Weirdly wired world
Why is a Turkish village more connected than a Japanese megalopolis? Lonely Planet's peripatetic founder celebrates and laments the state of global communications.
Wednesday, Nov 10, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLife Travel, Asia
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Chasing rickshaws
Images and impressions of people-powered transport in 12 Asian cities. Text by Tony Wheeler. Photographs by Richard I' Anson.
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Lonely Planet guidebooks founder Tony Wheeler asks: Just what is it that inspires Australians to wander incessantly around the world?
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