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After a dinner of Hue’s famous pancakes, just outside the walls of the citadel, we were walking back along the

Women as Dervishes in Turkey

Right away the observer notices there is something not quite normal about this whirling dervish group. Two of the members

Photo by Perico Ripiao Hips sway. The rhythm is fast, the beat is steady and even. The partners whirl each

A colorful, wooden fisherman, almost as big as his traditional Vietnamese fishing boat, sits in the bow with a fishing

I’ve gathered a few photos to go along with my article about Vietnamese water puppets. Read the story that goes

I love my Beijing hutong. Oh, there are others, and this one is starting to show a bit too much

Though you can find coffee beans around the world, from Sumatra to Guatemala, they originated in Ethiopia. The popular theory

So my visit to a Maasai village, which I blogged about a couple weeks ago, didn’t exactly fill me with

While we were on safari in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Park, we had the opportunity to visit a Maasai village.

Can you imagine a Rasputin-esque Buddhist monk sleeping with the Empress of Japan whispering political intrigues that would end up

In Wisconsin, a supper club is something we generally take for granted. Every town’s got one or isn’t far down

As usual I am blogging from a few days past the event… so we interrupt this Cambodia story to give

I think one will hear plenty about how friendly the Balinese are and I am sure in many cases that