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Veritable Venice By John Krich
A summer resident savors the city's eternal spirit -- and contemporary contradictions. (09/23/97)

Australia by horseback By Pippa Gordon
Here's a novel way to see Queensland -- and to share a mother-daughter journey. (09/23/97)

Road Warrior By Don George
Adventures of the Business Traveler (09/23/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
L'eau de vie: Cognac with every meal (09/23/97)

Mondo Weirdo More strange tales from around the world
Hippos in the night (09/23/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Lost in the Sahara (09/23/97)

Lost in the Sahara By Jeffrey Tayler
A simple overnight trip becomes a battle for survival (09/16/97)

Sensual sands Photos and text By Pamela Roberson
A desert portfolio (09/16/97)

Letter from Amsterdam By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Town of the Toke (09/16/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Harvest the rewards of "the world's longest marathon" with 24-mile mark oysters (09/16/97)

Mondo Weirdo More strange tales from around the world
Lions and rhinos and loos -- oh my! (09/16/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Hitchhiking adventures (09/16/97)

Bali low By Cintra Wilson
When your body is in paradise and your mind is on the Lower East Side, it's time for another clove cigarette. (09/09/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
There's no need to eat airplane slop. For $25, you can eat first class. (09/09/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Amanda Jones
During a sleepless night in northern Thailand, a woman is transformed from potential murderer to goddess. (09/09/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Trips Close to Home -- In fact, in 'em (09/09/97)

Burma or Bust By Joshua Cohen
A charmed traveler in China takes the hard road to a forbidden border. (09/02/97)

Passages: "Travelers' Tales: Nepal" By Robert J. Matthews
"A Simple Gift": A touching encounter with a leper in Nepal (09/02/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world
Strange bedtime tales from Thailand, Peru and Ecuador (09/02/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
A fruity, non-boozy, end-of-summer smoothie (09/02/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Great Railway Journeys (09/02/97)

Sleeping with elephants By Don Meredith
Earth-shaking encounters in Kenya (08/19/97)

Man is an island By Jan Morris
The Isle of Man is the last contented jewel in Britain's imperial crown. (08/19/97)

Passages: "Desiring Italy" By Mary Taylor Simeti
A young woman's Sicilian journal (08/19/97)

Sleepless in Siena By Don George, Editor
The strangest place I've ever slept (08/19/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Corn off the cob (08/19/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales My private wanderlust (08/19/97)

St. Elvis By Cintra Wilson
Who took the grace out of Graceland? Our columnist goes to Memphis (08/12/97)

The King and us By Christina Boufis
The world's most maniacal Elvis fans (08/12/97)

Way dead Elvis By Greil Marcus
A tribute to the King proves that his posthumous legend has become equal parts sincerity and trash (08/12/97)

Sleeping in strange places By Don George, Editor
What's the most memorable place you have ever slept? (08/12/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Boozy smoothie: Frozen fruit fusions for a festive fling (08/12/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Venice - La Citta Piu Bella Del Mondo (08/12/97)

Banks of forgiveness By Felicia Clark
A pilgrimage to India's holy city (08/05/97)

Postmark: London, England By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Erotic design exhibits and a cappuccino craze signify the new face of old London (08/05/97)

Passages: "Days and Nights on the Grand Trunk Road" By Anthony Weller
An evocative portrait of Lahore, Pakistan, from Anthony Weller's extraordinarily intelligent and open-hearted account of a journey from Calcutta to the Khyber Pass (08/05/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Crustacean celebration (08/05/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Great Railway Journeys (08/05/97)

A lucky life By Don George, Editor
Peter Mayle talks about writing, painting and taking risks. (07/29/97)

August advice By Peter Mayle
Oh to be in Paris -- now that the Parisians are gone. (07/29/97)

Crime takes a holiday By David Corn
Cavorting with mystery writers at a conference-cum-carnival in northern Spain. (07/29/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
Parts is parts (07/22/97)

Passages: "To Timbuktu" By Mark Jenkins
African encounters (07/29/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
It's summer -- stay out of the kitchen! (07/29/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales The hubris of going "where the tourists don't go" (07/29/97)

Acting on wild impulse By Don George, Editor
Sometimes risk taking is the best way to travel. (07/22/97)

Thai Die By Karl Taro Greenfeld
An adventure gone awry in northern Thailand. (07/22/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
The killer tentacles (07/22/97)

Postmark: New Orleans, Louisiana By Lance P. Martin
Big Easy Addiction: Despite crime, poverty, and horrendous summer heat, loyal New Orleans residents party on in a city that's impossible to hate. (07/22/97)

