Dan's Stories
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Chuck Woodbury is the chief architect of travel in the West. Ten years ago he began his quarterly magazine Out West. He has just come out with the 10th anniversary issue and it is a keeper! It would be worth everyone having a copy. So, if your newstand doesn't have one, you might check out Chuck's site and order one. No one finds the "quirky things out west" as well as Chuck. Thanks for the 10 beautiful years Chuck!
One of the delights of this business is receiving CD Roms, travel books, and free tickets to nowhere. ExcessByte Consultancy Ltd. has done a beautiful job with this Trekking to Everest - An interactive journey through the Nepal Himalaya.
After spending the last years hearing of the futilities of some of the Everest Journeys, this wonderfully done CD-ROM was a delight to look at. I have heard so much about Katmandu through the years. It always tips the scale when anyone is going to Everest. The religious history of this city, for Hindus and Buddist, rivals Jerusaleum as the religious capital of the world.
One feels after going through this CD that one has made the journey. Certainly if one is going on such a trip, this CD ROM would be worth buying. Check it out at the Trekking Website.
Raad Aghabi, webmaster of the Jordan site, gives many reasons to visit this ancient country. He writes, "Jordan has been described as the crossroads of the Middle East. Jordan is a friendly, vibrant country, which has an extraordinary range of unique natural, historic, recreational and ecological areas, and religious sites of significant interest to tourists from around the world. The capital city of Amman is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities with homes and towers dating back to 7000 B.C."
He rounds out his cyberjourney inviting us to visit the "lost city of Petra, Roman ruins at Jerash, and Madaba mosaics crafted during the Byzantine era." There is much more to visit here. Thanks Raad for the invite.
 BEST NEW SITES OF THE MONTH
New Zealand Travel Guide Everything you could ever desire to know about New Zealand.
Hotel Physicians. Where is a good Doctor when you need one? Here they are!
Gold Maps Charles Overbey gives this link to Gold Maps. A good place to start if panning for gold, right?
Egypt. Maria Adelaide Silva visits Egypt.
Basin Harbor Resort. 700 acre resort on Lake Champlain in Vermont. Looks beautiful!
Falcon Guides Recreation guidebooks on hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and birding.
Dan Phillips article for AmericaEconomia magazine in Chile. This article gives the history of travel on the World Wide Web. Worth studying! And it has really taken off with 60-70 hits a day.
If you wish to keep up with all of the ongoing travelogues this is the place. Lenghty - but good place to visit!
This is a new web page by Dan K. Phillips dedicated to Mark Twain, perhaps the greatest writer EVER in America.
This is the complete SITEMAP of all the travel writing of Dan K. Phillips. It is quite comprehensive. Worth bookmarking!
E-MAIL NEEDED!
Did I get any e-mail from you? What is your favorite travel site? Where have you visited lately that is interesting? Let me know! I will check it out for our readers and explorers.
Send your e-mail please. Let the editor know what you want, ok?
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"Exile, like memory, may be a place of
hope and delusion. But there are rules
of light there and principles of darkness....
The expatriate is in search of a country,
the exile in search of a self."
Eavan Boland, Object Lessons
DESTINATIONS
Travel Diaries
Interview with Paul Theroux
Far Journeys
New York City Diaries
Travel At the Speed of Light
ANOTHER TRAVEL WRITER WHO WILL NOT BORE YOU !!!!!
Edward Abbey
 "I am taken by the primeval charm and fascination of the simple mysteries: fire, building in mud, rain, sunlight, the smell of greasewood and live oak after a cloudburst, the luxury of a sleeping hound." Edward Abbey - Confessions of a Barbarian (p.125)
Edward Abbey is the author of Desert Solitaire, one of the great travel books of all time.
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