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November 16, 2007 11:51 AM EST --
Part III of Switzerland Adventures Starring Your Intrepid Correspondent
By Marc Ethier
(Aforemen tioned) Gather Correspondent
"Martin, do you have a King?"
"Go . . .
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October 19, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --
Part II of Switzerland
By Marc Ethier
Gather Travel Correspondent
A laundry list, the nitty-gritty, on this yearlong World Tour:
Countries : 26
Friends visited : 16
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October 07, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
The days became weeks and the weeks months and suddenly we were staring down the departure date for our return to The States. We wanted to end with something spectacular. . . .
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August 17, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
We were in Sweden when Bergman died. I saw the news on BBC that morning and actually broke it to my friend’s girlfriend and her mother, with whom we were staying. . . .
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August 04, 2007 06:03 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
We’ve seen a lot of mangy mutts on this trip. Which of course have reminded us, one and all, of our mutt Kaya, waiting at home for our return. Poor Kaya!
Asia . . .
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July 14, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Science, activists and communities work to mitigate the effects of warming on the glaciers of the Himalaya
By Marc Ethier
For Friends of the Earth
“All afternoon the trail continues up . . .
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July 14, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
Our last day in Istanbul and we have clouds, and rain, for the first time. We duck into a coffee shop and watch the storm through tall double-pane windows. . . .
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July 03, 2007 08:18 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
If you’ve never heard the sound of a pair of male rhinoceroses in rut in the jungle 100 meters away, have no fear – you’ll recognize it instantly. . . .
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June 18, 2007 06:50 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Travel Correspondent
I knew a Green Man once. He could climb a tree like a monkey.
The Green Man I knew was a strange man and a good trekking companion. He was . . .
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May 16, 2007 01:23 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
After a restful week in Rishikesh – during which the most we did was yoga (Lisa) and massage (also Lisa) – we yearned for a little nature. Besides . . .
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May 03, 2007 03:38 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
We march uphill for six hours. The wind is intense and unrelenting. The trail follows a rising abutment of ferrous rock that meets a cleft in a larger eminence . . .
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April 17, 2007 03:37 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
“Where from?”
“Pardon?”
“What country?”
“U.S.”
“Oh, USA. Amedica. Very great country.”
“We’re . . .
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April 04, 2007 07:06 AM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
Laos
The old ladies crowded around and squatted beside us in the dust, in the shade of a ramshackle barn. The pleasing smell of cooked noodles wafted out of its wide . . .
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March 15, 2007 02:04 PM EDT --
When it comes to Angkor Wat, they say getting there is half the battle. They don’t know the half of it
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
I was planning to write extensively about the notorious . . .
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March 01, 2007 02:33 PM EST --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
On our right, deep in the bush, somewhere near the river, we heard the sounds.
Or maybe we imagined them: a scuffling. Scratches. Heavy steps. Some large mammal rooting . . .
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February 16, 2007 09:14 PM EST --
In which our Intrepid Explorers skim the surface of Western Australia
By Marc Ethier, Gather Correspondent
Chalky sands and turquoise waters. Red-earth hills and an ocean of spinifex scrub . . .
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February 01, 2007 10:02 AM EST --
There are travelers who return to the same place year after year, and there are many who cannot take leave of a beautiful sight without resolving to come back soon again. These may be good people, but . . .
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January 27, 2007 10:59 PM EST --
Bush fires, droughts, record temps: Down Under has undergone a reassessment of values in the wake of a brutal summer of warming
By Marc Ethier and Lisa Archer
Australia, the Red Continent, has always . . .
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January 25, 2007 10:26 PM EST --
"The only stakeholders I recognize are our grandchildren – the rest of us are users,” says noted marine scientist Bill Ballantine
By Marc Ethier and Lisa Archer
Kamo . . .
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January 08, 2007 07:01 AM EST --
Milford Journal
Originally published on Gather in November in 2 parts
Long before we left the States we made reservations to hike the Milford Track. Of New Zealand’s several "Great Walks" . . .
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