Tag Archive for 'travel'

TELL ME ALL ABOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA, K?

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antlered girl
on November 20, 2007
in southeast asia
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Ok so I’m going to Burma, Vietnam and Cambodia on Dec 6 for a while. Has anyone been there? Can you offer any advice on where to go and what to do?

I’m going to ride my bike around Burma and then around Vietnam. I’ll prolly leave the bike behind for Cambodia. Thoughts?

GOING ON A BIKE TRIP. KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT VIETNAM, BURMA OR TOURING BIKES?

Published
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antlered girl
on October 24, 2007
in bikes
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Pennyfarthing

photo from fully loaded touring bicycles

So! I’m going on a little bike trip around Southeast Asia! Much like when I began my trip down the Mississippi River I don’t know much about touring bikes, the region or the language and I don’t have too much money. But! Never fear, I will figure something out. So, any ideas on what company I should ask for a bike from? This ride is for a magazine article so I’ll be putting out asks to bike companies for gear. Ideas on what the ideal road touring bike looks like? Cyclocross? Cantilever brakes? Places to put panniers? I’d like a shorter top-tube to save my back. Also, has anyone been to Vietnam or Burma? Any advice? Known bike routes?

WEDNESDAY!! STORIES!!! TODD CHANDLER SPEAKS!!

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antlered girl
on May 15, 2007
in events
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Where Have You Been?
Stories about travel and far-away places. New Yorkers go all over the world but the city has a way of swallowing their homecomings. Orbit the earth and your friends just ask if you missed the pizza.
This homespun live talk show offers a chance for travelers to tell stories, to bring the world home and share it with the rest of us — travelers as well as those of us who don’t get out much.
Tonight features interviews with three intrepids: Ethnobotanist Nat Bletter on researching the psychoactive properties of chocolate in Peru, Amy Elizabeth on sustainable tourism in Tibet, and Todd Chandler on a grueling cross-country Greyhound cruise. Interviews by Jeff Stark. Gorgeous slideshows tightly edited and mercifully short.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, Manhattan
7-8:30p; $5
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