You Are Here: Putting the Eyebrows on It
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Welcome! Here's where we'll put the eyebrows on it (Compliments to FZ). This travelogue is about roaming. If you aren't familiar with roaming, please watch The Jerk or Rurouni Kenshin or O'Brother Where Art Thou or Night of the Living Dead.
Jesus was 33 when he died. I figure any day after that, they're bonus days (like that bonus round in Galaga or getting 33% more Clorox...Free).
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You Are Here -
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Six Miles South of Cape Cod -
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Returning to my Hometown -
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Kevin the Super Athlete and Red Rain Alert! -
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Livin' it Up in Hong Kong -
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Free Market System, Hong Kong -
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Karst Country (or Hello Banana Land) -
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Chinese Schwarzenegger on the b..b.b.b...b.b.b.bus -
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The Land of the Bai People -
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Full Moon Over Lijiang (The Universal Fly Dance) -
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Children's Day in Shambala -
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Will the Real Shangri-la Please Stand Up -
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For Sarah Ruth Hartenstine -
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The Eternal Becoming and the Endless Flux -
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Kawa Karpo, Part I: The Tears of Buddha -
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Kawa Karpo Part II: Into the Wild -
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Kawa Karpo, Part III: Of Mountain Gods -
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The Forbidden City -
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Hutongs and the International Watering Hole -
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Subways, Fried Centipede, and Neon -
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Hiking The Great Wall of China -
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The Iron Fist and the Eight Trigrams -
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Nate in China Summer Tour 2005 -
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Iron Legs Zhao, the Abacus, and Cruel Torture -
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Shaolin -
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Nanning -
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The Ox and the Mulberry -
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A Different Kind of Enlightenment -
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The Happy Excursion -
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The New (Pollution) Philosophy -
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The Dogs of Zhongdian -
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Waiting In Limbo -
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Yangtze River Villages: Here Comes the Flood -
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Hamugu and the Wise Elder -
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Tracking the Gna and the Sublime -
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Not-Monks and the Environment -
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The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind -
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Soft Power and Greenth: Dr. Fan's Tooth Whitener -
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Happy Birthday Tibet -
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Eating the Wasp -
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A Day in the Life -
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Barnyard Stories -
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The Teasing Veil of the Zhong Qui Jie Moon -
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Licking the Bowl and Eating Apples -
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Chasing the Nomads -
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The Rite of Passage -
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The Icing Fight -
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Straddling the Divide: the Yangtze and the Mekong -
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Churning Butter with Gazhong -
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Kawa Karpo, part IV: Revelation -
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Farewell Jonathan -
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The Cham Dance and the Seams of the Seasons -
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Yading Nature Reserve: Revisited -
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The Big Kora, part I: Power -
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The Big Kora, part II: Wisdom -
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The Big Kora, Part III: Compassion -
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Walking the Streets -
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Woman, Hunter, Tiger, Lake, Mountain God -
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Fahrenheit 101: The Paranoid Android -
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"Traveling" with WWF -
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Trekking in Luang Nam Tha -
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Mekong Fish, Beerlao, Saffron Monks, and the Fig -
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Climbing the Falls -
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Turning Bombs into Homes -
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Specials, Spelling, and Sauce -
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Madame Sassypants in the Capitol -
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Mr. Hummie and the Cave -
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Tat Fan, Wat Phu, Reflection, and Relaxation -
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Angkor, Part I: Change, Culture, and Nature -
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Angkor, Part II: Temple Hopping -
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Angkor, Part III: Ramayana and Apsara -
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Brother Number One -
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There's Nowhere to Go But Up -
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Saigon -
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Phu Quoc: "It's Wonderbar!" -
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Tet -
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Everybody Find Your Happy Place -
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Who Can Pass Up A Banana? -
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Funky Monkey and the Number Four Boat -
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The Love House -
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Full Moon Festivities -
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Hue, Day One: Music in the Pines -
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Hue, Day Two: On the Muddy Banks... -
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Uncle Ho and the Scam Boys -
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Bay of the Descending Dragon -
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The Heart of Hanoi -
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Same Same...But Different -
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Who is China? -
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The Other Hullabaloo -
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Wu Wei Temple and the Five Elements -
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The Lamb Lays Down... -
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The Cranes of Napa Hai -
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Toucan Sam Smells a Toilet and Other News -
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The Yunnan Golden Monkey -
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Sweet Innocent Killer and the Final Cut -
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The Real Shangri-la -
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Parental Adventures in China, Part I -
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Parental Adventures in China, Part II -
