http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26334927/posts/fullMon, 24 Apr 2006 19:33:51 +0000http://kansas.travelbn.com/GrobeTrekBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26334927/posts/full/115827910680543426Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:05:57 +00002006-09-14T17:11:46.838-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="post_body" summary="Troost's Getting Stoned"><br /> Filed under: Cultures, Oceania, <a href="http://book-stores.near-home.com/" title="Book Stores Near Home">Books</a> I've been waiting to get my hands on the newest gut-busting <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">travel</a> tale by writer J. Maarten Troost so that I can review it here. His last (and first?) book Sex lives of Cannibals was absolutely superb. These islands, it turns out, are not quite as idyllic as Bronislaw Malinowski would have you believe.<br /> </p><p>Tagged: <a href="http://kansas.travelbn.com" rel="tag"><strong>Kansas</strong></a></p><br /><br /> <ul class="read_more_link"><br /> <li><a href="http://www.gadling.com/2006/09/14/troosts-getting-stoned/" title="Troost's Getting Stoned">Troost's Getting Stoned</a></li><br /> </ul><br /> </div></div>http://kansas.travelbn.com/2006/09/troosts-getting-stoned.htmlGrobeTrekhttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26334927/posts/full/114749620299285047Sat, 13 May 2006 04:54:12 +00002006-05-12T21:56:43.006-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="post_body" summary="Piranha Fishing in the Pantanal"><br /> All this became part of the experience, and I have to laugh now in hindsight at what a fragile traveler I was, seeing as though we experienced much of the same on the way back, and we were the first one in the water, ready to push. Our guide gave us each a bamboo stick with a string and a hook on the end and told us, "Now, go fish."<br /> </p><p>Tagged: <a href="http://kansas.travelbn.com" rel="tag"><strong>Kansas</strong></a></p><br /><br /> <ul class="read_more_link"><br /> <li><a href="http://www.bootsnall.com/adventures/articles/06-05/piranha-fishing-in-the-pantanal.html" title="Piranha Fishing in the Pantanal">Piranha Fishing in the Pantanal</a></li><br /> </ul><br /> </div></div>http://kansas.travelbn.com/2006/05/piranha-fishing-in-pantanal.htmlGrobeTrekhttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26334927/posts/full/114590272266773282Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:16:39 +00002006-04-24T11:18:42.680-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="post_body" summary="Extreme Travel"><br /> Thus, all dreams are possible, and therefore maybe I think there is nothing strange about a trip to North Korea, Kabul, Afghanistan, Helicopters tours in Kyrgyzstan, Ice Diving at the North Pole, or just a normal trip to Libya. Jeroen at Nat Tours just off of Khao San Road can sit around and discuss the pros and cons of many interesting locations.<br /> </p><p>Tagged: <a href="http://kansas.travelbn.com" rel="tag"><strong>Kansas</strong></a></p><br /><br /> <ul class="read_more_link"><br /> <li><a href="http://www.hobotraveler.com/2006/04/extreme-travel.html" title="Extreme Travel">Extreme Travel</a></li><br /> </ul><br /> </div></div>http://kansas.travelbn.com/2006/04/extreme-travel.htmlGrobeTrek