For a full list of today's Salon Travel stories, go to the Travel home page. Binh Hoa Hoping to find an obscure Vietnam War killing field, our correspondent discovers that some lessons of history teach themselves.
Nothing is simple in Tibet.
Wanderlust Seduced in Bologna Like the Bolognese towers in the background, we inclined toward each other for two and a half blissful days. In a Spanish grove, I found an ancient grace. The total solar eclipse is but half a week away, and the sky is covered with a thin, but opaque, layer of fluff that may well obscure our viewing. The one ray of hope is that we are currently in Shiraz, about 550 miles south of Tehran, not far from the Persian Gulf. Isfahan, where we will observe the eclipse, is halfway to Tehran, on the inland side of the Zagros Mountains.