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Parental Adventures in China, Part III -
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Do-ke La: Entering the T.A.R. -
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Tibet Transects: The Salween River Gorge -
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Fire in the Gorge -
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The Deluge -
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Marching to the Mekong -
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The Winding Roads of Kham -
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Tibet Transects: The Kangri Garpo Range -
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The Land of Lhagu -
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Realm of Tumo -
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Bounds and Freedoms -
110
Sekundo and the Caterpillar Fungus Hunters -
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Padmasambhava Battles Black Flayed Hide -
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The Public Security Bureau Interrogation -
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The Heart of the Supine Ogress -
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Bertha -
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Tibet Transects: Axis Mundi -
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Silence in the Moonlight with Yellow Tara -
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Tibetan Gobstoppers -
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Violent Buddhist Superheroes at Mt. Kailash -
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Team Kora -
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A Rain of Nectar, Coco Puffs, and A Hermit's Life -
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Tibetan Buddhist Politics at Tashilhunpo Monastery -
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Road Trip: Costs, Permits and Road Construction -
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UNO and Koras at Nam-tso with Kevin and Nate -
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Old Historic Tibet with Kevin and Nate -
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Army Day -
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The Spirit of Tibet: Dalai Lama's Oracle Lake -
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Sweet Innocent Killer and The Joyful Paradise -
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Tibet Transects: The Northern Plateau -
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Backpacking in Kekexili -
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Trailed to Twin Lakes by Uranium Prospectors! -
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Gyantse Kumbum: Journey with Buddhist Deities -
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The North Face of Mount Everest -
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Tales of Three Cities -
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Dasain -
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Interview with a Nepali Waiter-cum-philosopher -
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Walking Across Chitwan National Park -
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Makalu-Barun, part I: To Khandbari with Sandy -
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Makalu-Barun, part II: Namaste, Tihar, Maoists -
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Makalu-Barun, part III: The Land of Rock and Ice -
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Makalu-Barun, part IV: Return to Khandbari -
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Gurus, Tulkus, and the Definitive Meaning -
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Two Days in Pokhara -
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Travels with Two Buddhas: Birth -
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Travels with Two Buddhas: Parinirvana -
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The Holy Ganges -
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Travels with Two Buddhas: Turning the Dharma Wheel -
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Enlightenment Under the Pippala Tree -
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Travels with Two Buddhas: Enlightenment -
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Bodhissatva Vow -
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Vipassana and the Eightfold Path -
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Travels with Two Buddhas: Meditation and Knowledge -
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Patna -
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Ardh Kumbh Mela: Parade of Saints -
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Temples of Khajuraho -
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The Taj Mahal -
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India Nature: Keoladeo National Park -
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India Nature: Ranthambore National Park -
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Ashura, The Pink City, and Amber Fort -
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Jodhpur -
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The Camel Safari -
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The Blue City of Marwar -
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Exquisite Temples of Ranakpur -
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Udaipur, Lair of Octopussy -
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India Nature: Velavadar Black Buck National Park -
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Shatrunjaya Hill: Sacred Place of Adinath -
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Maha Shivaratri, Night of Shiva, at Girnar -
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India Nature: Gir Sanctuary and National Park -
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Diu Island -
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One Week on the Saurashtra Coastline -
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Gulf of Kutch -
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Bhuj -
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Welcome to Kutch -
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Hira the Elder, Rogan Art, and a Harijan Wedding -
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India Nature: Kutch Backroads, An Essay, part I -
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India Nature: Kutch Backroads, An Essay, part II -
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India Nature: Kutch Backroads, An Essay, part III -
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India Nature: Kutch Backroads, An Essay, part IV -
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Annotated Bird Species List -
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In Ahmedabad for One Night -
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The Deccan Trap Caves: Divine Art -
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Cricket and Bollywood in Bombay -
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Beachin' It -
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Vijayanagar, the City of Victory -
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Bangalore -
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Bangalore and Mysore: New India, Incorporated -
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And the Rains Came... -
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Trains, Buses, Feet, Trucks...Getting Around -
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India Nature: Forest Restoration in the Anamalai -
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Thrissur Pooram: Sick Love-Hate India Frenzy -
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May Day, Kathakali, and Keralan Murals -
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India Nature: The Highlands of the Western Ghats -
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Serendipity on the Tear of India -
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Sri Lanka's Primeval Rainforest -
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Exploring the Cloud Forests -
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The Cultural Triangle--More than Three Sides -
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Full Moon in the Jungle -
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Up the East Coast, part I: Kerala to Rameshwaram -
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Up the East Coast, part II: Chola Empire -
