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NATURE TRAVEL

LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Feb 11, 2002
California prehistory mired in La Brea tar pits
LA BREA, Calif. -- The world, 40,000 years ago -- The weather's perfect. A warm breeze from the Pacific rustles the palms, there's the sharp tang of juniper and pine in the air, and the nameless mountains, which rise beyond the plain that will one day be Los Angeles, glow mauve in the early morning sun.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jan 29, 2002
Learning Spanish under the volcanoes
Fancy learning Spanish? We're pleased to suggest four options.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jan 15, 2002
The hippy haven that actually worked
In 1951, the Llwyngwern slate quarry in central North Wales closed down, causing many redundancies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jan 1, 2002
Getting lost and feeling hungry in the Amazon
Tour Operator One (hereafter TOO) would romp through auditions for Mistah Kurtz, should anyone decide to remake a movie version of Joseph Conrad's fable of moral rot, "Heart of Darkness." He works and broods from a decaying river boat on the Beni River.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 18, 2001
On top of the world -- but not feeling like it
The high Andes road down the Los Yungas valley from the Bolivian capital, La Paz, loses 3,000 meters altitude in just 80 km.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 4, 2001
Getting high on Bolivia's peaks
It's impossible not to notice the altitude here in La Paz, capital of Bolivia. There are such a lot of mountains around, for one thing. And they're all so high!
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Nov 20, 2001
Mysteries of the Matopos
The Matopos Hills near Bulaweyo have always had the reputation of being a little special, a little uncanny.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Nov 6, 2001
A portal to another green world
In 1752, the Earl of Bute and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha called gardener John Dillman in for a little chat. Their instructions to Dillman were simple: Design a garden. It should, of course, be attractive; a classical English garden, blending the formal decorative with the new fad of naturalism, which is to say, lots of bluebell woods and wildflower meadows.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 30, 2001
The holiday that never began . . .
Romania has more brown bears per square kilometer than any other country in the world. Unspoiled forest covers 80 percent of the Carpathian mountains. Transylvania is home to thousands of wolves and 30 percent of Europe's lynx population. Wild boar, chamois, eagles and red deer abound.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 16, 2001
Where turtles swim in the slow lane
It is one of the prettiest boat trips in Central America: up the mangrove canals north from the Costa Rican port town of Limon to Tortuguero National Park.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 2, 2001
A natural cure for beer-induced exhaustion
Well, it's that time of year in Munich again. The liter-sized steins are being filled by beefy barmaids. Lederhosen and silly hats are being donned. The plaster demons of Herr Schichtel's horror show are fresh with newly sprayed cobwebs, while the calliopes roar and roller coasters whirl and turn.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 25, 2001
To know them is to love them
High summer. Sarasota, western Florida, and the bridges linking the Keys (off-shore islands) hum with traffic. Boutiques throng with tourists, construction cranes loom high, the beaches are peppered with sunbathers courting melanoma and the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is torn by Jet-skis.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 4, 2001
Where the diamonds aren't, any more
If you missed the last column, here's a brief recap. We were about to enter the Namibian Sperrgebiet (lit. "Restricted Area"), a vast southwest African coastal wilderness, off limits for nearly a century due to its dense concentrations of diamonds.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Aug 21, 2001
The diamond town that time forgot
Morning dawns on Luderitz, but you'd barely notice. A dense bank of sea fog has rolled in overnight, and the small German colonial town near the southern tip of Namibia is lost; a place of shadows, half-glimpsed Gothic churches, haunted-house mansions and the ghostly glimmer of muted lights.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Aug 7, 2001
Rubbing noses with a musk ox
The Northwest Territories cover approximately one-third of Canada. Given that Canada is the second-largest country in the world, it can therefore be said without fear of contradiction that the NWT is rather large.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jul 24, 2001
Temporary water, but it greens the desert
The San Bushmen call the Central Kalahari "The Land God Made in Anger," and most of the time the description holds good.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jul 10, 2001
Where pachyderms on the run find haven
A thumping makes the banana-flower curry shiver in the bowl. The cutlery rattles, and there is an excited rush of diners to the second-floor windows of the restaurant. Bellows and borborygmus* rise from below. The air is pungent with a dusty, thunderous aroma.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jun 12, 2001
Spirit travel on Myanmar's Mount Olympus
Mang Po To was eaten by a tiger, Mintha Maung Shin fell to his death from a swing, and instead of putting down a rebellion, She Sit Thin squandered his time cockfighting and was subsequently buried alive by his furious father. Even more peculiar was the passing of King Mingaun, who succumbed to a combination of dysentery and "the strong smell of onions."
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jun 5, 2001
Risking your life at Victoria Falls
While Zambia's side of Victoria Falls is sedate, a little backward, but calming, the Zimbabwe banks of the Zambezi River draw adrenaline addicts from across the world.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
May 15, 2001
History and old home comforts in Zambia
Every mud hut in Songwe Village Lodge is named after a chief. Our hut, for example, is called Shichichele.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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