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A travel guide to the farthest regions of one's own self-identity.

Jun 13 2015
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Not every culture has a jungle zip line, not every culture has elephant riding, not every culture has a day when they let herd animals stampede through town, not every culture has a museum, not every culture has a temple, not every culture has mountains to climb or reefs to dive but every culture has a place to relax.

Jeff Dorchen returns from his trip to India with baggage. And a comprehensive definition of tourism, and fermented mare’s milk, and an appreciation of cafe culture, and travel-sized Zen, and the limits of travel.

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Jeff Dorchen

Jeff is a visual artist, songwriter/musician, actor, essayist, fiction writer, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He's been a playwright, songwriter, and performer with Chicago's Theater Oobleck since 1988, a writer and actor with Red Baron Films since 2000, and a contributor to This Is Hell! since 1996. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

 

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