Friday, March 10th, 2006
by Nirmala Nataraj There’s no description of Bombay quite comparable to that of Salman Rushdie’s in his novel Midnight’s Children: “Our Bombay: it looks like a hand but really it’s a mouth, always open, always hungry, swallowing food and talent from everywhere else in India. A glamorous leech, producing nothing except films bush-shirts fish…” Perhaps
Friday, March 10th, 2006
by Jennifer Crawford One of the many glorious perks of living in Europe and dating an international pilot is the opportunity to fly to interesting, exotic, or even never-heard-of locales on a moment’s notice (and, of course,...
Friday, March 10th, 2006
www.dubaicityguide.com www.godubai.com www.dubaiairport.com www.dxbcustoms.gov.ae www.emirates-holidays.com * * * * Karla Erovick is a marketing professional who lived and worked in Dubai in 2001. She was responsible for marketing communications and public relations for the multi-billion dollar Dubai...
Friday, March 10th, 2006
by Shauna Billings Arriving at the top of Mt. Vesuvius is like landing on another planet. For a moment, the crushed rust-colored lava path beneath my feet is the soil of Mars. Vents release gases and steam...
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
by Sarah Naimark From the window, Zagreb appeared dreary and blurred. Our train lugged itself through a dingy urban strip into the station and I grimaced: ten minutes ahead of schedule. I nudged Anna, my younger sister...
Monday, February 20th, 2006
I met my favorite Viking on a fabulous week-long press tour sponsored by the generous Icelandair.We spent our last night of this fantastic trip at the Viking Village twenty-five minutes outside of Reykjavik. Stefán is one of...
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
by Lorraine Godfrey It was well after dark when I arrived in Hanoi late one January evening in 2003. Coming from Bangkok, where temperatures loomed in the nineties (with equal humidity), I was prepared for the heat....
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