Japan - Tokyo, Kyoto

Tokyo's hidden cocktail bars
check in particular: Bar Rage (drinks made w/ fresh fruit), Doulton Bar (Soiree de Ginza building), Bar High Five (White Lady) (details and addresses in article)

Oases of Calm in Rural Japan - Onsen in Hakone (from NY Times, no links, unfortunately)

Japan Rail - Maps, fares, Japan Rail Pass

Japan Guide - already with Autumn Color Reports!

Lonely Planet Japan (incl. Yakushima!!!)

London

School of Life
Fab, fab, fab - do dinner, breakfast, take course, check out shop!

Oxford and Cambridge Club
71 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HD
+44-207-73215110

Recipes - Papa's Pfeffersteak

Filetsteak ohne Knochen, ca. 3cm dick
pfeffern und salzen, dann beidseitig scharf anbraten (2-3min), dann zurueckstellen und ziehen lassen (3min) bis so durch, wie man es mag
dann auf den Rost, Oberseite mit Butter einstreichen, dick mit geschrotenem schwarzen Pfeffer bestreuen (1 Essloeffel voll), kurz angrillen und servieren.

Thailand

The Spa resort, Koh Samui (review from The Guardian)

The Spa - website

The Sanctuary - Koh Phangan (one over from Koh Samui), detox, yoga, weddings

India - Goa

Lotus Yoga Retreat - South Goa, beachfront, also teacher training (Ashtanga)

Health and Yoga (links to centers in India)

Bali

Surf & Yoga retreat for women only - surfgoddess.com

balispirit.com - holistic Bali

Hatha Yoga Center Seattle - organize teacher training in Seattle (per Sam Tsubota) GREAT READING LIST for teacher training

Photoraphy

Canon Powershot SD700IS (actually an elph/ixus, compact - approx. $700)
Nikon D70 (serious digital SLR, sub-$1,000, bulky lens)
Canon 50D (per Kelly Hampton), plus Scott Kelby's photobooks

Portland, Oregon

Pok Pok Thai

Heathman Hotel

(per Chuck Palahniuk's "Fugitives and Refugees: A walk in Portland" - ghosts!)

Medical Tourism

Medical Travel Planners (from the LA Times)

Germany - Beaches

Deutsche Straende - Welcher taugt fuer wen? (from Die Welt, in German)

India - Kerala

Wayanad - way beyond the backwaters of Cochin:

The green side of Kerala (from The Guardian)

Malaysia

Perhentian Island (Pulau Perhentian Kecil)
for scuba diving, per Claudia & Oliver from Hurghada

Kenya

Shaanti Holistic Health Retreat
Diani Beach, 45 min south of Mombasa
near elephant reserve
per Laurence & Jacob

Ritesh's Shirt Size

15 1/2 - 16 collar
33 arms
41R

Costa Rica

Morgan's Rock Hacienda and Ecolodge (Alison and Brendan's wedding)

California

REDLANDS: Master Hong: www.qimaster.com

Loma Linda Market - Vegatarian Superstore affiliated w/ Loma Linda University, a Seventh-Day-Adventist Institution
1111 Anderson Street, Suite 100, Loma Linda 92350
Closed Saturdays, Sundays open 8-6

CARRIZO PLAIN National Monument - 10o miles north of LA

Paradise Cove Beach Malibu (owned by Cafe), per Nady and David

Hawaii

www.waimeaplantation.com (Kauai) - per Katherine Henry's aboriginal retreat