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Take a deep breath, and plow down the river. The Fiji Travel Pack inflatable kayak ($120; sevylor.com is nearly 11-ft. long, holds 400 lbs. and comes equipped with a handy storage bag. A cheap alternative to lugging a kayak on your car roof, this one can even fit under the front seat, with your spare change...
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...Long Way Down gets into some very heavy stuff indeed. It's about four strangers on New Year's Eve who meet on the roof of an apartment building where they have all come to kill themselves. It's a credit to Hornby's ambition and idiosyncratic world view that this idea struck him as suited to his gifts. "Immediately I could see that there would be an opportunity for comedy," he says by phone from London...
...help local populations. Last summer Ryan McNeill, 16, of Lake Forest, Ill., went to Costa Rica with the Road Less Traveled. At a cost of $3,995 for 22 days, McNeill and his group stayed in a small town and made improvements to the local school, replacing the roof and building bathrooms. "It was a chance to see another country from a different perspective, not a hotel, and to actually meet people in the culture," he says. He is also mindful of the program's other benefits, noting that the trip gave him 75 community-service hours, partially satisfying...
...antelope dashed off, I briefly awakened to my real environment, but in no time the satellite beamed me up again. I was back in the ether with the Gloved One, orbiting America without touching it--until I got to Rawlins, Wyo., where the antenna on my roof blew off. When I couldn't fix the suction cup that held it there, I tuned in to local AM radio. A voice--a low, male, unhurried Western voice--was describing a school lunch menu for the week. "Chicken-fried steak," the voice said, "and green beans." The words were astonishing. Startling...