting and cosmopolitan cities in Asia. It is cutting edge and modern, with the bright lights and trendy clubs that China’s big cities are famous for. But when the fog rolls in and the ships are shining in the harbor, there’s an unmistakable feeling of the 1920s, when ... More About: Christmas , Shanghai , Cheats , July
Get Dirty, Already!
2007-10-06 01:39:00 What did the weary traveler do before those little antibacterial liquid hand soaps became so popular? Doubtlessly, one had to wallow in ones own filth before the advent of that little product. What a hideous thought Share This Article More About: Cheats , Dirty , Ready
Our Travel Picks of The Week 10/5/07
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Traipsing Through Marco Polo?s Backyard
2007-10-04 23:13:00 Two very significant events happened while in Croatia . Both of which I had no idea the magnitude of while they were happening, and it wasn?t until after that did I realize their significance. The first was a soccer game that we watched from a sidewalk while trying to find a place to stay that night. ... More About: Beauty , Backyard , Marco , Marco Polo
Degrees of Poverty: Lille, France
More articles from this author:2007-10-04 18:36:00 I?ve seen far too many beggars and pickpockets in Lille today, so I assume the worst when I spot Farah being accosted by the old man. He?s wearing a shabby black overcoat and disrepute clings to him like a bad aura. Clutching our train tickets I hurry back to the bikes where she waits. She?s ... More About: France , Poverty , Rees , Vert , Degrees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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