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ACCLAIM FOR TRAVELERS TALES BOOKS

BY AND FOR WOMEN

100 Places Every Woman Should Go

Will ignite the wanderlust in any womaninspiring and delightful.

Lowell Thomas Awards judges citation, Best Travel Book 2007

100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go

Reveals an intimacy with Italy and a honed sense of adventure. Andiamo!

Frances Mayes

The Best Womens Travel Writing 2008

The authors here know how to spin a tale.

Body+Soul

The Best Womens Travel Writing 2007

Some of the best travel writingwell, writing, periodthis year.

Dallas Morning News

Women in the Wild

A spiritual, moving and totally female book to take you around the world and back.

Mademoiselle

A Womans Path

A sensitive exploration of womens lives that have been unexpectedly and spiritually touched by travel experienceshighly recommended.

Library Journal

A Womans World

Packed with stories of courage and confidence, independence and introspection.

Self Magazine

A Womans Passion for Travel

Sometimes sexy, sometimes scary, sometimes philosophical and always entertaining.

San Francisco Examiner

Sand in My Bra

Bursting with exuberant candor and crackling humor.

Publishers Weekly

A Womans Europe

These stories will inspire women to find a way to visit places theyve only dreamed of.

The Globe and Mail

The World Is a Kitchen

A vicarious delight for the virtual tourist, as well as an inspiration for the most seasoned culinary voyager.

Mollie Katzen

Family Travel

Should give courage to any wary mother who thinks she has to give up on her love of travel when she gives birth.

Chicago Herald

Writing Away

A witty, profound, and accessible exploration of journal-keeping.

Anthony Weller

WOMENS TRAVEL LITERATURE FROM TRAVELERS TALES

100 Places Every Woman Should Go
100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go
The Best Womens Travel Writing series
Gutsy Women
Gutsy Mamas
Her Fork in the Road
Kite Strings of the Southern Cross
A Mile in Her Boots
Sand in My Bra
More Sand in My Bra
A Mothers World
Safety and Security for Women Who Travel
The Thong Also Rises
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
Whose Panties Are These?
A Womans Asia
A Womans Europe
A Womans Passion for Travel
A Womans Path
A Womans World
A Womans World Again
Women in the Wild
Writing Away

TRAVELERS TALES THE BEST WOMENS TRAVEL WRITING2010

TRUE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

ANAS NIN

For my HB,
with all my love

Introduction

My great-great uncle Jake was a hobo who saw all of America with his legs dangling over the edge of a freight train. My cowboy cousins chased cattle across the Wild Horse Desert of South Texas. My father drummed his way around the globe with a U.S. Navy band. Growing up, I dreamed of someday telling stories that rivaled those of the men in my family:

Once, in Marrakech.

Ill never forget that time in Burkina Faso when.

But how? I could envision buying a ticket and boarding a plane, but what would I do after it landed?

Then, during my senior year in high school, a neighbor triumphantly returned home after a semester abroad and introduced me to the magical world of hostels, backpacks, and Lonely Planets. She was only a few years older than I andunlike my other adventure role modelsfemale. If she could roam in foreign lands, perhaps I could too.

When I enrolled in college that fall, I studied the language of the farthest country I could fathom (Russian) and then jetted off to Moscow. Thirteen years later, Im still feeding my travel addiction. My sleeping bag has been unfurled upon a Kyrgyz mountaintop, the Mongolian steppe, and the dungeon floor of a renowned Chicago dominatrix. Ive marched with Zapatista rebels, belly danced with Chinese Uighurs, and sipped mojitos with Cuban hip-hop artists. Though Ive explored thirty countries and all but three of the United States, I ache for more.

This is why Travelers Tales publishes an annual anthology of womens travel writing: so we can prove to each other that yes, we can do this. We dont have to wait until our college loans are paid off, or our kids are grown, or our bank account is stabilized (because reallywill that ever happen?). We dont even have to wait until the perfect travel companion strolls along. We can quit our jobsyes, even the one with dental insurancekiss our beloveds goodbye, and fly. And this anthology shows just how supremely we capture the adventures that ensue.

Our journey begins and ends in Ecuadorian wilderness: Mary Caperton Morton takes us on a treacherous climb up an icy volcano, while Marisa Handler fills our glass with rum and sends us dancing around a table. In between, we attend the birth of a child in Bali, befriend a mujahideen in Kabul, create edible art in Tehran, and watch a dissident performance in Mandalay.

Myriad motives inspired these adventures. Johanna Gohmann wanted to make a special contribution to the English art world, while Erika Connor wished to nurture the street dogs of Rajasthan. Maliha Masood, Jennifer De Leon, and Valerie Conners hoped to unearth their ancestral roots in Pakistan, Guatemala, and Italy. Alison Stein Wellner aimed to find a food so hot shed ignite on contact (as she once watched her grandfather do). Diane Caldwell sought another kind of heat involving a desert and a certain sexy Bedouin.

Although many of our authors left home with a carefully set intention, they discovered something else entirely. One came to terms with being lesbian. Another tossed out the shoulder pads that previously lined the B-cups of her bra. A third realized that yes, she really is Jewish, no matter how seductive New Age practices like channeling and energy healing may be. They all learned to walk the worlds passageways with ever more confidence, and returned home with a renewed sense of wonderment.

So maybe youre stuck in a cant-quit job, or you have an especially needy family. Maybe the economy has dealt a nasty blow, or youve gone back to school for another degree. These stories will speak to you as well. They demonstrate how we can take whatever fate crosses our path. If Kellen Zale can survive that never-ending Chinese Communist Party banquet with a host whose English consists entirely of Madonna lyrics; if Kendra Greene can swallow that caterpillar; if Mary Caperton Morton can crawl to safety with three cracked ribs and two ruptured spinal discs, then we can probably handle our grouchy boss, unruly child, or ill and aging parents.

Revel in these stories, then plan your next journey. Mother Road is waiting.

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