I had always thought how wonderful it would be to visit China, but even after I started traveling extensively, a trip there seemed beyond my budget. In 1992 I heard of a first-class tour that was quite inexpensive, so I …
Slow Blowing Dream by Linda Ballou
The Tatshenshini River is a powerful torrent that flows from its headwaters in Canada’s Yukon Territory for 120 unchecked miles to the Gulf of Alaska. It is the main artery through the pulsing heart of one of the world’s largest …
Windjammer Barefoot Cruise to the ABC Islands by Ron Kapon
For 30 years I had dreamed about sailing on a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise. An offer of a very heavily discounted rate combined with a free Continental Airlines certificate was all I needed to sign on the dotted line for a …
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Something About Vienna by Kim Bluth
What is so alluring about big cities? One person might say it is the shopping and the people; another will swear by the food and the transportation; still another will be drawn by the opportunity to escape the ordinary, maybe …
Too Many Fijis by Barry Truman
Fiji : little sandy islands you think you want to be stranded on, especially one of Fiji’s party islands. Flying foxes (big fruit bats), drape themselves over the branches of breadfruit trees, then erupt in a storm of bickering. Frigate …
Oh, To Be in Obidos by Sarah Fogarty
Clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. The wheels of my rolling luggage bounced off the cobblestones and made a plastic racket that reverberated through the narrow alleyways. Folks relaxing quietly at a street side cafe looked up from their beers and …
Maulbronn Monastery by Bonnie and Bill Neely
We had a 45-minute drive through a quiet little highway in the Bavarian countryside to reach Maulbronn, the site of the best preserved 12th century monastery north of the Alps in all of Europe. In 1991 this was made a …
The Iceman Cometh Bike Challenge by Michael A. Norton
Nearly 2,500 cyclists and 4,000 spectators from across the U.S. and Canada turned out for the 2005 Iceman Cometh, the 27-mile race through the forest near Traverse City in November. Riding a mountain bike at top speed through the pine …
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Floribama? by Andrew Der
This is not Florida – yet if brought here blindfolded, I would defy anyone to convince me otherwise. White sand, blue water, heat, palm trees – all the ingredients necessary for a subtropical experience are present – but, this is …
A Road Less Taken by Jason Shaiman
US Highway #1, conceived of in 1926, serves as the only uninterrupted route along the Atlantic Coast of the United States stretching from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Although today I-95 is the primary travel route along …
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