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Not a Tourist
by Tom Swick | 03.22.10 | 12:06 PM ET
On the evolving role of the travel writer in the age of mass tourism and YouTube
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Yahoo! BuzzSeeking the Holy Grail? Try Valencia.
by Spud Hilton | 03.17.10 | 1:35 PM ET
iStockPhoto Breaking news: Spud Hilton has unlocked one of the world's greatest secrets
World Travel Watch: Protests in Thailand, Dingo Trouble in Australia and More
by Larry Habegger | 03.17.10 | 11:35 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
The Mad Matatus of Kenya
by Carl Hoffman | 03.16.10 | 10:42 AM ET
Photo by Carl Hoffman In an excerpt from "The Lunatic Express," Carl Hoffman spends a sweaty, noisy, desperate 24 hours in Nairobi
Interview With Carl Hoffman: Riding ‘The Lunatic Express’
by Jim Benning | 03.16.10 | 10:36 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the author about the joys and challenges of traveling in steerage
Lover’s Moon
by Pico Iyer | 03.15.10 | 11:21 AM ET
iStockPhoto Pico Iyer on the power of travel to make a forgettable Glenn Frey song last forever
You and Me, Girlie
by Susan Jane Gilman | 03.12.10 | 10:19 AM ET
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
The Accidental Tsunami Rider
by Jill K. Robinson | 03.10.10 | 11:50 AM ET
iStockPhoto After Chile's earthquake, Jill K. Robinson paddled her kayak into California's Half Moon Bay and felt the energy from a hemisphere away
World Travel Watch: Typhoid in Fiji, Khmer Rouge Tourism in Cambodia and More
by Larry Habegger | 03.10.10 | 10:41 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
How to Take Part in an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
by Jenny Dunlop | 03.09.10 | 11:10 AM ET
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.
On Becoming a Tour Guide
by Wayne Curtis | 03.08.10 | 12:00 PM ET
Photo by Wayne Curtis 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.
The 2009 Travel Movie Awards
by Eva Holland | 03.05.10 | 10:42 AM ET
Publicity still via IGN With the Oscars on the way, Eva Holland picks the year's travel highlights on film
World Travel Watch: Chile Earthquake Aftermath, Rallies in Bangkok and More
by Larry Habegger | 03.03.10 | 11:01 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Paying Respect to Buddha in Boston
by Shelley Miller | 03.03.10 | 10:11 AM ET
iStockPhoto At a Boston park, Shelley Miller learned that a little Cantonese will go a long way
Interview With Ted Conover: Traveling ‘The Routes of Man’
by Frank Bures | 03.02.10 | 11:39 AM ET
Frank Bures asks the author about the role of roads in the world -- from Ladakh and the Peruvian Andes to the West Bank