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MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE - 'CUES, BLUES, AND BLUE SUEDE SHOES
This is off-the-beaten track Memphis, from a cruise in a
'55 Pecos Beige Caddy to juke joints to bbq pits to the
diner where Elvis ate, Memphis is a city that hasn't been
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WAS
ELVIS JEWISH????
Just ask his tailor and his spiritual adviser, and you'll
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Sin City is now the land of luxury. Find out what the hottest restaurants are, where to get the most unusual spa treatments, how to see the finest art and how to go around the world in a long weekend.
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ALABAMA
Once a year, the legendary folk and visionary artists of Alabama
sell their work to the public. For beginning collectors or outside art
mavens, it's the place to be and to buy.
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NEW MEXICO
Articles about Santa Fe, Fort
Sumner, spas of Santa Fe, BBQ joints, arguably the country's best soft serve
ice cream and much more from New Mexico-based
Fein
and
Ross
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EUROPE |
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SOUTH
OF ENGLAND - OLD IS BEAUTIFUL
If you are a fan of history, mystery, old stones, famous
old churches, authors from the past, and the minuet, this
part of England is your cuppa. |
WALES:
ON THE TRAIL OF KING ARTHUR
He may not have been English at all. There is startling
evidence that the legendary king was from Wales, and there
are many sites to prove it. |
FASTING
RETREAT IN THE ALGARVE, PORTUGAL
It's purported to cure nearly everything, and there's only
one place where you can do it in Europe. The no-frills,
famous two-week fasting retreat in the south of Portugal. |
NORTHERN ITALY
The Langhe and Roero regions of northern Italy boast the
world's finest white truffles and perhaps the world's finest truffle dogs.
One man runs a university where any pooch can be trained to hunt the great
white.
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CYPRUS
Aprodite rose out of the sea on this gorgeous island, and Lazarus
went to Cyrpus after he rose from the dead. Myth or history? We try to sort
it all out.
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CANADA |
NEWFOUNDLAND--OFF
THE BEATEN TRACK
You may have eaten cod, but have you ever pursued it off-the-beaten
track through Newfoundland? It is key to uncovering one
of the world's most delightful, friendly, surprising destinations.
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LABRADOR--OFF-THE-BEATEN
TRACK
There are so few tourists, you keep bumping into each other.
From acheological digs to the little-known island where
Basque whalers are buried to a ghost fishing village, it's
all in Labrador. |
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CARIBBEAN |
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ANGUILLA
Decadent luxury, spectacular beauty and local culture--Anguilla
has it all. |
BARBADOS
This is where slavery began in the new world, and Africa still throbs in the
food, customs and lifestyle of the Bajans. We take you off the beaten path
to discover the gems of Barbados, the best places to eat, and a way to have
a really authentic island experience.
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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
There is more to the British Virgin islands than sun, sand and surf. Come
with us to the locals' Tortola, and find out how to meet the inhabits of
the BVI and share their food, their history and their living culture.
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MEXICO |
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SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE
Beautiful San Miguel de Allende is a tourist mecca, but there are fabulous
finds outside of San Miguel that most tourists do not know about. Follow us
on the road not travelled to find the artists, the shrines, the history, the
places that will feed your soul. |
THE UNKNOWN YUCATAN
Four hours from martini-soaked Cancun is a whole other
world of living Maya and Maya ruins just waiting to be discovered.
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HOLBOX ISLAND
It's a fly-fishing paradise almost no one knows about.
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PACIFIC |
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CENTRAL
AMERICA |
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GUATEMALA
articles about the Maya, a ceremony with a Maya shaman, Antigua,
shopping, Maximon and more.
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SOUTH
AMERICA |
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ASIA |
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ISTANBUL
Istanbul straddles Asia and Europe, and Turkey is one of the most friendly,
exotic, affordable destinations for travelers seeking culture, history,
archeology, great food and encounters with people. Even if you go with a
tour group, you can turn a visit to Turkey into a personalized experience. |
TURKEY
Noah's ark and Mount Ararat
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VIETNAM & CAMBODIA*
Everything from food to culture to healers to shopping to ethnic minorities
to off-the-beaten track.
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AFRICA |
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SOUTH
AFRICA: TEN YEARS AFTER APARTHEID
Nelson Mandela was like Moses-he led the South Africans
out of slavery to the promised land of democracy. And when
you visit South Africa with a Zulu guide, there's nothing
quite like it. |
BBQ
IN SOWETO
Soweto, which symbolized violent resistance to Apartheid,
is now welcoming visitors. And, among other things, it has
some fabulous bbq. |
THE
LEMBA (BLACK JEWS OF SOUTH AFRICA)
They trace their ancestry back to Biblical times, and under
colonization they almost lost their religion and heritage,
but the black Jews of South Africa know who they are and
they are having a religious and cultural revival. They carry
knowledge that goes back thousands of years.
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MIDDLE
EAST |
VISITING SYRIA
It's friendly, welcoming, and the sites are breathtaking |
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OTHER |
Yap
Palau
Guatemala
Turkey
Ireland
Portugal
Hungary
Poland
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Macrobiotic cruise
Northern Spain
Scottsdale resale shops
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
Richmond, Virginia
Monastery of Christ in the Desert, New Mexico
Las Vegas
Chicago
Montreal
The best monasteries to stay in
Essays about community, ceremonies, spiritual souvenirs, travel writing on
the road, Day of the Dead, a review of Films That Provide Vicarious Voyages,
and more.........
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