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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