Passages: "In the Ring of Fire" By James D. Houston
Pacific Journeys: Three Kinds of Silence (07/22/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Garlic Worship: Put all the goodness of the stinkin' rose on toast (07/22/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Does your neighborhood still feel like home? (07/22/97)

Sex! Sand! Surf! By Po Bronson
There are palm trees and pool aerobics, searching singles and satiny sands, but a week at Club Med Turkoise is not what you expect. (07/15/97)

Melatonin mania By Morris Dye
It treats cancer, enhances sexual pleasure and boosts the immune system! Well, maybe not, but it sure helps jet lag. (07/15/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
Dog today, dinner tomorrow. (07/15/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Barbeque 101: Lessons in grilling for the aspiring backyard gourmet. (07/15/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Road trips (07/15/97)

Favorite travel books By Don George, Editor
Six great travel tomes reveal the soul of the places they describe. (07/08/97)

PLUS: Wanderlust's favorite readers write about their favorite travel books.

• "Two Towns in Provence"
  Wanderlust Contributing Editor Peter Mayle writes about the book that inspired him to go to Provence: M.F.K. Fisher's "Two Towns in Provence." (07/08/97)
• "Natural Opium"
  Salon Book Editor Dwight Garner praises the engaging riches of Diane Johnson's far-flung travails in "Natural Opium." (07/08/97)
• "The Snow Leopard"
  Writer Amanda Jones recalls reading Peter Matthiessen's masterful account of his Himalayan ascent, "The Snow Leopard," on her own journey down the mountains. (07/08/97)
• "Roughing It"
  Travel editor Lynn Ferrin describes the timeless art of Mark Twain's evocations of place in "Roughing It." (07/08/97)

Postmark: Brighton, England By Andrew Ross
Salon's managing editor sends a provocative Postmark about Tony Blair, monsoons and the British sense of the absurd from rain-soaked Brighton, England. (07/08/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
In honor of Bastille Day, the Surreal Gourmet cooks up some French toast with banana. (07/08/97)

Hong Kong diary By Simon Winchester
Our handover correspondant concludes his Hong Kong diary with some final reflections on the future of the former colony. (07/08/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Why do foreign tourists love to hate the U.S.? (07/08/97)

American byways By Don George, Editor
Strawberry festivals & folding chair marching bands (07/01/97)

Ode to the road By Jenn Shreve
Five great books in search of the American dream (07/01/97)

Passages: "The Soul of Golf" By William Hallberg
On a cross-country search for the soul of golf, author William Hallberg seeks out an all-black golf course and discovers cosmic truth. (07/01/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
Couldn't we just have camel tortillas? (07/01/97)

Postmark: Bend, Oregon By Christine Barnes
Lattes meet lumberjacks in Oregon. (07/01/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
A Canadian transplant contemplates U.S. patriotism, national marketing strategies and potato salad to salute for. (07/01/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Key West: A great place to visit (07/01/97)

Stormy weather By Don George, Editor
Paul Theroux on Hong Kong's troubled times to come (06/24/97)

The party's over By Simon Winchester
The decadent charm of Hong Kong past (06/24/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
On grilled house rat and crude urinals (06/17/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
The Queen's favorite cocktail (06/24/97)

Postmark: Prague By Melissa Morrison
Slacker Central: Affordable Bohemia in the land of the Velvet Revolution. (06/24/97)
- Books on Prague

Passages: "Yak Butter and Black Tea" By Wade Brackenbury
A traveler crosses into forbidden Chinese territory in hopes of finding a village untouched by time. (06/24/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales R.I.P. in Disneyworld? (06/24/97)

Gonzo Congo! By Don George, Editor
Redmond O'Hanlon hunts dinosaurs in the African jungle. (06/17/97)
Plus: Fetishes and fossils By Don George
Redmond O'Hanlon talks about cave writers, cult biology and spending three years without a social life. (06/17/97)

Kidnap my heart By Alison Buckholtz
An Arab taxi driver takes a lone American where she never planned. (06/17/97)

Mondo Weirdo: More strange foods around the world By Don George
Chickens and roaches and snakes, oh my! (06/17/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
This summer, don't be without the latest collection of monochrome greens, crisply accented with a variety of tasteful accessories. (06/17/97)

Postmark: Harlem, New York By Tessa Souter
Forget the horror stories -- Harlem is a great place to live. (06/17/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales The Ugly American -- Why does the world love to hate U.S. Tourists? (06/17/97)

School trip! By Don George, Editor
On the road with 60 fifth-graders. (06/10/97)

