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Posted by | May 3, 2010
Why I love Bolivia

As a travel writer, one of the questions I get asked all the time is: "What is your favorite country?" My typical answer is that I don't really have favorites...

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Posted by | April 30, 2010
Guest post: Seville

This week, Abigail King of Inside the Travel Lab takes us for a wander around her adopted home town of Seville in the south of Spain. Join Abigail as she...

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Posted by | April 26, 2010
Cities as lovers

Today I miss Lisbon. Portugal's capital popped up in conversation several times in the last few days. Earlier this afternoon, I was having lunch with two colleagues who have never...

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Posted by | April 23, 2010
Guest post: Brussels

The guest post series remains Eurocentric this week, as we head to Belgium to follow Alison of CheeseWeb for a ramble around some lesser-known parts of her adopted home city,...

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Posted by | April 20, 2010
Global fashion of a do-gooder

My dear friend Christine has been working for Médecins Sans Frontières since 2006. I met Christine as an overworked but dedicated pediatric nurse in New York some seven years ago,...

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Posted by | April 16, 2010
Guest post: Paris

In this week's guest post, we travel to Paris with resident Sion Dayson, the writer dreamer behind paris (im)perfect. Sion takes us for a wander around the (free!) highlights of...

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Posted by | April 14, 2010
Glimpses of Thailand

I returned from Thailand yesterday afternoon, my trip cut short by the protests. As I sort through the many impressions, I thought I'd share some moving images instead of words....

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Posted by | April 9, 2010
Guest post: China

This week, the guest post series takes us to China, for a peak at the city of Wenzhou in the country's southeastern Zhejiang province. Our guide on the journey is...

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Posted by | April 6, 2010
Monkey mind in Chiang Mai

A couple of days ago, in the town of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, I went out one evening to visit a Buddhist wat for a chat with the monks...

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Posted by | April 2, 2010
Guest post: Zurich

In this week's guest post, Denise of Travel with Den Den takes us for a walk around her adopted home city of Zurich to prove that this Swiss metropolis isn't...

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