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Teen Ink Magazine, June 2001 : Travel Articles

Brazilian Experience
   When I told my friends I was going to Brazil for threeweeks, many questioned why I wanted to go. Some thought Brazil was all rainforestwith few populous cities, others thought there was no cultural background to thecountry.
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Conquering the Mountain
   It was a beautiful, sunny day without a single cloud. Mydad woke me up at 4 a.m., way too early. We had chosen the perfect day to climbthe famous Mt. Fuji, or so we thought.
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Memories
I walk through the streets of Cuba,
Remembering whereI grew up.
I remember where I played when I was a little boy.
I standwhere I met my cousins
And then I remember how they looked.
I see a longgreen river,
A river that looks like death.
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Rules of an African Culture
   The tradition of the Herero culture is all about properbehavior.

Before 1990, men were not allowed to milk cows, but due toother religious influences, they now can.
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Twinkling Tower
   Sitting at the table, I scanned the menu for somethingthat sounded slightly familiar. The restaurant was overflowing with rapid Frenchchatter and waiters moving quickly through the crowd.
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Washington
She has her
Majesties
In a hollow redwood
Inan eagle's flight
In an icy glacier
She has her
Caretakers
Thewatchful grizzly
The forgiving otter
The merciless whale
She hasher
Diversity
Carved in the mountains
Washed ...
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Yak Butter Memories
   We didn't understand Tibetan and they didn't understandEnglish. All the same, we felt like part of their community, subject to the samesupernatural beliefs and unsolicited smiles.
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