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I had no idea that I would like Malaysia. I even thought I might just fly through Kuala Lumpur and only see the airport. Life had other plans. As I travelled around South East Asia, I would keep coming back; each time I would see a new side of Malaysia and I would see Kuala Lumpur differently—after all, each time I was a different person.

Far from being a technical manual, Writing Blue Highways: The Story of How a Book Happened is an adventure story of its own. It's a journey of “exploration into the myriad routes of heart and mind that led to the making of a book from the first sorry and now vanished paragraph to the last words that came not from a graphite pencil, but from a letterpress in Tennessee.”

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, the 1890 book by Nellie Bly, chronicles her sensational 72-day trip around the world for the tabloid newspaper, New York World. On November 14, 1889, she boarded the steamer Augusta Victoria on her journey of 23,899 miles with the goal of finishing in 75 days. Her journey took her through England, France, Italy, the Suez Canal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan to San Francisco where she boarded a private chartered train which brought her to New York on January 25, 1890, 72 days and six hours after leaving.

Growing up a 90-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become the toughest fighter in the world, like Caine in his favorite 1970s TV series, Kung Fu. While in college, Matthew decided the time had come to pursue this quixotic dream before it was too late. Much to the dismay of his parents, he dropped out of Princeton to spend two years training with the legendary sect of monks who invented kung fu and Zen Buddhism.

If you have to leave home, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel helps you navigate the perils of travel. Learn what to do when you are trapped in the trunk of a car, caught in the middle of a sandstorm, or are on a runaway train. Step-by-step instructions show you how to survive these and dozens of other adventures. Plus an appendix of essential travel strategies, useful phrases, and gestures to use - and avoid - will also ensure your safe return.

This is the Official Holiday FM Travel Guide to Tokyo, including information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Know Before You Go campaign.Tokyo: the city of the rising sun. Japan's capital and the country's largest metropolis, Tokyo is one of the world's most populated cities, and a fascinating mix of traditional and modern. Cutting edge technology glitters beside ancient temples, with skyscrapers towering above marvellous religious shrines.

This is the Official Holiday FM Travel Guide to Bangkok, including information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Know Before You Go campaign.Bangkok is one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world and with a bit of insider knowledge it's easy to avoid the gridlocked streets allowing you to focus on the exotic sights and sounds. The golden rule is to stay off the roads wherever possible.

Audio Journeys explores the Mayan world of Mesoamerica. We travel through Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Carol Ardman traveled to Tangier in 1970 to tend her broken heart and - she hoped - find Jane Bowles, whose writing had literally saved her. Instead she found Paul Bowles at a time when he was as lonely and searching as she was. The two began an unconventional love affair that roiled Tangier's incestuous expat community and transformed Ardman's life. Her sumptuously detailed portrait of their relationship is as intimate - and as satisfying - as it gets.

Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn...

Notes from a Small Island After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home...

Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was raised along the border of the two countries, the frontier taking on poignant significance in his understanding of what it means to be both Scottish and English, of his relationship with his father, who's lived on this land his whole life, and of his ties to the rich history and culture of the region.

Learn with rhythm, learn with tunes, French, English words you'll use! Bilingual vocabulary builder for French or English. Five hundred words and expressions, plus conversation. Original music score energizes the listener. Engages both left and right brain for optimal learning.

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were...

Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so.

Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! Listening to Tanzania - Culture Smart! before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends, and avoid confusion. Tanzania - Culture Smart! will help you to understand local manners, customs, and laws. Tanzania - Culture Smart! goes the extra mile to help you brush up on your cultural small talk and will make you confident in leaving your comfort zone far behind.

京の出入口「京の七口」の一つとして、古くから知られた粟田口。京都盆地東端のこの地は、古代、五代孝昭天皇の子孫・粟田氏が鉱物採取や粟、瓜の生産を行ったという。平安時代には、清和天皇の勅により、祇園の八坂神社の疫病鎮めの神・牛頭天皇を祀る社が建立された。八坂神社は感神院とも呼ばれた為、こちらは感神院新宮と呼ばれたが、これが現在の粟田神社である。鉱物資源に恵まれていた為か、粟田口近辺には、古より刀工が数多く住んでいた。その中でも代表的なのが、平安時代の三条小鍛冶宗近と、鎌倉時代の粟田口藤四郎吉光で、古代からの製鉄の神・天目一箇神とともに、境内の末社・鍛冶神社の祭神となっている。特に、三条小鍛冶宗近は伝説的な存在で、一条天皇の宝刀「小狐丸」は、稲荷明神が化身した童子が合槌を打って完成したといい、その稲荷の神は、粟田神社境内摂社の北向稲荷神社や、粟田神社と三条通を挟んだ向かいに建つ合槌稲荷神社に鎮まるという。この伝説は、謡曲「小鍛冶」の題材となっていて、能や神楽、歌舞伎等の伝統芸能を通じ広く知られて来たが、近年、名刀を美男子として擬人化した「刀剣乱舞」でも取り上げられ、若い女性にも三条小鍛冶宗近の名が知られるようになった。今も昔も、「刀剣に神が宿る」地、粟田。ここに伝統文化とサブカルチャーの交錯を見る。

百社巡礼の対談相手・盛池雄峰師宅のある、山梨県上野原市の神社を取り上げ、収録も上野原で行う「上野原シリーズ」。第一弾は、市街地の北東、東京都、神奈川県との境近くの山中に鎮座する軍刀利神社（ぐんだりじんじゃ）。祭神は日本武尊で、その東征の帰り道、草薙の剣を神の宿る剣として祀ったとされるが、創建は平安中期で、社名から密教の軍荼利明王（ぐんだりみょうおう）を祀った、修験道の聖地であったことは明らかだ。明王とは、仏道に導き難い者を力ずくで帰依させる存在で、多くは憤怒の表情、逆立った髪、何本もの手に武器を持つという、恐ろしい姿を取る。そのルーツは、古代インドで鬼や悪魔に相当する夜叉や修羅だが、軍荼利明王の場合は、クンダリーニという蛇の女神が起源である。ヨガにおいては、性器と肛門の間にある、最も下部のチャクラに宿っており、クンダリーニを覚醒させ、脊髄を上昇させて、その途上にあるチャクラを開いていき、頭頂に至る事によって「解脱」できるとされている。それが伝播の過程で男性となったのが、現在の軍荼利明王である。しかし、そうした遠い起源は忘れられ、ここでは軍神として崇拝されている。明治の神仏分離により、明王とも切り離されたが、剣を奉納する信仰は続いている。神格の変遷と土着化する信仰というものについて考察する。

大学卒業前、御山人が青春18きっぷ片手に、一人で行った東北旅行。 困難に満ちた道程を経てたどり着いたのは、多賀城・アラハバキ神社。 かつて「東北に朝廷に対抗する古代王国があった」とする内容で、 偽書騒動を巻き起こしたアラハバキ神とは何なのか?改めてその謎を掘り下げる。 ○手足の長い「まつろわぬ民」の荒ぶる魂 ○陸羽東線沿線にも篤く信仰されるアラハバキ神社が ○国譲りに納得出来ず?!三河の荒ぶる大国主命 ○怨み荒ぶるのは大陸的か それを鎮めて習合した日本の信仰 卒業旅行二日目は、冬の奥羽山脈を越え、秋田県へ。 後三年の役の古戦場で、腰まで雪に埋もれつつ訪ねたのは、 蘇我氏に滅ぼされた古代豪族・物部氏の末裔が守って来た唐松神社。 そこに満ちた数々の謎に挑む。 ●堀を巡らした三角錐の石積みの上に建つ社殿 ●神社の古文書には、物部氏の祖神が鳥海山に降臨し、出羽こそ物部の故郷と ●仏教を拒否して追われた神道を奉じる物部の「物」とは物の怪の「物」 ●「まつろわぬ民」と血縁を持ち、「韓をまつろわせた」物部氏 そして、「まつろう」「まつろわぬ」ことの現代的解釈や意義をも問います。 流行に「まつろう」ことなく、孤高の旅の中で見出したものとは。 語り:高橋御山人 聞き役:盛池雄峰

高知市に鎮座する土佐一宮・土佐神社。祭神は一言主神・アジスキタヒコネノ神。 高知県南西部・黒潮町の沿岸の加茂神社より遷ったともいわれるが、 元々は、大和・葛城より、流刑されてここにたどり着いたのだという。 その話は古文献に載っているが、書物によって内容が大きく異なる。 ○続日本紀では、雄略天皇の怒りに触れ流刑に処せられる ○より古い日本書紀では、天皇と対等の立場で、ともに狩りを楽しむ ○最古の書物・古事記では、天皇が一言主神に畏れ畏まる ○続日本紀より新しい日本霊異記では、修験道の開祖・役小角に使役される 時を追うごとに著しく零落していく一言主神。 この話の舞台である葛城には、今も一言主神社と、 アジスキタヒコネノ神を祀る、全国加茂神社の総本社・高鴨神社が鎮座する。 そしてそこは、これらの神を崇める、古代豪族賀茂氏の根拠地だった。 ●役小角や安倍晴明の師・賀茂保憲など数々の陰陽師を輩出した呪術家の一族 ●全国に展開し「カモ(賀茂・加茂・鴨等)」の地名や神社を各地に残した ●高鴨神社より登った山裾には「高天原」と神武天皇に討たれた土蜘蛛の塚も ●一言主神社にも土蜘蛛の塚があり、能の題材となっている 流刑された神を祀り、歴史に名を残す呪術師を幾人も輩出し、 全国に広がって、「まつろわぬ民」土蜘蛛との深い関係も見出せる、 ...