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Zen and the Art of Sleeping Anywhere
By camping wild, we bypass unloading the luggage, taking off our shoes at the doorstep, and all the other logistics of dwelling in a well-groomed society
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Zuccotti Park: Protest Site as Tourist Attraction
Getting a feel for the sliver of green in lower Manhattan that Occupy Wall Street Protesters call home
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Putting one’s means of transportation into a box while miles of travel remain is as clever as stepping into a shopping bag and attempting to carry oneself
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New York to Mumbai, By Way of Amsterdam
A flight of firsts.
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Not Finding the Lost Explorer Everett Ruess
A recent book only adds to the enduring mystery of a legendary Southwest wanderer
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The townspeople ogled the tourist he’d captured. “From America,” the cop boasted, like he’d shot me at 400 yards with a rifle
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California’s Disappearing Apple Orchards
In Sonoma County, apple growers battle against the wine industry and cheap Chinese imports
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Forget the guidebooks. Whodunits offer a private eye on Italian art, food and culture
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The Figs and Mountains of Izmir
Travel horizontally in any direction and you see no change in landscape; Siberia remains Siberia from Finland to Kamchatka
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Boasting 200 skyscrapers, China’s financial capital has grown like no other city on earth – and shows few signs of stopping
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Lincoln, Nebraska: Home on the Prairie
The college city’s big sky and endless farmland gave this New Yorker some fresh perspective
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“Chinglish” Dramatizes China-U.S. Muddles
In the new Broadway play by David Henry Hwang, an American in Beijing misinterpreting the signs
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TV’s “Pan Am:” A Case of Misplaced Nostalgia
Who doesn’t miss the retro glories of the early Jet Age celebrated in the ABC series? But enough with the sexy stewardesses already
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Sultan packs me a goody bag with tomatoes, cheese and peppers so hot I can’t even touch them. I suggest paying and she tilts her head back—”not a chance.”
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Then, from behind me, came a staccato war cry—“Aaaack!”—as my host sent a boot into the dog’s rib cage
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Three-dimensional printing technology can be used in conjunction with the material and energy resources of the Moon to build new spacefaring capabilities
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Why go to the trouble to renew a certificate I don’t use? The bottom line is that I just worked too hard to get it
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Tips for Women Traveling in Turkey
One tourist says Turkey may be the friendliest nation she’s experienced. Another was called a “witchy woman.” What’s your experience?
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A tour of the Dutch city of Leiden yields new insights into a chapter of the Thanksgiving story not taught in schools
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Cappadocia’s Fairy Chimneys and Cave Dwellings
Doorways still lead into cool, cozy chambers where people grilled kebabs, served tea and worshiped until 1952
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