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Articles tagged "travel" Column: The RockistCrime, Delirium, and Parisby Michael Brett[29.Oct.09] :. In the second installment of his overseas correspondence, the Rockist gets robbed. And this time, not by an American corporation.  Column: The RockistThe ‘Ol Crotchety One Kicks It Transatlantic Styleby Michael Brett[22.Oct.09] :. PopMatters sends its weekly culture columnist abroad, with hopefully a one-way ticket.  Column: Read Only MemoryLooking for the Lost: Memoirs of a Vanishing Japanby Michael Antman[16.Oct.09] :. With its narrow streets and dark and hidden infoldings, there’s a distinctly feminine, mysterious, and inexplicably magnetic aspect to Japan that exists in few other places in the world. Moving PixelsTravelling in Video Gamesby L.B. Jeffries[5.May.09] :. For an artistic medium that focuses heavily on mimicking real life activities, video games still have a few activities that they still seem to struggle with keeping entertaining. Games have been able...  Books ReviewIn Cod We Trust & Magic Busby Shyam K. Sriram[3.Apr.09] :. Where else in the world can one find a town called Hell, a German U-Boat-turned-bowling alley, and Vinmonopolet, government-run wine and liquor stores?  NewsTRAVELOGUE: From boot-scootin’ to bats in Austin, Texasby Tom Uhlenbrock [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][30.Oct.07] :. AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas is a perennial power in the annual listing of the nation’s top party schools, and seemingly every one of the 50,000 students was roaming the... TRAVELOGUE: New views from ancient Bulgariaby Carol Pucci [The Seattle Times (MCT)][18.Oct.07] :. VELIKO TÂRNOVO, Bulgaria—Here in Bulgaria’s former royal capital, even a budget traveler can live like a king. Let’s start with the dinner at the Gurko Tavern, a cozy... TRAVELOGUE: In Nicaragua, volcanoes and colonial citiesby Kristin Jackson [The Seattle Times (MCT)][31.Aug.07] :. LEON, Nicaragua—With a grin and quick pace, guide Rigo Sampson led a small group of hikers up a steep trail to the top of Cerro Negro, a stark 1,300-foot-tall volcano of black cinders,... TRAVELOGUE: Cruise explores a harsh universe of thinning iceby Jane Wooldridge [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][20.Aug.07] :. DISKO BAY, Greenland—It’s well past midnight, but the sun is still gleaming just behind jagged peaks, washing the sky with a rosy shimmer. A waterfall gushes from a rocky cleft beneath... Passion for music echoes through Moroccan cityby Hannah Allam [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Aug.07] :. FEZ, Morocco—The taxi hurtled through the ancient, labyrinthine streets around Fez’s old city, and we had no idea where to tell the driver to stop. It was nearly midnight and we were... TRAVELOGUE: A decade after Dianaby Gary A. Warner [The Orange County Register (MCT)][16.Aug.07] :. She’ll always be 36. Beautiful. Stylish. Wistful eyes, but sparkling smile. The center of a dysfunctional royal fairy tale with a surprise grisly ending. It was 10 years ago this summer that... TRAVELOGUE: The glaciated hill ranges of Minnesota and South Dakotaby Chris Welsch [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][2.Aug.07] :. MINNEAPOLIS—Single file, our group of seven rode on horseback along the valley floor through a tunnel of greenery. Oak, basswood and ash trees spread their branches overhead. For a summer day... TRAVELOGUE: Alaska safari shows you the wild sideby Tom Uhlenbrock [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][27.Jul.07] :. DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska—The shaggy blond grizzly stopped grazing on grasses and sat back on her haunches. Two black cubs saw the opportunity and ended their wrestling match, each racing to... TRAVELOGUE: Romania’s Maramures villagesby Carol Pucci [Seattle Times (MCT)][25.Jul.07] :. VADU IZEI, Romania—Forty miles from the shops selling cell phones and bikinis on Bucharesti Street in the mining town of Baia Mare, Maria Stan sits in front of her house on a dirt street in the... TRAVELOGUE: Nicaragua goes boomby Jason George [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][20.Jul.07] :. GRANADA, Nicaragua—Boomtown fever is often followed by nostalgia for the way of life that just disappeared. Rapid change usually means rapid loss of charm. Tourism boomtowns are, of course, no... TRAVELOGUE: In surreal Salvador beats the heart of Brazilby Fabiola Santiago [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][19.Jul.07] :. SALVADOR, Bahia—I’m asleep in a restored colonial mansion turned bed-and-breakfast, deep in the city’s historic center, when a cacophony of joyous rhythms startles me awake. Drums,... TRAVELOGUE: Cinque Terre offers serenity from the noise of Italyby Kevin Pang [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][17.Jul.07] :. RIOMAGGIORE, Italy—Far from the spinning postcard racks, the camera-wielding tour groups, the blare of the train whistle and the lyrical background noise of everyday Italy—far from... TRAVELOGUE: An Israel that goes beyond the headlinesby Jane Wooldridge [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][13.Jul.07] :. Whatever you imagine Israel to be, it probably isn’t this: Buttery local olive oil, hinting of spice, sampled on a breezy afternoon beneath a cardamom tree. Chardonnay so crisp you can almost... TRAVELOGUE: Beijing’s Olympic bubbleby Chris Welsch [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][10.Jul.07] :. Wang Hai Xia, who knows Beijing pretty well, had to ask directions twice to find the Dashanzi Art District in an industrial area outside the city’s third ring road. It didn’t look like... TRAVELOGUE: Amid the drab landscape of Joshua Tree lies a bounty of treatsby Allen Holder [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Jul.07] :. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—Brown. I’m headed south along Park Boulevard, just outside the town of Twentynine Palms, and everywhere I look it’s the same: unrelentingly brown,... TRAVELOGUE: A hip tour of hippie-domby Brian J. Cantwell [The Seattle Times (MCT)][29.Jun.07] :. SAN FRANCISCO—The “Summer of Love” turns 40 this year, and parties are planned. So, is this the death knell for Haight-Ashbury’s hipness? If 30 was “over the hill”... TRAVELOGUE: The Duke’s co-star: A movie pilgrimage to Monument Valleyby Alan Solomon [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][1.Jun.07] :. MONUMENT VALLEY, Ariz./Utah—He remembered the first time he saw this place. It was October 1948, and the chill of high-country autumn had already set in. He was here to work with Victor... |
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