Photography by Yuri Krasov DAY ONE The very name Los Gatos [the cats] already holds its magnetic pool for your regular feline lover. Stretching like a cat’s gracious spine along the curve of Santa Cruz foothills, the town is warm …
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Dental Tourism in Beautiful Buenos Aires by Robert Painter
Did you ever wake up in the middle of a dream and discover that you were in a beautiful cosmopolitan city; your teeth were beautiful; you had learned how to Tango; the finest steak dinners in really nice restaurants were …
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Cherokee Nation History and Culture Near Tulsa, OK by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Just east of Tulsa, OK, at the town of Catoosa, the popular Cherokee Casino and Resort is now renamed Hard Rock Casino and Resort, with the opening of the new 17 floor tower hotel wing. The casually chic décor and …
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South Korea’s Seolnar New Year Celebration
“Seeing” is the oversimplified verb used to describe traveling to, eating, sleeping, walking, viewing and experiencing a place. You might hear a lusty traveler, replete with camera bag, water bottle, hat, sunglasses and guidebook, declare “I’m off to see Venice” …
In the Philippines: Swimming With Whale Sharks by Larry and Gail Taylor
Anxiously, my wife and I sat on the edge of the boat, putting on fins, adjusting face masks, awaiting the guide’s nod to jump. We got it and launched ourselves, swimming behind him when-suddenly-we were eye-to-eye with a 40-foot leviathan, …
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Just Letting Go At Island Grand by Linda Oatman
I’m stretched out in my own private little cabana on a white sand beach, listening to the chirp of gulls and the banter of the ever-cheerful cabana attendants. These guys are as sunny as their bright Hawaiian shirts, and at …
Tale of Two Mardi Gras by Terry Zinn
Initially one always thinks of New Orleans when they hear Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. But the Mardi Gras celebration complete with costumes, parades, ethnic foods and throws; is endemic to several towns. On my way to Houma, Louisiana for …
Drake Passage To Antarctica by Leslie R. Adams
The earth was swaying, and if there is one word by which to describe what I had just experienced, it would be ¨Wow¨. That word passed my lips too many times to count. My little Russian research vessel, the Alexsey …
Going Coastal in Half Moon Bay, California by Patty Burness
The sun was peaking in and out of the fog as my husband and I left San Francisco early one Sunday morning and headed south. Cruising down Route 1 past San Pedro Point in Pacifica where surfers were hitting their …
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Mexico’s Day of the Dead Celebration
During the time when many Western countries are celebrating Hallowe’en at the end of October, Latin countries are preparing for the festival El Dia de los Muertes, or Day of the Dead, which is October 31 and November 1. I …
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