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‘You’re American? I Should Kill You!’

by Cory Eldridge | 07.01.09 | 10:01 AM ET

To most of his roommates at his United Arab Emirates apartment, Cory Eldridge was an exotic American. To one of them, the Iraqi who'd been held at Abu Ghraib prison, he was "President Bush."

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Michael Jackson and Me: Strangers in Moscow

by Jeffrey Tayler | 06.26.09 | 2:35 PM ET

Jeffrey Tayler recalls a cold night in 1993 when he took a break from writing his first book to see a performance by the "King of Pop"

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Stranger in Paradise

by Christopher Vourlias | 06.15.09 | 2:19 PM ET

Christopher Vourlias searches for a place to call home in Stone Town, Zanzibar

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Sideways, Down Under

by Tony Perrottet | 06.10.09 | 9:50 AM ET

In the Margaret River region of Western Australia, you can just sip wine and nibble on cheese. Or, like Tony Perrottet, you can push the limits of indulgence.

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The Morning After: Breakfast at Balmer’s

by Terry Ward | 06.04.09 | 8:39 AM ET

Terry Ward explores a travel rite of passage in Interlaken, Switzerland

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Face-Off on the Congo

by Jeffrey Tayler | 06.01.09 | 10:23 AM ET

Jeffrey Tayler was cooking lunch along the Congo River when armed men approached, making demands. Enter the Big Man.

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An Aerogram From Berlin

by Evan Rail | 05.21.09 | 10:25 AM ET

Evan Rail laments the slow demise of ready-to-mail aerograms

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Farewell Passport 152027909

by Jeffrey Tanenhaus | 05.19.09 | 10:50 AM ET

Jeffrey Tanenhaus says goodbye to his little blue book with a travel poem

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The Heat Seeker: Into the Heartland

by Alison Stein Wellner | 05.15.09 | 10:59 AM ET

Alison Stein Wellner likes her food hot and spicy. To find out how hot and spicy, she searched the world for heat. Part five of five: From Nashville to Indianapolis.

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The Heat Seeker: ‘Between Unseemly and a Little Slutty’

by Alison Stein Wellner | 05.14.09 | 10:48 AM ET

Alison Stein Wellner likes her food hot and spicy. To find out how hot and spicy, she searched the world for heat. Part four of five: What happened in Honduras.

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The Heat Seeker: Spicier, Please!

by Alison Stein Wellner | 05.13.09 | 10:34 AM ET

Alison Stein Wellner likes her food hot and spicy. To find out how hot and spicy, she searched the world for heat. Part three of five: Into Kumarakom.

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The Heat Seeker: ‘This Raita Will Be Your Savior’

by Alison Stein Wellner | 05.12.09 | 10:46 AM ET

Alison Stein Wellner likes her food hot and spicy. To find out how hot and spicy, she searched the world for heat. Part two of five: Getting Hot in Mumbai.

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The Heat Seeker: Eat, Sweat, Love

by Alison Stein Wellner | 05.11.09 | 11:12 AM ET

Alison Stein Wellner likes her food hot and spicy. To find out how hot and spicy, she searched the world for heat. Part one of five: Currywurst in Frankfurt.

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To Italy, for Family

by Valerie Conners | 05.04.09 | 10:33 AM ET

After unearthing her great-grandmother's bridal gown, Valerie Conners traveled to Puglia to grasp the story of its origins. She found much more.

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Why We Travel

by Pico Iyer | 04.27.09 | 11:47 AM ET

In a classic essay, Pico Iyer explores the reasons we leave our beliefs and certainties at home to see the world with open eyes

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