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How to Dig Dim Sum in Hong Kong
by Valerie Ng | 02.21.07 | 3:00 PM ET
Photo by Valerie Ng No visit is complete without indulging in the breakfast and lunch specialty. Valerie Ng explains the difference between cha siu bao and daan taat -- and where to dip your Chinese donut.
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Yahoo! BuzzCaught in a Czech Funk
by David Farley | 02.21.07 | 5:57 AM ET
Photo courtesy of Czech Tourism. All David Farley wanted from the tourist information office in the tiny town of Nove Hrady was directions to the train station. Then he asked the young clerk a seemingly innocuous question: Was that funk booming from the speakers?
Armrest Seating, Anyone?
by Sarah Schmelling | 02.09.07 | 7:46 AM ET
Think it was bad when a Chinese airline recently asked passengers to hold it during flights because flushing the toilet burns expensive fuel? Join Sarah Schmelling aboard an airline where a full bladder is the least of your worries.
Alex Kapranos: ‘Sound Bites’ and Savory Food
by Frank Bures | 02.06.07 | 7:51 AM ET
Franz Ferdinand's singer has eaten mole in Mexico, mussels in Brussels and fishbrain bread in Finland. He talks to Frank Bures about his new book and his culinary adventures on the road.
‘Stalking the Wild Dik-Dik’: Going Solo Through Africa
by Frank Bures | 02.01.07 | 7:03 AM ET
From south to north, Marie Javins journeyed alone across the continent. Frank Bures reviews her chronicle of the trip and finds the author a likable travel companion.
Saying Goodbye in the Sierra Madre
by Jeff Biggers | 01.23.07 | 1:00 PM ET
Photo by Carla Paciotto. Jeff Biggers was living among the Tarahumara in Mexico's Copper Canyon when he was invited to a funeral for a local woman. Amid the sorrow and song, he peeked at "the other side."
Paulina Porizkova: A Model Traveler
by David Farley | 01.09.07 | 8:27 AM ET
Photo by Ric Ocasek. Supermodel Paulina Porizkova has written a novel and contributed a story to "Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic." David Farley sits down with the model-turned-author to talk travel and the writing life.
‘The Ice Cave’: Journeys Into the Wild
by Emily Stone | 01.08.07 | 7:35 AM ET
Lucy Jane Bledsoe experienced wilderness from the Mojave to the Antarctic. Emily Stone calls her resulting essay collection layered, literary and unflinchingly honest about the solitude of travel.
How Do I Land a Travel-Related Job?
by Rolf Potts | 01.04.07 | 7:28 AM ET
Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel
Unlocking Beirut
by Catherine Watson | 12.29.06 | 1:23 PM ET
When Catherine Watson left Lebanon's capital city in the 1960s, she carried home the key to her former apartment. Forty years later, she returned with her prized souvenir and found it could still open doors.
‘La Bella Figura’: Into the Italian Psyche
by Lauren Grodstein | 12.21.06 | 1:39 PM ET
In his latest book, Beppe Severgnini riffs on stadiums, cappuccinos and the Italian relationship to the stoplight. Lauren Grodstein finds the book a fun ride, but also like traveling in the company of a slaphappy tour-bus driver.
The Enduring Appeal of ‘The Endless Summer’
by Jim Benning | 12.11.06 | 1:52 PM ET
The classic surf film celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Its popularity lives on, Jim Benning writes, because it's one of the greatest wanderlust-inducing documentaries ever made -- and a potent antidote to winter.
How to Down a Pint in a Real Irish Pub
by Cheryl Donahue | 12.06.06 | 2:01 AM ET
Photo by Cheryl Donahue. There's more to it than simply bellying up to a bar and ordering a beer. Cheryl Donahue explains how to become a first-class punter (and if you think we're talking football you really need this).
Pico Iyer: On Travel and Travel Writing
by Matthew Davis | 11.30.06 | 8:32 AM ET
Two decades after boarding a plane for the trip that would yield "Video Night in Kathmandu," Pico Iyer talks to Matthew Davis about fact and fiction, books he wishes he hadn't written and his humble beginnings as a travel writer.
I Still Don’t Know For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Doug Mack | 11.29.06 | 7:49 AM ET
Photo of Ernest Hemingway's Key West house by pumpkinoodle, via Flickr. In Florida's Key West, land of tropical cocktails, Doug Mack went to Ernest Hemingway's house looking for inspiration. He found some, but not the kind he hoped.