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Ask the pilot

If I've flown into the Port-au-Prince airport, does that mean I've been to Haiti? What, exactly, constitutes a trip to another country?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, January 17, 2008 07:52 PM

    A good article as always...

    ...but here's a writing tip from someone who loves travelogues and geography: Please ditch the metaphors and the flowery adjectives. Your stories are interesting enough on their own, and your complicated prose style distracts the reader from what's going on. You don't write your Salon columns that way, so why are writing a manuscript that way? It's like you're trying to impress your high-school English teacher.

    I hope I haven't offended you. I mean only the best. And I look forward to your next column as always.

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