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Travel Guide: What you need to know
Traveling with a Guide Book: How to keep that book from taking over your trip
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, China: So you're flying into Shanghai and coming to Xi'an
Shenyang, PRC: From PocoPico.com
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

Book Reviews: Brief reviews of selected works
Giraffes? Giraffes! by Dave and Toph Eggers
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathen Lethem
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnick
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Writings: Essays and else
The end of an era: How will Shanghai react to a bicycle ban?
Trouble in Xi'an: China is Poisoning its Youth
Dear Mr. Bush: Letters from Chinese students
The Public Park: A look at how our culture affects how we use our parks
Monk's Chat: Expounding on life in your 2nd language
Why the novel?: Some thoughts on Don Dellilo's Mao II
Mythical Cultures: A look into Dave Egger's You Shall Know Our Velocity

World News, Reputable sources and politics

Research, Writings that required at least some research
The Street Trees of China: Pictures and descriptions of the key trees
The Chinese-Indian Border War: An overview of the brief 1962 war

Try This, Things that worked
Indian Food Explained: How cooking Indian food can be easy and time consuming
Links: Other sites that are well liked
Essential Ingredient Brownies: Make passable brownies with the bare essentials
Alternative Jobs: Different and often rewarding forms of employment
Pad Thai from a Chinese Supermarket: Learn the ease of making a mildly tasty dish!
Who am I?: Play this stereotyping game in your free time
The Battle of Hoth: Ponder the liner notes from this pirated DVD

Robot Gallery, What they might look like

Photos, From around the world
Nepal, October 2003
Tibet, China, October 2003
South-West China, September 2003
Beijing, China, August 2003
Sichuan Province, China, July 2003
Gansu Province, China, May 2003
Tai Bai Shan, China, May 2003
Hua Shan, China, April 2003
Xi'an, China, Spring 2003
Thailand, February 2003
Australia, January 2003
New Zealand, December 2002
Fiji, December 2002

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