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Don’t Mess with Monks in Myanmar
As of 1 October, the US State Department didn’t yet issue a travel warning against going to Myanmar (Burma), but…
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Travel – The Saddest Pleasure
Sometimes travelling can be too much, like showing up somewhere in high season with no reservations or cash.
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A Year in the World by Francis Mayes
The world is full of boring, tedious, and predictable travel books. Matthew Stone reviews one which isn’t a Lonely Planet…
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Travel and Languages
Not everyone speaks English…
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Malawi – The Big-Hearted People
When I got back into my 4×4 to continue the journey, Ashley asked if he could give his football ball,…
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Dirty Foreigners Brought Swine Flu to South Korea
Xenophobic hysteria just got a whole lot worse on the Korean peninsula.
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Earache and Interspecies Incest in Kazakhstan
There are some places on the map where almost no one goes. Sometimes there’s a reason for that.
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Richard Burton – The Greatest British Explorer
Spoke 25 languages, a master of disguise and intrepid explorer. The first non-Muslim to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
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