Mondo Weirdo: Strange foods around the world By Don George
How much is that doggy in the window? (06/10/97)

The Tragedy of Tiger Leaping Gorge By Simon Winchester
China's short-sighted greed endangers another natural treasure. (06/10/97)
-Books on China

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
An all-star meal for your sports-loving papa (06/10/97)

Passages: "Trout Fisher's Almanac" Edited by Sid Evans
Mike Hudoba recalls the subtle charms and meditative quality of trout fishing.(06/10/97)

Postmark: Seattle By Jenn Shreve
The Liquid City. (06/10/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Above the Volcano -- Death and Diversion (06/10/97)

Forbidden island By Don George, Editor
Travel to Cuba (06/03/97)

Cuba libre! By Mark Schapiro
A hot art scene brings the world to Havana's door (06/03/97)
- A Gallery of images
- Books on Cuba

An idyll in Ireland By Patric Kuh
Two great Irish hotels warm a winter traveler (06/03/97)

The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Your own sitcom, with curry (06/03/97)

Postmark: San Francisco By Gary Kamiya
San Francisco's dream landscape has never disappeared (06/03/97)
- Books on San Francisco

Passages: "Travelers' Tales: Paris" Edited by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger and Sean O'Reilly
"Paris In Pink" By Katya Macklovich Swayed and seduced by the City of Light, a broken-hearted woman rediscovers passion. (06/03/97)

An Uzbek responds By Ibrat A. Jumabayev
A letter to the editor from an Uzbek citizen, objecting to an earlier Wanderlust story about Uzbekistan (06/03/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales
Philadelphia: Weirdness Capital of America? (06/03/97)

Mondo Weirdo By Don George
The strangest food in the world (05/24/97)

Praise the Titanic! By Douglas Cruickshank
Eighty-five years later, they're still going down with the ship (05/24/97)

Above the volcano By Robert Riddell
Climbing Mexico's newest landform offers unexpected lessons (05/24/97)
-Books on Mexico
-Getting there

Postmark: Oxford, England
Village people by Amanda Castleman
Ye Olde Englande still exists in all its imagined splendor -- that is, if you overlook the busted pipes and bigoted redneck neighbors (05/24/97)
-Getting there

Passages: "Into Thin Air" By Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer recounts his harrowing journey up Mount Everest, on the fatal expedition that claimed the lives of four of his teammates. (05/24/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales
Drinking and travel (05/24/97)

A place in the sun By Don George, Editor (05/20/97)

If it's Tuesday, I must be tipsy By Jan Morris
Jan Morris drinks her way across Europe (05/20/97)

Postmark: Philadelphia By Mary Elizabeth Williams
City of Brotherly Weirdness: The Liberty Bell isn't the only thing cracked about this town (05/20/97)

Passages: "In Light of India" By Octavio Paz
Beholding Bombay. (05/20/97)
- Books on India
- Getting there

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales
New York Stories (05/20/97)

What is it about Paris? By Don George
"There's something about Paris that makes people walk hand in hand and stop to kiss long and deep, and sigh, oblivious to all the people passing by." Wanderlust's editor reflects on his own Parisian love affair. (05/13/97)

Philosophy au lait By David Downie
Philosophers' cafes are all the rage in Paris (05/13/97)
-Parisian philocafés
-Books on Paris

Passages: "Anatomy of Restlessness" By Bruce Chatwin
Gone to Timbuctoo: A brilliant travel writer's reflections on an almost mythic destination (05/13/97)
-Getting there

Postmark: Los Feliz By Dawn MacKeen
Lost in Los Feliz: What happens when your neighborhood becomes the trendiest place in town? (05/13/97)
-Books on Los Angeles

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales
Your favorite city in the whole wide world! (05/13/97)

Come Home with Me By Don George
Bahamians go all out for tourism (05/06/97)

Riding High By Cintra Wilson
Cintra Wilson does the Kentucky Derby (05/06/97)

Passages: "Travelers' Tales: Brazil" By Christopher Hall
"My Night of Candomblé": Bewitched in Brazil. (05/06/97)
- Books on Brazil
- Getting there

Postmark: Moscow By Arline Klatte
Every Man a Czar: In Moscow, even schmucks from Detroit can savor Cuban cigars and bed Slavic beauties. (05/06/97)
- Getting there

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales Supermarkets as Microcosms of Society
Do grocery stores reveal all there is to know about a culture? (05/06/97)

Bad trips By Don George
The art of wanderlust has a certain Zen aspect (04/29/97)

