"The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it" - Rudyard Kipling
Travel dispatches from a shrinking planet

Travel dispatches from a shrinking planet

AUDIO SLIDESHOW
9.17.08

Notes From an Unofficial Tourist Greeter

Summer is over, and so is Julia Ross‘ season as an ambassador to travelers in Washington, D.C.’s Woodley Park neighborhood. She’s happy to be off duty.




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* Audio Slideshow: My Travels, My Feet
* Audio Slideshow: Inside Slum Tourism

Photos by Julia Ross, except the White House by Jonne1985, via Flickr (Creative Commons); Tai Shan/Panda by dbking, via Flickr (Creative Commons); Adams Morgan by DavidAll06, via Flickr (Creative Commons); saxophone player by NCinDC, via Flickr (Creative Commons); and cherry blossoms by YouDooAllous, via Flickr (Creative Commons). 


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