Tag: culture
group name: travelcorps
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January 16, 2007 06:08 PM EST --
The only time an American should not feel guilty about buying a New Zealand apple is if the American is actually in New Zealand, as I happen to be at the moment, teaching American university students about . . . more
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February 01, 2007 03:29 AM EST --
This being the inaugural “Where the heck are You?” column on Gather Travel Corps, perhaps it would be best to start at the beginning … Awakened by the crash of the breaking dawn, . . . more
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January 13, 2007 05:58 AM EST --
Almost Like Stock Show Weather...
Tonight is our first sub-zero night this winter here in Tahoe. It is 4 below outside and 60 inside. I have opted for a sweater instead of cranking up the fire. This . . . more
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March 02, 2007 11:33 AM EST --
A teenage girl peers from a guesthouse room at a village in Tiger Leaping Gorge. To see more photographs . . . more
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January 05, 2007 12:11 PM EST --
How Other People Live
Los Angeles
By Michelle A Rivera
Do you ever compare yourself with your peers? Maybe it’s not even a conscious act. We see someone about our age, our height, our . . . more
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February 14, 2007 05:31 PM EST --
PART I – THE SETTING
The hostel, located in the heart of Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, was a dump. . . . more
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February 07, 2007 04:02 PM EST --
Kathmandu, the capital and largest city of Nepal, sits in a valley about 4,200 feet above sea level. . . . more
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February 19, 2007 09:12 PM EST --
Not all people know how they will react when faced with imminent death. Some might respond with heroic courage. Others, with Zen-like tranquility. I burst out crying.
To my credit, I wasn't the . . . more
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March 07, 2007 11:29 PM EST --
Every good traveler has a list of places (in their head, if not written down) where, if all the planets were aligned, they'd drop everything and go in a minute. For me, for too many years . . . more
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September 13, 2007 07:05 AM EDT --
Setting course with but a naked eye on the stars, their ancestors paddled and sailed their wakas, huge war canoes, thousands of miles from southern Asia. Over the centuries they passed through the Indonesian . . . more
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February 26, 2007 01:47 PM EST --
This is the third and final installment of the "Faces of Kathmandu" series. Unlike the other . . . more
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February 05, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
The week after I graduated from kindergarten, my parents packed me and my on a 24-hour plane ride to Bali, Indonesia. We were to spend the next three months there while my aging-hippie father took lessons . . . more
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March 06, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
It's often been said that the best way to learn a foreign language is to date a native speaker. I wholeheartedly agree, but I would take it one step further: the best way to learn a foreign language . . . more
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March 19, 2007 09:54 PM EDT --
Try traveling to a country where there are virtually no tourists, no tourist attractions and very little alcohol. You may come to realize that traveling, in and of itself, is slightly absurd. Essentially, . . . more
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January 09, 2007 01:42 AM EST --
I remember climbing the trees in our backyard as a child. Tying a rope to a high branch and trying to swing across to another tree.
…if there is a bit of Peter Pan in every little boy, . . . more
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November 27, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
It’s deer season in my neck of the woods, but if you’d rather hunt for antiques, Christmas gifts, and a winter’s worth of reading, take off the camouflage and set your sights for Warren, . . . more
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April 17, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
When I was 18, I discovered that contrary to what my teachers had always led me to believe, I really sucked at speaking Spanish. It had always been my strongest subject: I passed two Spanish AP tests . . . more
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January 17, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
Extraordinary people, new discoveries, and ancient traditions made for an unforgettable journey on gather.com. Here's a look back at The Culinary Tourist ' s 2007 travel journal.
Where would . . . more
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April 03, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
When I was 14, I went to Kenya--kind of. By "kind of," I mean I was physically present in the country for two weeks. But please don't ask me what I learned. The Kenya that I saw looked like . . . more
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May 28, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Now that it is winter, I can't seem to get warm. When indoors, I am always shivering, and I've taken to spending my early evenings in bed under layers of blankets. I stare out the window and smoke . . . more
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