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The Delicacy of the Andes
by Matt Villano | 07.23.07 | 12:13 PM ET
In Peru, people go crazy for cuy. In the U.S., they're household pets. When faced with eating them, Matt Villano confronts childhood memories, nausea and the costs of cultural immersion.
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Yahoo! BuzzChris Doyle: The Art of Jumping on Beds and the ‘50,000 Beds’ Project
by Michael Yessis | 07.20.07 | 9:48 AM ET
Photo of Chris Doyle, courtesy of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Forty-five artists shot videos and films in hotel rooms. Michael Yessis asks the man behind the effort what intrigues him about hotel rooms, as well as the seductiveness of jumping on hotel room beds.
Confessions of a Born-Again Cowboy in France
by Peter Wortsman | 07.18.07 | 9:01 AM ET
At home in the United States, Peter Wortsman is more Woody Allen than John Wayne. But to his adoptive French family, he is "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
The Critics: ‘Shadow of the Silk Road’
by Michael Yessis | 07.17.07 | 11:25 AM ET
Michael Yessis checks out what reviewers are saying about the U.S. release of the new book by Colin Thubron, "the dean of British travel writers"
Honeymooning with Jaws
by Nancy Smay | 07.16.07 | 10:37 AM ET
Photo by Nancy Smay. She went to Bora Bora on her honeymoon. She had a few tropical drinks. Someone suggested scuba diving. Then Nancy Smay found herself in way over her head.
Leo Hickman: In Search of the True Cost of Travel
by Frank Bures | 07.13.07 | 8:44 AM ET
Are travelers destroying cultures, economies and the planet? Are they making the world a better place? Frank Bures chats with the author of "The Final Call" about the ethics and consequences of world travel.
How to Eat Weisswurst in Munich
by World Hum | 07.12.07 | 10:49 AM ET
Photo by Chris Gray It's hard to find a restaurant in the German city that doesn't serve weisswurst. But it's said that the white sausages should never hear the noon church bells. Chris Gray explains.
Has Long-Term Travel Abroad Hurt My Chances of Landing a Job Back Home?
by Rolf Potts | 07.10.07 | 11:33 AM ET
Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel
Crying Uncle in Italy
by Todd Pitock | 07.09.07 | 11:10 AM ET
Todd Pitock planned to play a little golf and see a few works of art. He didn't factor in the wrong turns and ramblings of a man named Joe.
Seven Wonders of the Shrinking Planet
by Jim Benning | 07.06.07 | 12:04 PM ET
Jim Benning and Michael Yessis unveil World Hum's seven wonders: places, things and people that embody ways the planet is shrinking and cultures are colliding
‘Travels with Herodotus’: Kapuscinski and the Weight of History
by Frank Bures | 07.03.07 | 3:11 PM ET
Frank Bures considers Ryszard Kapuscinski's newly translated book -- and the Polish writer's controversial legacy
The Horse Spirits of Big Sky Country
by Deanne Stillman | 07.02.07 | 11:38 AM ET
Deanne Stillman ventures to the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana to remember the nearly forgotten warriors of Custer's Last Stand
Suffering and Smiling: Vanity Fair Does Africa
by Frank Bures | 06.27.07 | 11:31 AM ET
Africa is hot. Why? So we can save it? Frank Bures deconstructs the magazine's latest issue and what it says about Western views of the continent.
Fire in the Night
by Bill Belleville | 06.25.07 | 10:53 AM ET
Photo by Bill Belleville. In a Florida lagoon, Bill Belleville paddles among the manatees and mangroves on a quest to see the dazzling blue-green light of bioluminescence
We’ll Always Have ‘Charlie’
by Jerry V. Haines | 06.20.07 | 9:13 PM ET
In the spirit of global misunderstanding, Jerry V. Haines reveals the worst phonetic alphabet ever