Travel Writings
Middle East, September-November 2001:
"The Middle East in Interesting
Times", [ps 121 pp. 619KB] [pdf 121 pp. 522KB] [doc 99 pp. 369KB]
Romania, July 1999:
"Accident in Romania"
China, August-October 1998:
"Incidents of Travel in China and Tibet",
(33 pp.) [ps 230K] [pdf 186K]
Brazil, September-November 1995:
"Brazil: Into the
Interior", (21 pp.) [ps 147K] [pdf 116K]
Albania, September 1992:
"Maybe the First American Tourist in
Albania", (24 pp.) [ps 190K] [pdf 148K]
(A shorter version of this was published in the Providence Journal,
January 23, 1994. The Washington Post bought and paid for but
decided not to publish the shorter version because, they said, it was "too
positive". The Seattle Times accepted the story, but then
rejected it when they learned the Washington Post insisted on publishing
it first.)
Kandersteg, Switzerland, November 1989:
"A Secret Alpine Village",
(4 pp.) [ps 64KB] [pdf 39KB]
Borneo, July 1988:
``Borneo Confidential" (34 pp.)
[ps 242KB] [pdf 197KB]
Bruges, Belgium, March 1988:
``A Michelangelo in Belgium? The
Bruges Madonna" (4 pp.) [ps 76KB] [pdf 47KB]
(A mangled version of this was published in Sphere, the Sabena
Airlines in-flight magazine, March 1990.)
Matterhorn, August 1987:
``Climbing the Matterhorn"
(6 pp.) [ps 42KB] [pdf
43KB]
(Published in Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 1988; Kansas City
Star, May 15, 1988; Washington Post, June 26, 1988; San Jose
Mercury News, August 14, 1988; Detroit News, March 12,1989.)
West Africa, July 1986:
``The Other Side of Africa, with
Children" (16 pp.) [ps 129KB] [pdf 98KB]
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