My Beirut hostage crisis
Taken under the wing of a Lebanese detergent tycoon, our correspondent learns that there's a fine line between hospitality and kidnapping.
Tuesday, Jun 6, 2000 7:00 PM UTCLife
Rolf Potts
Life
Intrigue under the big screen
At a 1-dinar cinema in Amman, Jordan, the real story has little to do with the movie itself.
Thursday, May 25, 2000 2:59 AM UTCLife
Dancing at the blood festival
Armed only with curiosity and a stained pair of pants, our correspondent tries to make sense of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice in Aqaba, Jordan.
Tuesday, May 9, 2000 4:00 PM UTCLife Religion, Middle East, Islam
The baksheesh diaries
In Egypt, our correspondent discovers that even the simplest experiences sometimes carry a price tag.
Tuesday, Apr 11, 2000 4:00 PM UTCLife U.S. Economy, Middle East
Be your own donkey
On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones.
Tuesday, Mar 28, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Middle East, Egyptian Protests
Uncovering Cairo
In which our correspondent makes rabbit stew, views an Egyptian film comedy about America and sees the pyramids in a new light.
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Middle East, Egyptian Protests
Backpackers’ ball at the Sultan Hotel
With Flaubert's 1850 letters as a guide, our correspondent explores the enduring allure of opera, orgasm, belly-dancing and other Cairo clichis.
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Middle East, Egyptian Protests
Skepticism and salvation in Cyprus
An unorthodox tour of the second and final tomb of Lazarus puts a strange twist into our correspondent's Larnaca layover.
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife
Live from the trans-global Beach Nation
Leo's new movie may be fiction, but its portrayal of a crowded travel world is based in fact. Our correspondent reports -- from the unlikeliest of places -- on just what is happening.
Friday, Feb 11, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Thailand, Middle East
Hard lessons in Turkey
Our correspondent retraces the thin threads that led to his being drugged and robbed in the heart of Istanbul.
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Middle East
One fateful day in Istanbul
As he recalls the curious cast of characters he encountered that day in Turkey, our correspondent ponders where he went wrong.
Tuesday, Jan 18, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Middle East
A Greek romance
At Corfu's Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild.
Tuesday, Jan 4, 2000 5:00 PM UTCLife Sex, Greece, Travel, Love and Sex
Road roulette
Demoralized by goals and guidebooks, our correspondent tackles Lithuania and Poland on a thumb and a prayer.
Tuesday, Dec 14, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Travel
Fear and loathing in Latvia
Between the fistfights and the Finnish girls, it's hard to get any writing done.
Tuesday, Nov 23, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Travel
A sexy librarian named Natasha and other surprises of the New Russia
I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star.
Saturday, Nov 13, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Soviet Union, Russia, Travel
The great railway bizarre
Taiga forests, first class follies and a Slavic Lolita in short-shorts enliven the train journey that has no end.
Friday, Nov 12, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Soviet Union, Russia
The Trans-Siberian Toilet War
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.
Thursday, Nov 11, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Russia, Asia
Stranded in Siberia
At an obscure border town, our correspondent discovers the biggest obstacle in negotiating the next 4,000 miles: The train has left without him.
Wednesday, Nov 10, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Soviet Union, Russia, Travel
Horse races, open spaces and the fate of Genghis Khan's balls
In his first dispatch from an epic Beijing-St. Petersburg train trip, our correspondent explores the mysteries of Mongolia.
Tuesday, Nov 9, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife China, Russia, Travel
Goodbye, Khao San Road
As he leaves Southeast Asia, our Vagabonding correspondent reflects on the evolution of the middle-class travel revolution.
Tuesday, Oct 12, 1999 4:00 PM UTCLife Thailand, Travel, Budget Showdown
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