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Why They?re Better Mixed
2008-06-04 21:17:00 I remember when friends of mine began having their first children, both in the US and in Europe. Virtually everything they bought was top of the line, organically produced, etc - vegetable-based paint for the baby’s room, organically treated wood for the cradle, lovingly raised New Zealand sheep hand-shorn for the carpet (perhaps I exaggerate ... More About: Africa , Mixed
Ode to the Ile
2008-05-28 03:23:00 The Ile de Goree, or Goree Island, is quite simply the most beautiful area I have yet encountered so far during my stay in Dakar. You get there via ferry, known here as a chaloupe, much as New Yorkers access Staten Island. Given its geographical location on Africa’s western tip, it is predominantly associated with ...
Let?s Get Cynical
2008-05-23 03:17:00 I have just come back from a really lovely dinner at one of Ngor?s most pleasant restaurants, a little place called Sao Brazil. Picture solid wooden tables and chairs in a garden setting, bougainvillea everywhere, even white wine and ?real? ham (meaning made from pork instead of beef, always keeping in mind that Senegal is ... More About: Africa
HALEKULANI ? Perfection in Paradise
2008-05-21 03:24:00 Like an elegant host of a large, family party, surrounded by relatives of inconsistent style and increasing volume, Hawaii?s Halekulani Hotel sits at the southern end of Waikiki Beach amidst other hotels. It is a part of the scene because of its presence yet apart from it because of its quality. More About: North America , Paradise , Perfection
Jail in Japan: Tales of Pocket Knives, Bathtub Antics, and Utter Cluelessne
2008-05-04 13:36:00 I am being ordered to strip down to my birthday suit. Every experience is a good experience, I tell myself, trying to believe my traveling credence with the same passion it usually warrants. More About: Japan , Tales , Jail , Pocket , Antics
Gala Soiree at the Sorano
2008-05-02 00:34:00 Last night I had the good fortune to attend a concert in honor of one of percussion’s living legends, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, born in Dakar in 1928. The celebration was to honor 50 years of musicianship, as he has invented new kinds of drums, allegedly created no fewer than 500 rhythms, and has played ... More About: Africa , Gala
Best Travel Picks of the Week: April 19, 2008
2008-04-19 08:06:00 Whenever I travel, I always want it to be a memorable holiday. And I?m sure you do too. But if I?m not traveling with a tour, it?s sometimes hard to do the planning by myself. Yes, visiting a whole new place can be strangely unfamiliar and just devastating?especially if you don?t speak the language. Only ... More About: Travel , April , Week , Editor , 2008
Adventures at a School Newspaper Festival
2008-03-30 23:31:00 Let me begin by telling you that just the getting to the ‘Festival International des Journaux Lyceens’ here was an adventure. As the nominal advisor of our school’s student newspaper, I found myself crammed into a dilapidated taxi with 5 students and a driver in quarters so claustrophobically close that the NYC Board of Ed ... More About: Africa , School , Adventures , Newspaper
Role Reversal: Who?s the Terrorist Now?
