Asia articles

Miho Museum near Kyoto
Travelers' Intercom, March 2008 issue.
What to do on a free day in Kyoto? On our trip “Japan’s Cultural Treasures” with Overseas Adventure Travel (Cambridge, MA; 800/221-0814, www.oattravel.com), Oct.

Surin’s elephant roundup
Travelers' Intercom, March 2008 issue.

Novel Approach: Mongolia
Travelers' Intercom, March 2008 issue.
For people who would like to learn more about Mongolia, I recommend the book “The Blue Sky: A Novel” by Galsan Tschinag (2006, Milkweed Editions. ISBN 9781571310552 — 192 pp., $22). It is the story of a nomadic shepherd boy coming of age during the l950s in the Tuva Valley in upper Mongolia.

Koke-dera: Kyoto’s garden muffled in moss
Columns, March 2008 issue.
Moss gone amuck was not intended to be the garden’s definitive element when Muso Soseki, 14th-century Zen priest and famed garden designer, created the gardens surrounding Saiho-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Report Cards
Report Cards, March 2008 issue.
On FRANCE, December ’07-January ’08. . .

Boarding Pass
Columns, February 2008 issue.
Dear Globetrotter:

Exploring Japan's Chubu region
Features, February 2008 issue.

Ultramodern China
Tours in Review, February 2008 issue.
I returned from an 18-day trip to China on April 13, 2007. It was my first visit there since 1984. The purpose of this trip was to see for myself the changes brought on by 15 years of 10% annual growth.

Enthralled by an early morning boat ride on the Ganges
Features, February 2008 issue.

Special places in Honduras and Guatemala
Travelers' Intercom, February 2008 issue.
We were successful public television bidders on a 3-night stay in Honduras. And since we were going that far, we thought, ‘Why not add some time in Guatemala?’ We took our trip Aug. 14-25, 2007.