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Albania’s once-forbidden alpine peaks

The seasons were changing fast, and the warmth I’d taken for granted had vanished as night mustered in…

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In bid for fliers’ eyeballs, safety videos get creative

HONG KONG — Air New Zealand — the airline that has enlisted body-painted pilots, rugby stars and hobbits…

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Culinary pros cook up a guide for foodies

Lonely Planet’s “Food Lover’s Guide to the World” ($39. 99) is not the sort of book one tosses…

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Seeing the world on $50 a day

When travel blogger Matt Kepnes, aka Nomadic Matt, set off on a 6½-year backpacking trip that would take…

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Time to make summer plans

“I would argue Europe is better in the shoulder seasons,” said Amy Farley, news editor at Travel +…

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In the Himalayas, a skier’s Shangri-La

On a frigid night in Gulmarg, a Himalayan outpost deep in Kashmir, a friend and I sipped sweet…

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Celebrating the medically macabre

PHILADELPHIA — Mutter Museum may leave you shocked and horrified or amazed and fascinated. Either way, its collections…

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The recline and fall of Western civilization

WASHINGTON — The woman sitting in front of me on this plane seems perfectly nice. She, like me,…

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Grenada: ocean view with a spice scent

All I wanted to do in Grenada was veg on the beach. I had a stack of paperbacks,…

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Travel apps move chronicling the trip from paper to pixels

From Petrarch to Mark Twain, travelers have been chronicling their journeys for as long as they have climbed…

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