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• Off The Beaten Track: Travels In Iran

  

  Our guest this week is Adam Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, Canada. He is the author an... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Balsam—Curing Russians Since Catherine the Great

  

  By Kelly Raftery It was mid-October 1992 and a group of grad students were going to see the Presidential candidate speaking outside that cold Michigan night. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Western Vs Traditional Medicine

  

  By Leslie Hsu Oh Photo credit: http://arowantree.blogspot.com “Yew, Mom,” I said, peering into the pot. “I think I see a cockroach, some snake skin...” “Les,... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Taste of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  

  A TCM pharmacy. Photo by Sam Steiner. By Beth Green Many times when you visit the doctor or pharmacy in China, you’re given a choice: traditional treatments mad... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Garlic in My Socks

  

  By Heidi Noroozy One winter many years ago, I took a job at a Benedictine monastery atop a windswept mountain in Vermont. Deep into this frozen season, I battle... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Off the Beaten Track: The Voice of the Tango—Bandoneón

  

  Our guest today is, Annamaria Alfieri, the author of Blood Tango, which takes place in Buenos Aires in 1945 and imagines the murder of an Evita Perón lookalike. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Practical Traveler: Mariana Starke

  

  By Patricia Winton People have been writing about travel since they learned to write. Homer’s epic tales; exploration reports by the Polos, Columbus, Vespuci,... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Myra, Turkey

  

  By Jenni Gate A destination spot for travelers in the ancient world, Myra was part of the Lycian empire along the Turquoise Coast. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Shooting the Moon - Yuri Gagarin, First Earthling in Space

  

  By Kelly Raftery Soviet heroes, including Yuri Gagarin were interned in the red brick walls (denoted by the black plaques) of the Kremlin near Red Square.Photo... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Great Travelers in History: Mary Kingsley

  

  1862-1900 By Jenni Gate The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Accidential Explorer

  

  By Kelly Raftery My name is Miriam, and I am an orphan in this place. My father brought me here, hoping to build a new life for us after my mother’s death.... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Lost Silver Miners

  

  By Edith McClintock Wallace, Idaho I like mysteries. That seems self-evident given I also write them. But the mystery I’m most interested in at the moment... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Silk Road Ruminations

  

  By Beth Green While the sun made its way down behind the far hills, I crouched by a rock wall in a long-destroyed temple in the middle of the JiaoheRuins and... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Time Travels in Persia

  

  By Heidi Noroozy Don’t you wish you had a time machine? I do. But until someone invents one, I have to travel back in time vicariously through books. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• OTBT: Mesa Verde

  

  By Jenni Gate Cliff Palace - one of the largest dwellings in Mesa Verde Tower in Cliff Palace These days, Mesa Verde National Park is not too far off the... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Everybody’s Talking About It

  

  By Patricia Winton A television repairman on my street befriended me soon after I moved here about ten years ago. For some reason, he thought my name was... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Love Food

  

  By Leslie Hsu Oh Lulled to sleep in the backseat of the car, I woke as Bà Ba swerved across five freeway lanes and exited on one of Arcadia's busiest streets. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Confessions of a Travelling Foodie

  

  By Alli Sinclair There are two factors that determine my affection for a country: 1/ The attitude of the people 2/ The quality of the food I’ve been very... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Food Challenges of the Congo: Do Whatever It Takes

  

  By Jenni Legate I started this post with light-hearted, childhood memories of meals we had when my family lived in Kinshasa, Congo. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• OTBT: Beginning a Literary Journal for an International Audience

  

  We're pleased to host Kulpreet Yadav as our guest this week. Kulpreet answers our questions about how he came to start the Open Road Review, which he calls "a... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL