When you think of travel entertainment, you have to put fine food at the top of your list. New Orleans is always an adventure, as it changes in a nice way, but always keeps its charm. Having visited New Orleans …
Catching Beads in Lake Charles , Louisiana by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov Traveling to the city of Lake Charles, Southwest Louisiana, for Mardi Gras, I couldn’t imagine how many discoveries I would make, not only about the unique culture of this Cajun/Creole country, but also about myself. Clad …
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DESERT PLAYGROUND – THEN & NOW
Why did Hollywood’s greatest movie stars choose to make Palm Springs their mecca decade after decade? Are they still coming to this magnificent desert playground? And how about the tourists in days gone by — and today? The two of …
Astonishing Caves of Cappadocia by Bonnie and Bill Neely
After spending the night in Ankara and visiting the beautiful mausoleum and memorial to Ataturk and a wonderful museum of ancient archeological finds dating from the preliterate or paleolithic periods through the Hittites and up to the Ottoman Empire we …
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AN INTERLUDE — VINEYARDS AND VILLAGES by Nell Raun-Linde
Take four days, mix grassy hills dotted with vineyards and oak forests, historic cities, beach cities, state parks along the Pacific Coast Highway and you have an unforgettable interlude. Paso Robles rests midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, just …
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SIPPING VINO AND SAVORING VISTAS IN TUSCANY by Fyllis Hockman
Wandering the hilly, narrow cobblestone streets in our home base of Montalcino, Italy, a Medieval city of interlocking passageways, steps and alleyways curving around and through and behind and beyond the main square, I reminded myself I was walking through …
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Tatto Artists in Oaxaca, Mexico by Alvin Starkman
Lawyer Kaireddyn (Kai) Orta began fabricating his own, rudimentary tools for making tattoos in 1996, while still in high school here in Oaxaca, Mexico. One day a neighbor saw him carrying a shoe box and asked him what was in …
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Getting that Wild West Feeling by Roy Stevenson
Arizona’s high desert has rapidly become one of the destination spa and resort meccas of the world. The high desert is perfect for spas and resorts with its high altitude, clean air, year-round sunny weather, a plethora of tourist attractions, …
Ankara: Modern Turkey’s Capital
Our next stop in our SmarTours of Turkey was to be Ankara, the capital of the country. As we drove through the countryside on long coach rides every other day, Matin our tour director and guide lectured all about Turkey. …
St. Augustine: A Trip to Remember by Terry Zinn
The longer we live the more we come back to previously visited locales. At least this is true with me, as I recently revisited St. Augustine, Florida, where as a young child I accompanied my parents to this oldest of …
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