The vacation-oriented coast south of Cancún on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is famed for its resorts as well as their various shopping, dining, nightlife, and a broad menu of daytime activities. And one of the Riviera Maya's top activities is diving and snorkeling amid the…

Hilton Head Island, off South Carolina's Low Country coast, has been a resort destination for 65 years now, with…

Yes, of course, the four capitals of Central Europe we visited on our Danube River cruise with Grand Circle Tours – Prague, Vienna, Bratislava, and Budapest – were all wrapped in wonder, overwhelmed with their impressive…

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Travelling these days isn’t as simple as it was a few years back. Once you just had to keep your clothes and toiletries in a bag…

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If you're visiting Vietnam's capital, be sure…

When the couple, here for their 20th visit, commented that it was the first time they had taken the house tour -– one of the staples of the Mohonk Mountain House experience -- I asked what they had been doing all those years. Liz and Dan Gleason from Haddon Heights, New Jersey replied:  “There’s just so much to do all the time, you just can’t fit…

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After six months into the coronavirus lockdown experience, it was natural to want to leave our house in Stockbridge, Hampshire and travel a…

A hiking buddy is someone who you will laugh with; slog through the mud with; occasionally get angry at; maybe get lost with; and certainly share great stories with. Like any good relationship, you might  be apprehensoive at the beginning. Who knows if you’ll be a good match?



I’ve had a lot of hiking buddies over the years, some who…

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You might wonder why this is even a question. But in fact, the Chinese-speaking world has…

As our car crested the last hill overlooking the town ahead, I rubbed my eyes to make sure they weren’t deceiving me. The first thing I spotted was a giant King Kong clambering menacingly up a building.

Another roof was topped by a helicopter which appeared to have just landed or was about to take off. Among other hard-to believe visions that…

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A sugar-mill dinner at Montpelier

A few years ago, the fact that an island was the birthplace of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, would have elicited very little excitement. But in recent years, since the advent of the hit Broadway musical Hamiliton, Nevis is all…

Escaping into nature provides a series of family-friendly activities that help children to develop important skills that they will be able to use for the rest of their lives. And living in a region that makes it easy to explore wooded areas gives families the opportunity to visit remote places, campsites and…

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Azur Air Ukraine has resumed flights from Kiev to La Romana Airport in the Dominican Republic. A division of the Anex Tour Group, Azur is flying Boeing 767…

Middle seats in the planes of some airlines are vacant.  Passengers and crew members aboard cruise ships are socially distancing when possible and wearing masks.  Some countries remain closed to non-residents, while others won’t allow people from the United States to enter. 

Few aspects of life have…

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The small, circular Santorini archipelago (known in Greece as Thera) is nestled in the…

Now Anyone Can "Make a W1SH" from the World's Tallest Freestanding Tower.

"W1SH RIBBON," a monument to the suffering of and hope for the people of Japan and the world during the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic, was installed on September 25 on the 350-meter-high Tembo Deck of Tokyo…

This 500-acre outdoor museum is open until its closure for the season December 13. Plus virtual lectures, panel discussions, and other special 60th-Anniversary programs can be viewed on the Storm King's website.

Located in the town of Cornwall, New York, in the Hudson Valley just over an hour north of…