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Gifts for travelers

Forget the eight maids a-milking. I prefer Christmas gifts that are far more practical. I won’t be looking…

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For inexperienced travelers, ease into Belize

The water taxi revved its outboard motors, spitting the scent of gasoline into the tropical air, and then…

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Slideshow: Austin, Texas offers plenty of music, culture

AUSTIN, Texas — A statue of blues-rocker Stevie Ray Vaughan stands prominently beside the banks of Texas’ Colorado…

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There is skiing to be had in the East

STOWE, Vt. — The secret to happiness is perspective, and that’s particularly true when skiing. For instance, should…

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Big Sur a grand collision of water and land

BIG SUR, Calif. — McWay Falls is picture perfect. The waterfall drops 80 feet into sandy McWay Cove…

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Mother Nature is in the spotlight at Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — I’m sitting at a picnic table, about to dive into a plate…

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A lazy, historical steamboat ride down Twain’s Mississippi River

NATCHEZ, Miss. — From a rocking chair on the front porch of the American Queen, the miles slip…

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Walking a path of memories in England

On Thursday, the English poet Simon Armitage will set off to walk England’s South West Coast Path or,…

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7 ways to beat a flight delay

For frequent travelers, this has been a miserable summer of flight delays and cancellations. In the past few…

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Kenya through the eyes of the Maasai

In the market town of Narok, Kenya, 90 miles west of Nairobi, I was buying a Kenyan SIM…

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