For a full list of today's Salon Travel stories, go to the Travel home page. The Brahmin of the Burning Ghats Lost in the fiery back alleys of Varanasi, a wanderer stumbles into an unforgettable encounter.
Cholera is completely out of control down here.
A French guy I talked to in Savannakhet said the Pakse hospital was full of dead bodies. Ray looked at me with irritation. Look, I have a sense for this kind of thing. I could tell he was serious. I decided to drop the big question.