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In A Kyrgyz Taxi, You Might End Up Drunk And Married
My driver was a middle-aged man sporting a full set of top gold teeth. I chose him over the younger driver who had first approached me, since this driver's ... read more
by Timothy Forbes
28 Sep 2004
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In the United States, we like to think of ourselves as innovators. But when it comes to tackling environmental problems ... read more
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21 Apr 2009
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Six Countries in Six Photos (and a Bonus Video)
My passport received a great deal of ink over the past five weeks. As I mentioned in my last entry, I took off for an ambitious circuit of southern Africa, lasting 35 days and covering more than 4,200 miles (not including wrong turns and various detours). I didn’t enter a ... read more
by Rebecca Jacobson
12 Jan 2010
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[Outside of Ihosy, Madagascar] In Madagascar, the main method of getting from city to city is the taxi-brousse, a semi-chaotic bus that also doubles as a mail delivery truck. Trips of about 600 miles can take upwards of three or four days when traveling in southern Madagascar, or longer during the rainy season. This picture was taken several hours outside of our breakfast stop in Ihosy. The taxi-brousse, overloaded with mail and luggage, is sinking in the middle of the National Highway. Everyone in the bus had the opportunity to push, pull, hold, and lift many times during this single trip. Other adventures during this voyage included cutting down tree branches to make ramps, rebuilding parts of the road that had caved in by stacking rocks over the ledges, and even replacing the motor in the middle of the highway at 2 a.m. (fortunately, they thought to pack an extra one).</p>
<p>Would I take the trip again? I already have, many times.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Andrew March</em><br />
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[Outside of Ihosy, Madagascar] In Madagascar, the main method of getting from city to city is the taxi-brousse, a semi-chaotic bus that also doubles as a mail delivery truck. Trips of about 600 miles can take upwards of three or four days when traveling in southern Madagascar, or longer during the rainy season. This picture was taken several hours outside of our breakfast stop in Ihosy. The taxi-brousse, overloaded with mail and luggage, is sinking in the middle of the National Highway. Everyone in the bus had the opportunity to push, pull, hold, and lift many times during this single trip. Other adventures during this voyage included cutting down tree branches to make ramps, rebuilding parts of the road that had caved in by stacking rocks over the ledges, and even replacing the motor in the middle of the highway at 2 a.m. (fortunately, they thought to pack an extra one).</p>
<p>Would I take the trip again? I already have, many times.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Andrew March</em><br />
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[Chittagong, Bangladesh] It's 6:30 a.m. at the fish market, and it's packed—filled with men, fish, eels, sweat, yelling, and bargaining. Young men push by with wicker baskets full of fish on their heads, fresh seawater seeping through the cracks onto their faces. Rickshaws ring their bells and old men direct traffic and bark orders. I stop for a second to get my bearings and wonder how I will get out of this mess. I'm engulfed in a group of young boys who are curious to see my next move. Will I buy? Will I walk? Will I take a picture? That's when I see her, curled up inside the rickshaw, pulling away from it all. If only we could ride away together.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Angela Saunders</em><br />
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[Chittagong, Bangladesh] It's 6:30 a.m. at the fish market, and it's packed—filled with men, fish, eels, sweat, yelling, and bargaining. Young men push by with wicker baskets full of fish on their heads, fresh seawater seeping through the cracks onto their faces. Rickshaws ring their bells and old men direct traffic and bark orders. I stop for a second to get my bearings and wonder how I will get out of this mess. I'm engulfed in a group of young boys who are curious to see my next move. Will I buy? Will I walk? Will I take a picture? That's when I see her, curled up inside the rickshaw, pulling away from it all. If only we could ride away together.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Angela Saunders</em><br />
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[Rome, Italy] Getting to Rome from the quiet, medieval Umbrian hilltop town where I've lived these past three months was easy, comparatively speaking. I had mastered the intricacies of the Italian railway early on, managed to find my way home from faraway towns (after Italian buses repeatedly left me stranded), and dodged Fiats like a real-time game of Frogger. After coming to terms with the complexity of Italian transportation, a horse-drawn carriage was the last thing I expected to see outside the Colosseum.<br />
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<em>Photo by Christine Mallia</em><br />
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[Rome, Italy] Getting to Rome from the quiet, medieval Umbrian hilltop town where I've lived these past three months was easy, comparatively speaking. I had mastered the intricacies of the Italian railway early on, managed to find my way home from faraway towns (after Italian buses repeatedly left me stranded), and dodged Fiats like a real-time game of Frogger. After coming to terms with the complexity of Italian transportation, a horse-drawn carriage was the last thing I expected to see outside the Colosseum.<br />
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<em>Photo by Christine Mallia</em><br />
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