Uzbek low tech By Doug Fine
If you're big on telephones and such, the nations of Central Asia aren't for you. But if you have an iron stomach, a steel will and a bottle of Cipro, you'll be rewarded with priceless spectacles of ancient history. (04/29/97)

In praise of lipstick-red convertibles By Shirley Streshinsky
Cruising topless on Hawaii's Big Island
- Books on Hawaii
- Getting there (04/29/97)

Passages: "Questions of Heaven" By Gretel Ehrlich
An American Buddhist's climb up a sacred mountain in China. (04/29/97)

A night from hell in Los Angeles By Don George
When you find yourself hanging over your Hollywood hotel balcony in your pajamas at 3 a.m., trying to prevent a phantasmagorical little man with a hammer from pounding a hole in your head, you may want to consider the minibar (04/22/97)

Giving good gnocchi By Linda Watanabe McFerrin
A five-course seduction at the Bai Barbacani restaurant in Venice
- Books on Venice
- Getting there (04/22/97)

My Favorite Flick By Don George, Editor
"The Passenger," the greatest travel film ever, captures travel's wild heart (04/15/97)

Family vacation from hell By Cynthia Gorney
Las Vegas promises "New Family Attractions" -- but they're no match for the world's Oldest Obsessions. (04/15/97)
- Books on Las Vegas
- Getting there

Postmark: Bangkok By Steve Van Beek
Jammin' Thai-style: The car that ate Bangkok and other traffic tales (04/15/97)

Passages: "Under the Tuscan Sun" By Frances Mayes
In Mayes' back-to-basics fantasy of Old World living, the real estate is the protagonist, evoked with a mix of endearment, obsession and frustration. (04/15/97)
- Books on Tuscany
- Getting there

Table Talk
Readers' Tips and Tales (04/15/97)

My Private Wanderlust By Donald W. George
The Editor of Wanderlust reflects on the history and heart of his own restless spirit. (04/08/97)

Ibiza: A Navel Voyage By Karl Taro Greenfeld
If there was ever a place where a man may be tempted to bite an unknown woman's navel, that place is Ibiza in August. (04/08/97)
- Books on the Mediterranean
- Getting there

Mallemaroking runs amok By Simon Winchester
Mothers beware! The bawdy philanderings of drunk ice-bound whalers in Greenland may be coming to a neighborhood near you. (04/08/97)
- Simon Winchester booklist

Notes from Underground By Dwight Garner
The agony, and the ecstasy, of New York's subway system. (04/08/97)

Passages: "FOOD: True Stories of Life on the Road" Edited By Richard Sterling
"Waltz at the End of Earth" By Paula McDonald: The poignant tale of a life-changing encounter on a remote isle, far from the shores of mainland China. (04/08/97)

Table Talk
Readers' Tips & Tales (04/08/97)

Welcome to Wanderlust by Donald W. George
The editor of Salon's new travel site describes the spirit -- and the substance -- of Wanderlust. (03/25/97)

On the Amazon: Snapshots of a Green Planet by Isabel Allende
The acclaimed author of "Paula" and "The House of the Spirits" writes about her journey into the heart of the rain forest, where she rediscovers her voice. (03/25/97)
- Isabel Allende booklist
- Books on the Amazon
- Getting there

Two Sides of the Rhine by Jan Morris
Jan Morris explores the quirky contrasts of French and German hospitality during a stay on both sides of the Rhine River. (03/25/97)
- Jan Morris booklist
- Getting there

My Best Holiday Experience by Pico Iyer
How Pico Iyer fled a Manhattan cubicle for the wilds of Asia -- and fell in love at first sight. (03/25/97)
- Pico Iyer booklist

The Dangers of Provence by Peter Mayle
The author of "A Year in Provence" details the shadowy side of life in sunny southern France -- the madcap driving, the seductive rosé, the immovable house guests. (03/25/97)
- Peter Mayle booklist
- Books on Provence
- Getting there

Romancing the Road by Amanda Jones
Fade Into Blue: The extraordinary tale of an irresistible encounter on a decrepit, divided tropical island. (03/25/97)

Passages: "Pass the Butterworms" By Tim Cahill
For Tim Cahill, a stay among the Stone Age inhabitants of a Papua New Guinea village lends new meaning to the notion of family values. (03/25/97)

An interview with Tim Cahill by Don George
Tim Cahill talks with Wanderlust editor Don George about travel writing, salt mines and elephant dung. (04/01/97)

Postmark: Paris by David Downie
Michelin's new restaurant ratings have raised a furor -- and brought into question the role of haute cuisine in French culture. (03/25/97)

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