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Famed British explorer Freya Stark once wrote: "There are not so many places left where magic reigns without interruption, and of all those I know, the coast of Lycia was the most magical." Capture that[an error occurred while processing this directive] charm - and follow the same path that Alexander the Great once traveled - by walking Turkey's first long-distance trail across an almost virgin stretch of Mediterranean coastline, tracing ruins from the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Persian civilizations. The 510-km Lycian Way, which runs from the sleepy coastal town of Fethiye to the bustling port city...
...capital of Kampala, the Kenyan-born, British-educated Hungarian-Scot set up Banana Boat, her first tiny 2-sq-m shop, on a whim. "There were lots of expats living in the city with big houses, lots of wall space and nothing to put on them," explains Magyar.[an error occurred while processing this directive] "Initially, I thought it would be quite fun to sell modern art prints." She was quickly inundated by customers looking for other home products and, since 2000, has combined her love of traditional local craftsmanship - basketry, weaving, leatherwork - with her own appreciation of designs that...
...label Stoned Cherrie I'd start with a picnic at the Cradle of Humankind - caves where some of the earliest human remains have been found. There's a game reserve and it's quite beautiful at that time of day. A trip to Wandie's bar in Soweto[an error occurred while processing this directive] may be a bit of a cliché, but it's still a must to sample township life. And then I'd end my night at the Horror Café in downtown Johannesburg, where some of the best undiscovered musicians play local hip-hop, ragga...
...makeover. And that's good news for travelers as well as for city dwellers eager to brush up on the delights of their own turf. Once just electronic versions of printed maps, online maps can now locate everything from the best street-food vendors in New York[an error occurred while processing this directive] City to the Arctic Monkeys' concert route across Britain, complete with addresses, details and occasionally images. These new-style maps, called mashups, are created by blending Internet applications such as Google Maps and Yahoo! Maps with data on just about anything to create personalized guides...
...from its booster. The reason: A single pin on a tiny integrated circuit broke after being violently shaken during the flight. Foam that had been there to protect the pin on prior flights had been removed, supposedly to improve the system's reliability. A 2004 test failed because an error in one line of computer code kept the interceptor grounded. The most recent failure, in February 2005, happened after two of the three arms that hold the interceptor in place in its silo didn't fully retract during launch because a part had corroded. The Missile Defense Agency penalized...