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From Devils to Zebras: Riccardo Orizio's Safari in Kenya

Karin Badt | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Saruni Camp, Riccardo Orizio, Zebras, Massai Mara, Safari, Kenya, Humans Versus Animals, Dictators, Maasai, Women Travelers, Talk of the Devil, Colobus Monkey, World News
Karin Badt

The politics of Africa is all about the elephant.

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Christmas in Cairo: A 48 Hour Story

Karin Badt | Posted 01.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Women Travelers, Egypt, Giza Pyramids, Travel, Children's Cancer, Cairo, Great Sphinx, Christmas, Inspiration, Loss of Children, Style News
Karin Badt

Surprisingly, neither of the two taxi drivers I asked to take me to the pyramids understood my destination -- despite the fact that I would think these large stone edifices are a mainstay of Cairo tourism.

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The King of Morocco and a Little Girl in Bombay (xvii)

Karin Badt | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Ganesh, King of Morocco, Streetchildren, Mumbai, Gordon House Hotel, Spirituality, Helsinki, Women Travelers, Taj Mahal, Living News
Karin Badt

The waiter was very concerned that I liked the food -- that it was not too spicy for me -- and he came and offered me, as a treat, a handful of three Chinese fortune cookies.

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A Clean Karma Bath in the Muck of the Ganges (xvi)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Pooja, Purification Exercise, India, Women Travelers, Varanasi, Spirituality, Ganges, Karma, Living News
Karin Badt

Only in India do people comment on the experience of getting there ("this was fresher," said Vivek) rather than the destination itself.

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Child Photography in Varanasi: Pooja with Puja (xiv)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Pooja, Picture-Taking, Varanasi, Sony Camera, Purification Ritual, Beautiful Little Girl, Children in India, International Adoption, Women Travelers, Orphans, Living News
Karin Badt

I sat on a curb in the dark, the sun not yet lifted, watching dozens and dozens of people sleeping on the concrete, some beginning to rise, the breeze fresh from the Ganges.

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Varanasi: The City of the Dead (xi)

Karin Badt | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Women Travelers, Samsara, Primo Levi, India, Cremation, Death, Varanasi, Kieslowski, Ganges, Gangesview Hotel, Living News
Karin Badt

Varanasi, the holy city of the dead, is a blast of life. Right from the train station, the roads are dense in clanking bicycles, women in black veils...

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Taj Mahal and Love (x)

Karin Badt | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Oasis Excursions India, Relationships, Travel Tips, Women Travelers, Rickshaw Drivers, Agra Fort, India, Taj Mahal, Women Travelling Alone, Living News
Karin Badt

I enjoyed walking freely, by myself, along the long balustrade to the marble dome.

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Udaipur: No Lake Palace (ix)

Karin Badt | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Hypnotism, Travel Tips, Lake Palace, City Palace, Niwas Ravanas, Women Travelers, India, Sexism in India, Spirituality, Udaipur, Martine Kumar, Muslim and Hindu Relations, Krishna, Living News
Karin Badt

Arrival I have now been two days in Udaipur and have not yet even seen the site that most people come for: the floating Lake Palace, although I did ...

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