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Backpacking

Fear and loathing in Latvia Between the fistfights and the Finnish girls, it's hard to get any writing done.
By Rolf Potts [November 22, 1999]

Weirdly wired world Why is a Turkish village more connected than a Japanese megalopolis? Lonely Planet's peripatetic founder celebrates and laments the state of global communications.
By Tony Wheeler [November 9, 1999]

Horse races, open spaces and the fate of Genghis Khan's balls In his first dispatch from an epic Beijing-St. Petersburg train trip, our correspondent explores the mysteries of Mongolia.
By Rolf Potts [November 8, 1999]

Goodbye, Khao San Road As he leaves Southeast Asia, our Vagabonding correspondent reflects on the evolution of the middle-class travel revolution.
By Rolf Potts [October 11, 1999]

Retch-22: Laos in the time of cholera The official analysis was "diarrhea, with vomiting." Right.
By Rolf Potts [August 23, 1999]

Rapids, ruins and the end of the river In which our correspondent wanders the tranquil streets of Thakaek and weathers a dangerous descent.
By Rolf Potts [July 9, 1999]

In Vientiane, a lull before the storm Our correspondent enjoys a drowsy detour in the Lao capital before preparing to take over as second mate on the Mik Sip.
By Rolf Potts [July 8, 1999]

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