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Cambodia
On the ultimate temple tour of a tragic kingdom, MATT GROSS ponders the big issues: life, death, government corruption, auto-genocide, the futility of monumental architecture, and the toilet-flushing origin of mankind.


Cambio
A survey of student discount cards that offer everything from cheap flights to (gulp!) legal aid.

Teaching Abroad Special
Think you can just show up in Italy and start teaching English? Well, actually, you can. But JESSICA JOHNSON knows that making a living requires more than a native speaker’s knowledge of phrasal verbs—it takes patience, a taste for tax law, and a little bit of cunning.

Scoop: Put your fest foot forward
Summertime is party time in Europe, with festivals both hip (world music in Budapest) and wacky (a Spanish tomato war).

Play: Batting in the Baltic
What do you do when your national cricket team is ranked last in the world? Invite the world to a tournament at home—on the ice.

Bunk: Crashing at the Airport
Kate Dorrell discovers the cost of her ultra-cheap intra-European flight has an unusual "tax"-- spending the night in London's airport.

Grub: Dining in the Dark
Christina Couch goes “Dans le Noir” in search of the City of Lights’ dimmest, tastiest prix fixe.

Our 3 Cents: Proof of Life
CCing Mom on your monthly mass e-mail is so 1998. Check out these new and retro ways to keep the folks up-to-date on your vital signs.

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Cover: 100-Wat smile, Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Photo: Daniel Walsh.

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