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Pico Iyer

Salon Travel Contributing Editor Pico Iyer is the
author of "Video Night in Kathmandu," "The Lady and the Monk," "Falling off the Map," "Cuba and the Night" and "Tropical Classical."

Why we travel

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This is my home

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A very foreign life

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The alien home

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Pilgrim's passion

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Sacred places: England before the fall

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My sacred place

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Bewitched on Bali

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New York serenade

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