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...spring spas, or onsen, are found in Tokyo, but for serious relaxation, plan an overnight getaway to one of the traditional inns that have long clustered around natural springs. Just a couple of hours away by train lie three prime destinations...
LEWIS agrees that a job is a tremendous "growing-up" experience. "But if you had a summer job for pay, maybe you couldn't have spent the time with your uncle in Paris," she says. "You can't meet every train in life...
...comes the Jewish holiday season and the U.S. domestic electoral campaign, and then Israeli party primaries and, supposedly, Palestinian elections and (many in the region suspect) a U.S. invasion of Iraq. So, for those Palestinians traditionally inclined to derail the negotiations, it's evident that this particular peace train isn't likely to leave the station any time soon. Which means it's unlikely that Tuesday's Quartet meeting featured in the motives for the latest attacks. Indeed, Israeli authorities point out that their forces have successfully interdicted scores of would-be attackers over the past three weeks...
...mountains dividing China and North Korea, the capital of the ancient Koguryo kingdom?that stretched from Siberia to Seoul in its 5th century heyday?has always been insular. Even today, reaching this historical jewel of China's Jilin province is no easy task. From Beijing it means an overnight train to the Manchurian sprawl of Shenyang, then another eastward to the industrial city of Tonghua, followed by a gut-churning hour in a taxi via the hairpin turns and dense forests of the precipitous peaks of the Changbai range. Simply reaching Ji'an's narrow valley sanctuary along the Yalu...
...bargain, I agreed. Setting off over the Yalu bridge behind my armed tour guide, I felt briefly like the hero from a John le Carr? thriller, soon to be swapped for a rival spy. At the midway point my keeper motioned me quickly off to the side. The daily train to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, approached from Ji'an, its coal-fueled engine blowing black smoke and steam into the clear, summer sky. The imposing engine lurched by within feet of us, the wooden bridge shuddering under its weight. The train's handful of North Korean passengers peered down...