2008-03-21 14:24:00 When I left New York, I had been through red and orange alerts, a time when the Department of Homeland Security was advising me to invest in drinking water, flashlights and canned goods because of the imminent terrorist threat. At the same time, the government had (and still has) the right to investigate ... More About: Africa , Role , Terrorist
Moscow Remembered ? A Tourist at Home
2008-03-07 08:41:00 When I walk through Union Square on an occasional sunny Saturday in San Francisco, I resent ..... More About: Europe , Russian , Asia , Moscow , Home
Europe from my window
2008-03-05 09:15:00 It came up slowly and smoking the pipe; was waiting ?til.... More About: Europe , Window
A Most Unusual Dinner
2008-03-04 09:57:00 As the sun settled itself below the snow covered German Alps, two sensations suddenly hit me. Hunger and dread... More About: Europe , Dinner
Notes from a Conseil de Classe
2008-03-03 16:53:00 Our second semester recently came to an end, and so all the teachers met to discuss the 'progress' of our students. There was a lot... More About: Africa , Notes
Bungee babe
2008-03-02 08:28:00 Photo: Flickr/Melyviz Standing 164 feet above ground the wind whipped around my body. I began to feel fragile and heavy. With a headache from the night before, a queasy stomach and my heart pounding in my ears I inched myself toward the edge. I didn?t recognize anyone except the crazy man yelling, ?jump!? The unspoken ?cool? ... More About: Australia , Bungee , Babe
Chilly up Kili - climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
2008-03-01 10:05:00 Feeling like a child on her first day at school, I stand apprehensively at Machame Gate, the starting point of my .... More About: Africa , Kilimanjaro , Tanzania , Climbing , Mount
Lucky Woman
2008-02-29 06:46:00 2007 was the year my best friend and I decided to do a mini-tour of Asia : four countries in two weeks sounded perfect. In retrospect, however,... More About: Woman , Lucky
Good to be Home
2008-02-28 08:33:00 21 Aug 2006 6:14 AM - SO GOOD TO BE HOME. I came back a few days ago and boy do I ever hate waiting in airports, especially when you have to sleep in one... More About: Asia , Home , Good
A 5-star prison
2008-02-27 08:29:00 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia---A five-star room with a view, and what a sight---a full overhead of Malaysia's most notorious prison, gallows and all. More About: Asia , Kuala Lumpur , Star , Prison
Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men
2008-02-26 10:30:00 Scandal rocked the Senegalese capital earlier this month when a local gossip magazine published photos of happy men purportedly celebrating a gay wedding at a local restaurant. Several men pictured in the photo were rounded up and jailed... More About: Peace , Africa , Earth , Peace on Earth
Inked in Paradise: A Guide to Getting the Ever-lasting Tattoo Souvenir
2008-02-25 10:30:00 Getting tattooed on vacation can be one way to capture your adventure literally in the flesh. Some areas of the world ... More About: Tattoo , Paradise , Guide
The Road to Hellas
2008-02-24 16:00:00 The Greek approach to parking - anytime, anywhere, absolutely any angle - causes such congestion... More About: Europe , Greece , Road , The Road
Buddha Story
2008-02-23 16:00:00 What I am going to describe to you is the discovery of another world, experiencing a culture... More About: Asia , Story , Buddha
Let?s go green and keep it clean
2008-02-22 18:22:00 Do you recycle and care about the environment? There is a way to travel: an eco-friendly way, filled with exceptional adventures. Save nature, keep it clean and have fun! More About: Green , Clean
Stockholm
2008-02-22 16:00:00 As snow descends - Stockholm half heartedly awaiting Spring - I wander up Fleminggatan, a broad street... More About: Europe
Costa Rica: Magic of the Million Hole road
2008-02-21 16:00:00 It was certainly one of those moments of glory, when you have to pinch yourself to realize... More About: America , Magic , Latin America , Costa Rica , Costa
Confessions of a Mangrove Hugger
2008-02-18 16:00:00 Photo by author Over the winter break, I decided to take a visit to the Sine-Saloum region, several hours south of Dakar, just north of the Gambian border. (The country of Senegal is bisected in a bizarre way by the little independent nation of Gambia, which has its own capital, Banjul. The tiniest country on ... More About: Africa , Confessions , Hugger , Mangrove
Immanjarok and the Shaman?s Ghost
2008-02-17 16:00:00 North Alaska in February; a profoundly disinterested sky dashed with sharp shards of still light.... More About: America , Ghost , Shaman
Pillow Talk
2008-02-16 16:00:00 I used to take my pillow with me everywhere I had at least an overnight stay. It has been a requirement ... More About: Europe , Talk , Pillow
Travel Picks of the Week - 02/15/08
More articles from this author:2008-02-15 16:00:00 Travel brings wisdom and knowledge. Independent travelers were encouraged to share aesthetic... More About: Travel , Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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