Travel Guide

The average Westerner travels with one of two guides--the Lonely Planet, and the Let's Go. These books are helpful in smoothing out many of the bumps of life in a foreign land. But sometimes you see interesting things when you slow down in strange places. This section is about those road bumps.

Destinations
Boston Harbor Islands, A National Park with camp-able islands near Boston
Kepler Track, New Zealand, A less famous, but equally rewarding tramp in NZ
Kowloon, HK, A 5 minute boat ride from Hong Kong
Xi'an, PRC, The city of Western Peace
Shanghai, PRC, So you're starting your trip to China in Shanghai
Shenyang, PRC, From PocoPico.com

Concerning Travel
Traveling with a Guide Book: How to keep that book from taking over your trip
Airfare, Some ways to travel by air
Wwoof, An international organic farm network
Servas, The best way to travel
Trains Worldwide, A sampling of the world's rails

Travelogue
Yangshuo, Guangxi, PRC, August 30th, 2003
Guangxi to Guizhou, PRC, September 1-5th, 2003
Zhongdian, PRC, September 17-20th, 2003
Lhasa, Tibet, September 20-22nd, 2003
Northern U Province, Tibet, September 25-30th, 2003
Shigatse to Kathmandu, Nepal, October 8-12th, 2003