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Leaving Paradise Can Be Hell (3 of 3) – Nicobar Islands, India
When it comes to trying to leave the Andaman Islands, Graydon Hazenberg knows when to shut up and let his girlfriend do the talking.
Wining Down the Isthmus of Corinth (1 of 2)
Sean and travel friend Mike leave Athens on an ill
Travels without a Plan #14
Whitsunday Islands, Fraser Island and my Alternative Christmas Hope everyone has had a good Christmas and Santa has been good to you all. It may sound rather sad, but it’s Boxing Day and I have decided that I need to stay out of the sun a bit, avoid beer and other corrupting influences for at
Travels without a Plan #13
Reefs and Rainforests: Far North Tropical Queensland I was pretty pleased when I eventually left Cairns; it’s the type of place that is able to suck money out of your wallet without you realizing. Chatting with some people in the hostel, they casually mentioned that some of the hostels in Port Douglas run a free
Tigers in India (1 of 3)
No matter how many times you try and no matter how
The Soul of Puerto Vallarta (1 of 3)
Duane Grandbois remembers well the infectious frie
The Erotic Temples of Khajuraho (1 of 2)
In India’s Khajuraho temples, erotica is a religio
Orangutans at Tanjung Puting (2 of 2)
A visit to an orangutan care centre in Borneo brin
London, England – December 2000
Sponsored bySt. Christophers Inn In the shopping rush before Christmas, visitors swamp London. If you are one of the brave (or senseless) who will fight the Oxford street crowds this December, here are some other Christmas activities that will give you a rest from the mayhem. Lights Many streets and squares around London are now
Lady of the Avenues (2 of 2)
"Can you feel the waves?" she whispered. As a teenager I used to jog through Golden Gate Park, at a time when you wore tennis shoes instead of good jogging shoes because they were still a novelty. There was no harder run than the sprint up Strawberry Hill, in the center of Stow Lake, and
Lady of the Avenues (1 of 2)
I have always loved San Francisco. I say this without shame or passion. It is a statement of fact, something unalterable, like the sun rising or the smell of coffee in the morning. This is the city where I spent my childhood and as a boy would walk the streets for hours at night, with
Desolated Place, Desolated Man (1 of 3)
A theft is the last straw for a disillusioned repo
Cow Palace Blues (2 of 2)
When they finally got back, bets were placed, and dogs were washed and faced and everybody settled in for a good fight – unaware that an undercover operation was about to explode in their faces. The most heavily favored dog leapt with fangs bared; suddenly there were screams and yells that the cops were there
Cow Palace Blues (1 of 2)
I had a bad feeling about this one. It wasn’t the rainy weather or the two guys bullshitting in loud tones outside our window. There was something indefinable in the air – as if something were lurking behind the smell of urine coming from the seedy motel next to the Cow Palace, or hiding in
Climbing Mt. Meru (1 of 2)
Mt. Meru lacks a lot of the things Kilimanjaro has
Bali and Beyond
It was a vacation born of perfect convergence: a b
Alone in Malaysia: Hiking the Taman Negarah Rainforest (1 of 2)
Graydon wanted to spend some time by himself, hike
Sanchi, Central India (1 of 2)
On an out-of-the-way hilltop, temples carved with
The Temples and Ruins of Angkor Wat (1 of 3)
The ancient magic of Angkor Wat is strong even in
The Asiatic Lion’s Last Stronghold: India’s Gir Forest (1 of 2)
In the wild, the endangered Asiatic lion only occu
Sri Lanka’s Hill Country by Train
In Sri Lanka, cheap first-class tickets and free w
RTW Travelers: The New Trend (1 of 3)
“I did not want to live the rest of my life thinking, ‘Why did I not travel and live out my dream’,” Tom Landenberger, on why he took a year and a half off to travel around the world to countries such as Finland, Russia and Portugal.
Orangutans at Tanjung Puting (1 of 2)
A visit to an orangutan care centre in Borneo brin
Lions in the Serengeti (1 of 3)
Family pride takes on a whole new meaning when Gra