Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods.

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Bontecou and seven fellow tourists are getting a taste of life in Brazil's wild Pantanal region.

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In this idyllic part of the Var region, wild boar roam the lush forests that are home to what gourmands consider the world's finest mushrooms and truffles.

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In the century since the days of Roosevelt, big game populations have nosedived across the continent, and this region counts among the last wild pockets left in the country.

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The Maremma (mah-REH-mah) is a place the guidebooks like to call "Tuscany's Wild West, " a once-forgotten region with dark legends of pirates and exiles, witches and plagues.

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If it is a little more basic, such as a margherita, he recommends a Montepulciano, a wild, robust red wine from Abruzzo, the mountainous region in central Italy.

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Combine a ride through the region's recent history with some of the most remote and wild regions of the country in Salavan and Attapeu.

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While Kelley admits the Southeast lacks the wild winds of Texas or Iowa ( see map), he still envisions the region as a producer and user of wind turbines.

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