TRAVELER
Issue 10
Autumn 2006
Columns
Traveling Without Sound
Like most people, I love traveling. However, I explore a soundless world—as I was born deaf. Although I can’t hear, I understand n...
Trail Recipes
Portable Peppery Pasta
Ingredients Stick ramenWaterPepper (with mill) Instant ramen is the perfect trail food, but sometimes it can be a space-eat...
Travelers Tune
The Charlatans head for the Scottish Port of ‘E’...
Sixteen years after its debut, the English band is still rocking and rolling strong. Now they tell you where to roll... Fiftee...
Surfing
Adam Faunce Interview
One of the most established surfers on the Japanese Professional Surfing Association (JPSA) Tour is Australian Adam Faunce. O...
Eco Corner
Eco Corner: Choices for Sustainable Lifestyles
ECO BIKEREVO WHEELwww.revopower.com The team at Revo has really re-invented the wheel. This innovative bicycle wheel has a sup...
Hiking
100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #45 Kuro-dake and...
Although I have been known to be an ame-onna, a woman whose presence seems to bring rain, this time around the gods were taking c...
Craft Beer
Gotemba Kogen Beer
There is a good chance you’ve already had Gotemba Kogen Beer, but you may not have known it at the time. One of Japan’s large...
Pera Pera Corner
Gambatte!!!
Welcome to Pauline’s Pera Pera Corner – Lesson #2. Last month, I armed you with a verbal first aid kit to take with you while hik...
Spirit of Silence
Prickly Encounters Under a Pale Moon
With a “See you in a few,” the sharp-eyed “boss” of our crew dived into the darkness of the sea. We had taken a breather from ...
Kitesurfing
No Gusts, No Glory
Harness nature and reach places a surfboard or snowboard could never possibly take you. You know what? Just go ahead and fly. Go ...
Cultural Travel
The Shores of Normandy
French Normandy is edged with bold stone cliffs, inviting pebble shores and broad sandy beaches. Parisians have long escaped their...
Travel
Survival Journey
For three years I have been walking the Earth and planting trees—and it all started with a chance meeting. I had been livi...
Kansai
A Garbage Man’s Mecca
‘Straight lines will lead to the downfall of man’ —Friedensreich Hundertwasser The Austrian artist, architect, ecologist a...