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Tosi and Me
by Alexis Wolff | 03.03.08 | 3:53 PM ET
Photo by Sam Limmer. During her summer in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Alexis Wolff bought a pet chicken. It purred. It baaked. And when it left her, she discovered something about happiness.
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Yahoo! Buzz‘Things Fall Apart’: 50 Years Later
by Frank Bures | 02.29.08 | 11:15 AM ET
For many, Chinua Achebe's classic novel serves as an introduction to Africa. But Frank Bures writes that the place it depicts is now hard to recognize.
Dan Bilefsky: Telling Counterintuitive Stories From the Edge of Europe
by Joanna Kakissis | 02.21.08 | 12:05 PM ET
The International Herald Tribune's Central and Eastern Europe correspondent has developed a reputation as one of journalism's finest voices. Joanna Kakissis asks him about "Balkan idols" and unlocking cultures.
Mint and Djinns in Fes
by Terry Ward | 02.18.08 | 1:03 PM ET
Photo by Terry Ward. Terry Ward wondered if her Moroccan friend believed in genies. Over a pot of tea, she learned just what she wanted to know.
For a Beach Vacation, Should I Go All the Way to Bali or the Maldives When Hawaii Would Do?
by Rolf Potts | 02.15.08 | 11:13 AM ET
Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel
Eric Weiner: On Following Your Bliss
by Julia Ross | 02.13.08 | 2:03 PM ET
Photo by Chuck Berman. What's the relationship between place and happiness? Julia Ross asks the author of "The Geography of Bliss" about happy nations, "hedonic refugees" and the benefits of ma?ana and mai pen lai.
One Man’s Odyssey into ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
by Rolf Potts | 02.11.08 | 1:33 PM ET
Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling trans-global travel book is a fun read -- but don't expect Rolf Potts to embrace the fantasy
Traveling While Texan
by Sophia Dembling | 02.05.08 | 12:53 PM ET
Photo: iStockphoto. Sophia Dembling hears a lot about her home state while she's on the road, particularly from other travelers intent on steering clear of the land of George W. Bush, Jasper and big hair. Her response: Get over it.
Under the Banyan Tree
by Adam Karlin | 02.04.08 | 11:34 AM ET
Photo by Adam Karlin. The dictators call it Myanmar. For the first time since they crushed the Saffron Revolution, Adam Karlin traveled to the country he calls Burma -- and home.
Sipping Starbucks, From Bloomington, Indiana to Shanghai, China
by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom | 01.30.08 | 11:00 AM ET
Photo by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom Westerners often assume that a Starbucks is a Starbucks is a Starbucks, but are they right? Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom recalls the big green coffee machine's arrival in two very different cities.
The Road to Happiness
by World Hum | 01.29.08 | 11:41 AM ET
Frank Bures gets lost in Eric Weiner's "The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Place in the World"
Michael Palin: The New ‘New Europe’
by David Farley | 01.24.08 | 11:53 AM ET
David Farley asks the Monty Python member-turned-travel host about the call of the road and his new television series
10 Sizzling Hot Travel Tips From Sir Francis Bacon
by Rolf Potts | 01.22.08 | 10:57 AM ET
Rolf Potts repackages the 17th century philosopher's 'Of Travel' essay in the manner of a 21st century magazine feature
The (Full Moon) Party’s Over
by Peter Delevett | 01.16.08 | 11:12 AM ET
Photo by Peter Delevett. Peter Delevett visited Thailand's Koh Phangan with his girlfriend in 1994, discovering a boho backpacker Eden. He recently returned -- older, married and with a mortgage -- just in time for the island's signature bash.
Mark Jenkins: Seeing the World as it is
by Frank Bures | 01.11.08 | 11:03 AM ET
Frank Bures talks to one of Outside's "Literary All-Stars" and the author of "A Man's Life: Dispatches From Dangerous Places" about his tales of daring and adventure