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Armenia is the first Christian nation, as a result of the king being cured of lycanthropy (look it up!)

I saw the site where the cauldron of the fire god was replaced by a Christian altar by placing a flat stone over the stone bowl so as “not to shock the people.”

Pakistan is like the 19th Century American West, good for men and horses, hard on women and mules. Guns everywhere.

It’s an unsung hero of adventure travel.

I’ve only been to Bangkok a night at a time on my way to more remote locations, but I could spend much more time there.

Just go there. You’ll be overwhelmed.

Rural Laos is as far off the beaten path as you can get. Tigers stalk the jungle. The really scary part is the narrow bamboo bridges over rushing rivers. Adventure awaits.

Two years in Nepal made me a new person. I got to go back in 1994 after a 21 year absence. There’s a Nepali Fulbright fellow in my department now. The government is unstabile now (2006), but it’s worth putting on your life list.