Dancing at the blood festival By Rolf Potts
Armed only with curiosity and a stained pair of pants, our correspondent tries to make sense of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice in Aqaba, Jordan. (05/09/00)

The baksheesh diaries By Rolf Potts
In Egypt, our correspondent discovers that even the simplest experiences sometimes carry a price tag. (04/11/00)

Be your own donkey By Rolf Potts
On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones. (03/28/00)

Uncovering Cairo By Rolf Potts
In which our correspondent makes rabbit stew, views an Egyptian film comedy about America and sees the pyramids in a new light. (03/15/00)

Backpackers' ball at the Sultan Hotel By Rolf Potts
With Flaubert's 1850 letters as a guide, our correspondent explores the enduring allure of opera, orgasm, belly-dancing and other Cairo clichˇs. (03/14/00)

Skepticism and salvation in Cyprus By Rolf Potts
An unorthodox tour of the second and final tomb of Lazarus puts a strange twist into our correspondent's Larnaca layover. (02/22/00)

Live from the trans-global Beach Nation By Rolf Potts
Leo's new movie may be fiction, but its portrayal of a crowded travel world is based in fact. Our correspondent reports -- from the unlikeliest of places -- on just what is happening. (02/11/00)

Hard lessons in Turkey By Rolf Potts
Our correspondent retraces the thin threads that led to his being drugged and robbed in the heart of Istanbul. (01/19/00)

A Greek romance By Rolf Potts
At Corfu's Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild. (01/04/00)

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Rolf Potts/Vagabonding archives for: 1999