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Love Among the Ruinsnew
We help our Syrian acquaintance connect with his French girlfriend.
NOW Magazine |
June Chua |
01-08-2007 |
Travel
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Saving a Piece of the Philippinesnew
By sharing our adventures, we may have deterred a developer bent on devastating Sabang.
NOW Magazine |
Gord Henning |
12-22-2006 |
Travel
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On The Roadnew
A poet rode cross-country on a mission of mercy -- she brought back this diary.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Samantha Barrow |
12-05-2006 |
Travel
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Wed Alertnew
They went to Thailand to find lasting love -- and so far, their luck is holding.
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Sarajevo Risingnew
Years after a protracted civil war, this devastated Balkan city is still finding its feet.
NOW Magazine |
Amy Coulterman |
10-13-2006 |
Travel
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Myduke Goes to Disney
Publicity hound Frank Feldmann packs his tiger costume and heads to the happiest place on earth -- Owen Holmes goes along for the ride.
Folio Weekly |
Owen Holmes |
07-21-2006 |
Travel
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Mongolia or Bustnew
Vermonter Seth Beck gears up for the Mongol Rally, a roadrace from London to Ulan Bator.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-14-2006 |
Travel
As the World Turnsnew

A 43,000-mile motorcycle trip reveals a lot about how Americans are seen around the world in the wake of 9/11, Iraq and Abu Ghraib.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Merritt Grooms |
04-12-2006 |
Travel
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Soy Nicaraguensenew
A return trip to Nicaragua finally ends nearly three decades of ambivalence about one man's birthplace.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
01-10-2006 |
Travel
Riding BART at 4 a.m.new
One recent weekend of all-night trains gave revelers a taste of something that may never be permanent.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-31-2005 |
Travel
Hitchin' a Ridenew
Travel journalism is taking vicarious adventure to new highs and lows.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-08-2005 |
Travel
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Ozark Orgynew
On Labor Day weekend, thousands of tourists to Missouri enter Lake of the Ozarks' notorious Party Cove, an audacious free-for-all that has earned a reputation as a backwater Sodom and Gomorrah.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
09-06-2005 |
Travel
Adventure Interruptednew
Renowned woodworker and artist Sam Forrest sold his possessions and started what he hoped would be his biggest journey yet. Then he hit a border.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-10-2005 |
Travel
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Global Couch-Crashing: Travel on the Cheapnew
A 19-year-old Richmonder is encouraging others to join the couch-surfing movement, an Internet-spawned method of traveling the world while crashing on exotic sofas.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-10-2005 |
Travel
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Growth Experiencenew
A worldwide association of farmers, Willing Workers on Organic Farms, feeds travelers and give them a place to sleep in exchange for roughly six hours of work a day.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Dan Eldridge |
07-20-2005 |
Travel