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Destination: India Book: Wanderlust and Lipstick: For Women Traveling to India by Beth Whitman Let me start right off by saying that I think Beth Whitman is a gift to women who want adventurous travel in all those places that good little girls are not supposed to go–particularly by themselves, or with only the protection [...]
Book by 3 Lost Boys of Sudan inspires pacifist, but not to travel in Africa.
World Traveler Keith Jenkins talks about how his urge to travel started from a book about geography.
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The Sun Also Rises, the movie. Does it measure up to Hemingway’s book?
Destinations: Spain and France Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Happy Birthday Ernie! Ernest Hemingway was born 110 years ago on July 21. It seems appropriate to celebrate by talking about his first break-through novel,which turns out to be a pretty good travel book. From dissipated ennui in Paris to dissipated blood [...]
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Destination: Spain Book: Driving Over Lemons, An Optimist in Spain(1998) and Almond Blossom Appreciation(2009) by Chris Stewart Although I loved Spanish Andalucia when we drove from Madrid to the Costa del Sol, up to Granada, down to Seville and the white villages of Malaga, [amazonify]0953522709::text::::Driving Over Lemons[/amazonify] has been sitting on a shelf in my [...]
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