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What’s “Best Travel Writing”?

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

As with anything else, there’s no doubt a wide range of opinion about what constitutes the best travel writing. Is it a story that captures a sense of place, giving the history and quirky details so you have a feel for what the place is like? Does it contain literary allusions and references to historical [...]

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A Parcel from India

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

by Larry Habegger
A friend of mine sent me an email recently to say he’d received a parcel from India.
“The package was a classic Indian affair with hand-sewn burlap and globs of melted wax for seals,” he wrote. “Cool.”
I haven’t seen such a parcel in years and that simple message took me back decades in an [...]

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