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AMERICAS
Night of the Flaming
Iguana
or deja
bu' all over again. Too many tequilas in Cancun, Mexico
Autonomous
Robots in the Desert
(With Video)
A million dollar race of out-of-control robots on the California
desert.
The Secret Live of Flamingos" (With
Audio and Video)
Las Vegas gets a new image...again.
It
Ain't Sacatomater Anymore
Sacramento, California is not the sleepy farm
town it once was. The State Capital in the Age of Aahrnold.
Herbert
Hoover in Atlantis
Mt. Shasta, Inside and Out
Accordions Don't Play Lady of Spain, People Do (Audio)
Accordions are more than polka music as we find out when we visit the Cotati Accordion
Festival.
Acapulco Si
A classic destination is trying to reinvent itself. Plus Mexico City airport
hassles.
Dearth (Death) Valley
If "less
is more," nothing must be really something.
Eat
Those Words
The manly craft of barbeque and a feast at Gourmet Magazine's
private dining room.
Manhattan Miscelleny (Audio,
Video)
Get in a New York state of mind with legendary guitarist Les Paul,
the carousel in Central Park, a search for the renowned tic-tac-toe playing chicken
of Mott Street and other "Apple" dumplings.
The
Holidays in New York (Audio)
Rudolph gets shouted down at Rockefeller
Center.
Sucking Sound from Sedona
One of the
most spectacular places on earth attracts its share of characters.
California's
"Other" Wine Country
Learn why teddy bears are an endangered
species here.
Magmanamous
Meanderings (Audio)
on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Musee
of Musty Music - The Musee Mechanique, San Francisco's marvelous collection
of nicoledeons, has a new home. Listen to a medley of must mechanical music (Real
Audio 16min)
Neptune's Lava Lamps
Monterey/Carmel,
California and a chance to zone out on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's star attractions:The
Jellies.
Befuddled in Boonville (Audio)
A language
lesson and practical guide to doing business in Boonville, California where cows
are known as dinklehonks.
The Red Giants - Paul
Bunyan don't get no respect no more. Hackin' and hewin' just ain't politically
correct in California's far north where there are still lots of tree to hug.
Redwood Empire Gallery
Photos from California's Redwood Empire.
Voodoo to You
(Audio, Video)
During the months when we in the north huddle for warmth,Salvador,
Brazil -- better known as Bahia --celebrates sunshine and "Carnival"
almost every week.
ASIA
Nirvana
Tonic
A Cruise on the River Kwai (video, audio)
Jeju,
Sez You
A close encounter of a weird kind and some
of the world's best drummers. (video)
Tigers
and Twitchers
India's
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Luang
Prabang Laos
A place at peace...finally.
Thrillies and Chiles in Bangkok (Audio)
What's hot in the Thai capital.
Burma
aka Myanmar (Audio)
A look at an exotic but troubled place
The Shipping News
The Superstar Leo sails to Vietnam
and China
Fragrant
Harbor (Audio, Music)
... translated to Chinese means Hong Kong. Honest.
Visit Hong Kong and listen to an electrified version of an ancient Chinese violin.
Portuguese Stirfry (Audio)
Macau has cleaned up it
act at restored its architectural heritage.
Shooting
Stars and Fireflies and Looking for Donald Duck
Bali and beyond.
Fowl Play in the Jingle
In which our hero stalks the elusive mother of all chickens in Nepal
Nepal:
Beyond the Mountain (Audio, Video, Photo Gallery)
Why this Himalayan kingdom
is more that Mt. Everest.
Nine
Tiny Reinyak (Audio)
Happy holidays from the top of the world.
China
Redux (Audio)
On the tourist route through Beijing, Xian, Guilin and Shanghai:
Tales from the Chop Suey Circuit.
The Other China
(audio)
A place that doesn't look, taste, smell or feel like China...but it
is.
Sri Lanka
(Video, Audio)
A visit to Sri Lanka and one its most venerated residents,
author-futurist Arthur C. Clarke. Interview in Real Video.
Return
to Sarawak
This "terribly jungly place" has changed...for the
better.
Bad Day in Borneo (Audio)
Far away
but not long ago, after a sleepless night in a Borneo longhouse with reminders
of "the good old days" dangling from the rafters, your editor slip-slides
his way through the Borneo underworld.
Leonardo San(s)
Sushi (Audio)
Places
that have "there" and "no there" in Japan. EUROPE
Holiday
for Gearheads
The world's biggest tech toy show in Hanover, Germany
An
American in Paris: Thanksgiving 2004
Thanksgiving in a Paris which, like
it or not, still swims with American culture.
Budapest
Where do
you find the heart wrenching chanteuses, the gypsy violins, the grand, baroque
cafes where you can pine about the meaning of life and nibble on cakes.
Caen Memorial - A Museum of Peace
A visit to this museum in France and
some thoughts about Peace Journalism
Thanksgiving:
Cold Turkey (REAL AUDIO)
Turkey Day in Heidelberg
A Beerless
Oktoberfest (Audio, Video)
Exclusive video of trained fleas.
A
Pretty Face (Audio)
There is more to Venice than meets the eye.
The Odd Poets' Society (Audio)
Lollygagging at
Lake Garda and in Verona, Italy among the ghosts of poets.
Midnight in the
Garden of Swedes and Norwegians (Audio)
Summer sturming and a little dranging in Sweden.
Tub
Med: NOT
A cruise to the Mediterranean on a luxurious Seabourn ship. PACIFIC
New
Zealand Un-Middle Earthed
New Zealand is NOT Middle Earth, but that's OK.
Deja Coup All Over
Again (Audio)
Of Choirs, Coups and Long Canoes. A south sea island political
primer written following Fiji's last uprising in 1997.
Christmas
in Fiji
Cruising
Fiji (Audio,Video)
Idyllic
idling in the South Seas.
Say G'Day, Dammit (Audio)
Pub hopping on The Rocks
in Sydney, Australia. WHATEVER
Giving
Grandma Wings
An interview with Joe Sutter, known as "The Father of
the Boeing 747" Audio
Up
and Down, Back and Forth and Sideways
Vintage Snobs and Down to Earth
Vintners
The Travelers' Code
Sustaining
Indigenous Cultures
Comfort
Me With Martinis
Quantum mechanics explained...sort
of.
The Yin
and Yang of Hither and Yon
The year that was in 2003
The Sound of the World
What sound would you hear
if you thumped the world as if it were a watermelon?
God's
Airline (Audio)
Don't cash in your points...yet
Cooks Tours (Audio)
Short toques on cooking schools around the world
Ecotourism
The Great, the So-So and the Ugly
Eine
Kleine Holdmusik
Your call is important to us...but not THAT important
Mighty
Morfin' Airplanes - An Intro to Nanotechnology
What's
Your Sign
Signs in fractured English and other drivel.
Lost
in Tschotsckeland
(Audio)
Among
my Souvenirs
Taxi
(Audio)
The
Connected Traveler takes some wild taxi rides.
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