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Songlines from the Wrong Side of the Road Subscribe to receive new issues of Laurie's itinerant travel dispatch, or browse the archives below. Southeast Asia, 2006-2007: Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia Central America, 2005-2006: Climbing volcanoes, swimming in caves, bribing border officials and swinging from trees in the Banana Republic. South Asia, 2004-2005: A six-month ramble through Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka. Mexico, 2003-2004: Spanish classes, salsa lessons, and a brief career change: wintering in the state of Oaxaca. Southeast Asia, 2002-2003: Chronicles from a year of backpack living in Bali, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Australia. |
The Best Women's Travel Writing 2007 A little story of mine called "My Visa to Spanish Territory" appears alongside the global adventures of Frances Mayes, Barbara Kingsolver, Diane Johnson, and many other famous writers in this egalitarian anthology from Travelers' Tales (also available on Amazon.com). Also, look for my articles on Thailand, Nepal, and Myanmar in a new travel book series by ThingsAsian Press, due out in 2008. Clips Online Tsunami Junction, Sri Lanka (Boots n' All and Backpack Nation) On December 26, 2004, I was in Khajuraho, smack in the middle of India. Fortunately for me, my only contact with one of the deadliest natural disasters in history was through the TV. For weeks, confusion and tsunami-hysteria gripped South Asia, making it a strange time to be traveling in this part of the world. [read more...] The Foolproof Train Station Exit Strategy (Boots n' All) The train whistle blasts, announcing our impending arrival in Varanasi. It is nearly midnight and I know exactly what awaits me outside the station: a bloodthirsty battalion of rickshawwallahs, outnumbering potential fares at least 50 to 1. The odds are even worse for me--a white woman traveling alone is their proverbial golden goose. [read more...] Akha Hill House: Finding a Way (Backpack Nation) In Chiang Mai, the hub of northern Thailand’s trekking industry, more than a hundred tour companies compete to drag crowds of foreigners through a well-trampled circuit of impover-ished hill tribe villages. The agents collect hefty fees for delivering this “authentic” experience--complete with bamboo rafts and elephants--while the villagers eke out a few baht selling handicrafts and sodas, or posing for photographs in their colorful native dress.[read more...] One Night in Bangkok? Avoiding Khao San Road (InsideOut Travel) |
Travel Photos take way too long to format for this little site--you can see more of my collection on Flickr.
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