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A little-visited village illuminates the fabled island's mundane treasures.
By Jack Goldfarb
April 19, 2000
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Our travel expert offers tips on a Balinese holiday, flying with hamsters and car-rental insurance.
By Donald D. Groff
March 23, 2000
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The 14-year-old Karmapa faces Chinese vengeance, accusations of espionage and the political intrigues of Tibetan Buddhism.
By Carole Zimmer
February 28, 2000
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An interview with Alex Garland, bestselling and occasionally controversial author of "The Beach."
By Sue Wheat
February 11, 2000
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Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth.
By Alex Salkever
February 10, 2000
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China's Lunar New Year festival begins Friday -- no evil spirits spotted yet.
By Burt Wolf
February 3, 2000
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Will we get stuck with a fumbling Bush? Given the evil eye by Hillary? Deafened by the shrill mania of gun controllers? And will Kate Winslet ever get the Oscar Helen Hunt stole from her?
By Camille Paglia
February 2, 2000
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A newcomer to Cambodia finds that the way to a stranger's heart is through
her stomach.
By Rosemary Berkeley
January 21, 2000
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McDonald's promotion proves catnip to customers.
By J.A. Getzlaff
January 20, 2000
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"Watch your step," says local expert.
By J.A. Getzlaff
January 15, 2000
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On an innocent afternoon in Kumbum Monastery, we choked down yak cheese and learned about Paradise.
By Shanti Menon
January 14, 2000
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A night at the official Communist Party hotel in China leads to everything but a good night's sleep.
By Jeffrey Tayler
December 30, 1999
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China's assumption of control over Macau on Sunday writes the final verse in the epic of European colonization in Asia.
By Morris Dye
December 18, 1999
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Don't criticize Singapore until you've tried the kaya at the Chin Mee Chin.
By Jamie James
November 30, 1999
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As parents coordinate their babies' sexes ahead of time, the male-female ratio gets even more skewed.
By Hank Hyena
November 18, 1999
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Left behind for a surmised breach of lavatory
protocol, our correspondent and his two companions lead a desperate,
paranoid, all-out car chase in an attempt to cut off the train at Ulan Ude.
By Rolf Potts
November 11, 1999
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Why is a Turkish village more connected than a Japanese megalopolis? Lonely Planet's peripatetic founder celebrates and laments the state of global communications.
By Tony Wheeler
November 10, 1999
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The extraordinarily scenic and untouristed area of Mustang is about to have its figurative throat slit -- by a greedy highway project.
By Jeff Greenwald
November 6, 1999
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The rugged inhabitants of this starkly beautiful, isolated land are now preparing for the latest invader: Winter.
By Steve Van Beek
October 26, 1999
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Bandits strike a group of travelers in the wilds of a remote Indonesian island.
By Brent Hannon
October 6, 1999
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What ever made me think I could climb Mount Kinabalu?
By Jame DiBiasio
September 11, 1999
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Despite sex scandals and overspeculation, Bangkok residents still find reasons to smile.
By Morris Dye
September 4, 1999
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The official analysis was "diarrhea, with vomiting." Right.
By Rolf Potts
August 24, 1999
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In which our correspondent wanders the tranquil streets of Thakaek and weathers a dangerous descent.
By Rolf Potts
July 10, 1999
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Our correspondent enjoys a drowsy detour in the Lao capital before preparing to take over as second mate on the Mik Sip.
By Rolf Potts
July 9, 1999
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