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You and Me, Girlie

Susan Jane Gilman Undress Me Photo by François Bourru

In an excerpt from her book "Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven," Susan Jane Gilman recalls 1986 China -- and a swaggering, lascivious man named Trevor

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The Accidental Tsunami Rider

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After Chile's earthquake, Jill K. Robinson paddled her kayak into California's Half Moon Bay and felt the energy from a hemisphere away

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World Travel Watch: Typhoid in Fiji, Khmer Rouge Tourism in Cambodia and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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How to Take Part in an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

How to Take Part in an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony Photo by babasteve via Flickr (Creative Commons)

In Ethiopia, people who have no one to drink coffee with have no friends. Jenny Dunlop explains why you must stay for the third cup.

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On Becoming a Tour Guide

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Not just any tour guide. Wayne Curtis passed the drug test and is now officially licensed in New Orleans. You are now required to believe everything he says -- even that bit about Brad Pitt.

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The 2009 Travel Movie Awards

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With the Oscars on the way, Eva Holland picks the year's travel highlights on film

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World Travel Watch: Chile Earthquake Aftermath, Rallies in Bangkok and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Paying Respect to Buddha in Boston

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At a Boston park, Shelley Miller learned that a little Cantonese will go a long way

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Interview With Ted Conover: Traveling ‘The Routes of Man’

Frank Bures asks the author about the role of roads in the world -- from Ladakh and the Peruvian Andes to the West Bank

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Eight Great Travel Twitter Tweets for February

What makes a good travel tweet? Here are eight favorites from the past month.

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Why Tourism is Not a Four-Letter Word

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On travel snobbery -- and why paying 30 bucks to get pummeled by a guy named Mustafa isn't such a bad thing

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The Fine Art of Place-Dropping

With a subtle, well-crafted remark about your last trip, you, too, can win friends and influence people!

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Inspiration, Travel Writing and L’Esprit Frondeur

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What will you do that will be different and worthy of recounting? Jeffrey Tayler on the writer's life.

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World Travel Watch: Dengue Fever in Brazil, Strikes Across Europe and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Travel Cartoon: A Tourist Taken Too Soon

At the drawing board

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