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BootsnAll Travel News - December 1, 2004

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Africa
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The Old Bizarre in Cairo
Pete Day recollects his trip to Cairo in 1979.

Benin Guide - Getting Around
Former Peace Corps member Natalie Pacholl gives us a little bit more advice on getting around Benin.

Benin Guide - Places To Go
Natalie Pacholl gives her top picks on places to visit in Benin.

Half Drowned and Freezing in the Sahara
During his university finals, Jeff DePree decides to take a quick trip to Tunisia, only to get home a few hours before his tests.

Asia
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You're the Stuff of Dreams
There is no escaping the cricket - or its fans - in India.

Moonlight in Goa
Colin Todhunter has the perfect idea for a video game - which may or may not be based on real life!

Dusty Days in Triplicane
Colin Todhunter spends his day in a private hospital that's anything but - thankfully, he's not the patient.

Close Encounters in Dhaka
Colin Todhunter enters the Corridors of Power - even if it is only for a second.

Indian Festivals
Prabir Ghose highlights the many festivals of India.

Carpet Fitters, Coffee and Rum
It's Colin Todhunter versus Old Monk...and guess who wins?

Internet India
Colin Todhunter muses about the effects of hi-tech India on the rural areas.

Writers of the World Unite
Colin Todhunter points out that with travel writing, financial gain isn't everything. Those who travel-write for webzines are ordinary people, travelling on their own money and incurring all of the risks entailed with independent travel.

Trek: Different on Ground than Online
S.A.J. Shirazi highlights the top treks in Pakistan.

Wild Women Take On Tibet
Yelena Brachman's spiritual journey to the holiest mountain in Asia six months ago is one she's still trying to understand today.

Food and Fun in Lijiang, China
Nick Sheridan points out the best of the Yunnan Province in China.

A City of Gold and Diamonds
Yakutsk, in the desolate landscape of Siberia is home to 200,000 people and, as Joshua K. Hartshorne reports, Russia's diamond and gold industry.

Indian Dreaming
Tyson Cable reflects on India's society as he travel on motorbike through the countryside.


Travelogues

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Around the World Take Two
Thanksgiving Thai Style
Instead of eating Turkey, Anna spends her holidays in a Thailand cooking class.

30 Days in India
Preperations
Rob contemplates his final preperations before going to India. He is in search of art, culture, and authenticity.

Rolf Gibbs: Travels in India
Pune to Pushkar
Rolf picks up another traveler and head offs to Pushkar on this motorcycle.

Europe
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Freedom
Michael Muelheim takes on "The Man", reincarnated in the form of "Leah" at the Citibank Asia-Pacific Regional Call Center.

Being Brave in Romania #5
Vlad the Impaler was a hero to many, a villain to others. Katherine Bynum visits the vampire's lair.

Italian Cooking Lessons
Justine Merrill knows the Italian secret for cooking chicken - and is willing to share.

Oh, the Places That I've Lived
Ruth Gregory knows the ins and outs of Pau, France.

Where Bananas and Lost Tickets Go
Josh Sprague is thrilled to find his Eurail pass...especially after digging through garbage!

A Gallic F*** up - and Nuns!
Pete Day takes on nuns, a conductor and an "errant" train.

Il Ballo Di Autostrada (The Freeway Dance)
A fender-bender is nothing Bobbie Webb can't handle - except she's in Italy, she only speaks a little Italian and she has to fill out two accident reports.

On A Murder Charge
Pete Day and his friends are picked up for murder in Bavaria.


Travelogues

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Organised Chaos
Snowdonia and Beyond
Zach and Emily head to Snowdonia in the United Kingdom. Why? Because it has an interesting name.
Middle East
Travel Stories

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Driving The Desert
Cruising through police checkpoints, Daniel Wickie tours Saudi Arabia and realizes he was racing through a sea of sand.

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Sand and Tsunamis
Out of the Dunes and Into Detention
An incredibly strange day in the heart of Saudi Arabia.
North America
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The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel
Norm and Lily Goldman visit the site where the first votes are cast every presidential election.

Advice From New Yorkers
Elizabeth Giles gives her top picks of things to see and do in the Big Apple.

Xochimilcos, Mexico City
A boat trip through channels is something Claus Jepsen expected to find in Venice, not Mexico!

Practically Mexico
Workaholic Jeff DePress gets stuck in Cozumel's tourist trap. At least he was able to scuba.

South America
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The Sorrows of Santiago: August Pinochet and Chile
It is 1998 and Erika Lorentzsen is running for her life from the Chilean cabineros.


Travelogues

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Exploring the Modern Day Pangaea
The End of the World
Michelle reaches the end of the world in the city of Ushusaia, Argentina.


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