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Up the East Coast, Part III: The Sun Temple -
200
Kathmandu, Revisited -
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Sensations of Epic Proportions and the New Knight -
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Mutual People Watching in Shimla -
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Parvati's Earrings, Sadhus, and Sikhs -
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The Pass -
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Land of Snow Leopards, Ibex, and Mudh -
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The Mahavairochana Mandala -
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Driving to Leh -
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German Bakeries and Old Palaces -
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Phyang Cham Ceremony -
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Drukpa 800-Year Anniversary -
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Alchi, Rizong, and Lamayuru on the Way to Srinagar -
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Vale of Kashmir -
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Conversations with Sufis -
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The Padder Valley Trek: An Introduction -
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Sheshnag, Holy Naga at Tatapani -
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Forests, Meadows, and Villages of the Kaban Valley -
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The Pir and the Mulvi -
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General Zorawar Singh, Velvet Sapphires, and Kali -
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Valley Spirits and Change in the Hands of God -
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Nature's Hermit and the Village of Charm -
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There is a Certain Time for an Abode of Power -
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Chandi Matha Yatra and the Blending of Cultures -
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Meeting the Amchi and A Buddhist Wedding -
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The Gujjar Nomads and the Sapphire Mine -
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Hiking Solo in Bhuzas -
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Crossing Omasi-la Pass -
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Snow Leopards and Naropa in Zanskar -
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Yalitong la Mole Singing in Zanskar -
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Recommendations -
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Jammu -
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The Golden Temple -
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Four Nights with Sufis -
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Timshel and September 11 -
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Ancient Capital of Empires and Hub of Culture -
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A Fortress with One Clear Gate -
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Ramadan Begins -
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Jihad and the Left Hand of God -
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Two Weeks in Chitral District -
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The Month of Wine and Walnuts and the Chicken Myth -
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Zohur -
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Shopping for Trekking in Gilgit -
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Nanga Parbat's Rupal Face -
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End of Ramadan: Eid Mubarak -
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Two Weeks in the Hunza Valley -
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The Silk Road:Kashgar and the New Silk Road -
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Train to Turpan -
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The Silk Road: Turpan's Mummies and Ancient Cities -
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Urumqi -
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Rencontres D'automne, The Feeling of Fall -
250
Kyrgyzstan -
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Waiting for the Ketchup -
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Cowboys, Wolves, and Satan -
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The Experiment -
254
Poachers and the Camera Trap -
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Gamburgers on Ice, Twister in the Marshrutkas -
256
Five Parts From Bishkek to Tashkent -
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Al-Jazeera on Satellite TV -
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Visa Hell -
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The Lonesome Smoking Santa -
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Uzbek Story: It's Like That, Life -
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The Silk Road: Unpeeling the Layers of History -
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The Silk Road: Pomegranate -
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The Silk Road: Ichon Qala, Frozen in Time...Almost -
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Karakalpakstan: A Hidden Gem of a Land -
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Journey to Baku -
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Aktau -
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Land of Fire and Wind -
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Meet Andre -
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Georgian Soul, part I -
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Davit Gareja -
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Around Yerevan, part I: Creation and Destruction -
272
Around Yerevan, part II: Khatchkars and Chats -
273
Around Yerevan, part III: Elections, Monastery -
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White -
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Tenth Century Monasteries of Debed Canyon -
276
Georgian Soul, part II -
277
Colchis, Ancient Land of the Golden Fleece -
278
Black Sea -
279
Turkish Delights -
280
Erzurum -
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No Sleep 'Til Diyarbakir -
282
The Saffron Town -
283
Prophets and the Fall of Nomadic Life -
284
A Taste of Mosaics and Baklava -
285
Antioch and the First Christian Church -
286
Doin' the Pigeon in Syria -
287
Idols and Ruins in the Syrian Desert -
288
The Welcoming Monastery -
289
Defenders of The Faith -
290
Layer Cake of Civilization -
291
To Irbid? -
292
Soldiers and Wildflowers in the Decapolis -
293
Crossing the Border -
294
Palm Sunday -
295
Soil -
296
Whose Land is This? -
297
Stations of the Cross -
298
Purim! -
299
City of David -
300
Easter Sunday -
301
The Dead Sea: Spiritual Water and Tikkun Olam -
302
Nazareth -
303
Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus -
304
From Mount Nebo to Bethany -
305
Petra -
306
Solace in the Arabian Desert -
307
Mumbling Underwater Joy -
308
Sinai Rose -
309
Dive Trip -
310
Thebes: Then and Now -
311
Light Hearts and the Valley of the Kings -
312
Water -
313
Glowing Lantern -
314
Cairo, the City of Superlatives -
315
Meeting Carolyn -
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Heraklion -
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Hania -
318
Aegean Sea Islands, part I: Crete -
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Aegean Sea Islands, part II: Santorini -
320
Aegean Sea Islands, part III: Mykonos and Delos -
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Athens -
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The Oracle -
323
Why and the Gods -
324
Christian Jihad at Meteora -
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Athens -
326
Night Train to Istanbul -
327
Whatever You Want It to Be -
328
Rumi and the Sema -
329
Lebanon Cedars in Turkey -
330
Olympos -
331
Eleven Dollar Gas Anyone? Artemis? -
332
Gallipoli and Troy -
333
Istanbul -
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Sofia -
335
Veliko Tarnovo -
336
Varna -
337
Bucharest -
338
Transylvania -
339
Cluj -
340
Bucharest -
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Sfantu Gheorge -
342
Suceava -
343
Guru Humorului -
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Prislop Pass -
345
Maramures -
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Oradea -
347
Budapest -
348
Sopron -
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Vienna -
350
Bratislava -
351
High Tatras -
352
Levoca -
353
Kosice -
354
Goodnight
