I spent the entire day trying to get out of Chiang Mai. All flights booked. All trains full, buses too. Finally I chose to go 3rd class, leaving at 6:30am to go for twelve hours to Lopburi (south toward Bangkok) …
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Redding’s Not-So-Hidden Jewel
Driving along I-5 near Redding, California, you wouldn’t guess that a glistening jewel lies just west along the Sacramento River. Nestled in Turtle Bay Exploration Park, the Sundial pedestrian bridge was completed in 2004 and connects the two sections of …
Help Choose His Adventure by Jeremy David
Have you ever read those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books? Jeremy David is living one. In August he is hopping on a plane to Europe, and from there you are in control. Tell him where to go and what to …
Twelfth Night at the Utah Shakespearean Festival by Linda Lane
In Cedar City, UT, two blocks from the The Iron Gate Inn, a charming bed and breakfast where I am staying, I spotted Southern Utah University, headquarters for the Tony award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival that is currently running from …
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Cedar City, Utah’s Best Holiday Location
We have spent several weeks in different seasons in Utah, a state with so many beautiful places to experience and such varied and fascinating. It is a state focused on strong families and has one of the lowest crime rates …
Winding Through The Baltic Sea by Nell Raun-Linde
Head for the Baltic Sea to follow the paths of wild Vikings, Russian conquerors and enterprising German merchants. A cruise is especially suited to the Baltic Sea, a 1,000-mile-long sea, as narrow as 50 miles between Helsinki and Tallinn. This …
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Visiting Thailand’s Elephants Part 1
The popular tourism destination is Thailand! Good weather, nice people and this country is very familiar with the western tourist, so traveling around here is easy. The hardest part is getting here. So after a mind, leg, and butt-numbing, 20-hour …
Everything Wiggly and Poisonous by Sarah Morgan
When we first moved here, twenty years ago, our neighbors in Punta Uva warned us repeatedly about snakes. “Don’t walk in the jungle without a machete, ” is what they told my husband. What they told me was that women …
Appreciating History In Wilmington, NC by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Wilmington, NC, one of the best destination travel cities in the Carolinas, offers something for everyone. Since the late 1700’s ships have made their way to this port where the wide Cape Fear River provided safe harbor from the Atlantic …
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The Discrete Charm of Literary Downloads for the Traveler by Marissa Lloyd
If you travel a lot for business like I do, you know the scenario. You’re in some vast airport or train station, bored out of your skull, waiting for a connection. Like some corporate hermit crab, you are dragging half …
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