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Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick edits Matador Nights from Buenos Aires where she organizes her live storytelling project, Second Story, and stays busy giving art tours and doing yoga. Read more about her than you might want to know at her blog YesThereIsSuchAThingAsAStupidQuestion.com.

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A Traveler's Guide to Culture in Nepal

Mix the lentils with your rice; throw the meat on top; mush those juicy flavors together!
by Sarah Vazquez
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Nature Vs. Nurture: Can We Truly Integrate Into Another Culture?

Many travelers like to think they can easily assimilate into different cultures. New...
by Christine Garvin
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Expressions that Define Cultures

Think of these expressions as ways to get inside of a particular worldview, and to show...
by Turner Wright
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Drink →

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Tea cultures around the world

A guide to tea in six spots around the globe.
by Allen Burt
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Sports + Adventure →

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A mix of surf and culture in Northern Spain

The surf gods decided that surfing and culture needn’t always be mutually exclusive.
by Alex Hapgood
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The Culture of Credit Cards Worldwide

Find out why Americans love their flexible friends, why the Japanese are really not...
by The Matador Team
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Food + Drink →

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Chaos, culture and Kim Chi: A Korean cafeteria

School cafeterias offer a window into the evolving culture of Korea.
by Jon Wick
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Words from Russia: A couchsurfer's take on its culture

You never know until you ask. A Russian couch surfer takes a couple of minutes to answer...
by Carlo Alcos
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Spread Global Understanding with CultureCrossing.net

by Eva Holland

Writing →

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Rolf Potts: Backpacker culture is not destroying civilization

Backpacking today has more soul than most boomers believe.
by Rolf Potts

Activism + Politics →

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Who's The More Cultured Traveler: Obama Or Mccain?

And how travel will influence their presidential worldview.
by Dan Solomon

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Do you feel the urge to culture dash?

Get away from the soul-numbing influence of television, fast food, and consumerism.
by Erin Byrne
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Can tribal tourism actually help preserve indigenous culture?

There is a fine line between human interest and human zoo.
by Lucy Corne
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