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• Kodagu (Coorg) Southwest Karnataka, India

  

  PART ONE Nature’s show On long circuitous winding roads, close your eyes to keep away the tumultuous feeling that erupts as bile climbs the ravines of your own... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Encountering the COTONOU Fetish Tradition

  

  As a young school boy growing up in the cosmopolitan city of Lagos, the thought of visiting neighboring Benin Republic fiercely fascinated me. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Paranormal Papparazzo Stalks the Ghost of Copernicus

  

  Time Traveling to Copernicus’s “Crib” in Torun (Poland)John M. Edwards stalks the heretical ghost of Polish astronomer Nicholaus Copernicus back to his hometown... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Touring Napa Valley: Tasting Wine Where It’s Made

  

  There’s something to be said for having an affordable bottle of rosé on a Friday night – particularly one that is low in calories but still tasty – Blossom... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• How Voluntary Work Can Change Your Life and Travelling

  

  There are as many different ways of seeing the world as there are people keen to pack a bag and head off to explore distant shores. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Capital of Ghosts

  

  What was Parisian-Style Boulevards, Empty Eight-Lane Highways, and Chistendom’s Highest Chuch-All Dead Ending in Jungle? I was working for a magazine in Abidjan... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Bittersweet Roman Holiday

  

  Rome: probably my favorite city on Earth, if I had to choose only one. Our time here was emotional and bittersweet, but Rome’s beauty did what it could to try... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• How to Avoid Getting Bad Bowl Cuts Abroad

  

  An American backpacker braves a bowl cut (almost) from a proverbial Third World barber. . . .The man in front of me, shivering in the swiveling chair, was almos... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Jurassic Poop

  

  With the success of Steven Spielberg’s box-office juggernauts (“Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World”)—as well as the notable sale by Sothebys of “Sue” (the... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Journey of the Senses

  

  Ears There is a moment of silence just before an announcement. It is that quick pause when the airline ground staff takes a breath—the gap between the... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Swans of Galway City Canals

  

  Galway city Ireland is one of my favorite places on the planet to visit and if full of surprises. Most people associate Galway with a vibrant night life, the... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Kenya Not Many See

  

  When I was in Kenya this May, I didn’t go on a tourist’s safari. I didn’t ride in a Jeep with a group of other people, traveling across wide open plains,... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Sacred Guides

  

  The eighty degree weather we’d had at breakfast in a California border town transitioned sharply into the fifties by lunchtime at the Grand Canyon. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Musselsafari with Orust Shellfish in Lysekil – Western Sweden

  

  One of the highlights of exploring western Sweden and its small villages and towns along the country’s western archipelago, is the seafood. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Canada Wildlife Experiences

  

  Where can you find Canada’s best wildlife? If you’re a wildlife lover looking for a holiday full of incredible creatures, why not try Canada for your next... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Enemy

  

  My yearning for unhurried solitude brought me to a strip of sand beneath a canopy of wind blown tress at Emma Woods Beach Park in Ventura, Ca. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• If You Can’t Beat ‘Em

  

  My husband Gaz and I donned our raingear and headed to Nanjing Lu, the main pedestrian thoroughfare and shopping district of Shanghai. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Car + Vacation, Volvo Factory Tour, Gothenburg Sweden

  

  Our C70 Volvo parked in front of Ystad StudiosVolvo’s Car + Vacation programVolvo offers a unique experience for buyers overseas interested in purchasing a new... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Place in the Sun

  

  Not yet 09:00 AM and already he could feel a drop of sweat forming on his brow. A hat would have helped, but hats hide your eyes, and for Juan Manuel, his eyes... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Romp in the South of France – Day 1: Bordeaux – St. Emilion

  

  Backpack strapped on and ready to move, I marched onward and outward of the Youth Hostel, away from comfort; a comfort, to be fair, that had held me back, that... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION