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Rundown
for the Week of April 18, 2003
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Vansterdam by Patricia Murphy
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Americans are really traveling to Canada now, in lieu of going overseas. Many people think of Vancouver as a quaint city with wonderful little markets; a place where you can go out for brisk walks in the early morning. But reporter Patricia Murphy has discovered there's a cloud hanging over the city -- and let's just say it's not a rain cloud. High Times magazine voted Vancouver, British Columbia, as the top spot for smoking pot. Patricia checks out the city's "Green Zone."
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Paris Subway Stories by Scott Rosenberg
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The subway system of a city says a lot about the people on the streets above. In Madrid, life goes on underground. In Tokyo, people are literally shoehorned by transit workers into the cars. Scott Rosenberg crisscrossed the city of Paris underground. Whether enjoying the music of Gypsy musicians while zipping along underneath the streets above, getting nabbed by Metro cops for hopping a turnstile or dealing with a screaming, non-English-speaking Frenchman, the subway helped Scott experience Paris in a special way.
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Exploring Music with Bob Duskis
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Our world music guide, Bob Duskis of Six Degrees Records in San Francisco, is back to take us on a tour of Latin beats from Brazil. Celso Fonseca plays in the traditional genre of slowed-down Bossa Nova, while duo Cuica represents another side of the Brazilian musical spectrum: a very hot mix of pounding Brazilian drums and minimal electronic club bounce.
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Sound Travels Grinding millet and rice, Timbuktu, Mali
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"Sound Travels" is the part of our show when we travel with just our ears as our guide. One way to really get into the local culture when you travel is to go where people work: Go see a factory, a farm, hang out with a real estate agent. Anastasia Tsioulcas was in Timbuktu and she met some women working grinding millet and rice. She found work takes on a definite rhythm in Africa.
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Traveler's Aid: Traveling on the Cheap with Doug Lansky
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Our Independent Traveler, Doug Lansky, has written Rough Guides First time Around the World, which just came out April 1. Doug gives advice about traveling around the globe on the cheap, including tips about how to make the most of your time, volunteering during your travels, and what you should bring with you.
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Deal of the Week: Travel by Doing Good
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Our Travel-Expert-in-Residence, Rudy Maxa, has a unique Deal of the Week for all you budding archaeologists: a great way to lend a hand helping the U.S. Forestry Service preserve ancient sites.
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