As my raft plowed into a frothy reversal on the Wild Horse Rapid in the Upper Klamath River’s Kikaceki Canyon, it shipped sideways, shuddered and then charged on through a …
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Who said you can’t go home again?Yes, you can! I did! and it isn’t returning to Casablanca, where I was born. No. To Wisconsin, at the heart of the Midwest, …
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In the nearly 20 years I’ve been sailing on Lake Superior, I’d never made it to the dramatic, outermost sea caves on the northern edge of the 21-island archipelago known …
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How do you capture the essence of a city of nine million people—one of the largest, busiest, and most fascinating in the world?You wake an hour before sunrise.While most of …
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Ao Nang, Krabi, Thailand Tokyo, Japan Da Nang, Viertnam Belgrade, Serbia Manila, Phillipines Bangkok, Thailand I’ve had a love affair with Mexico and its culture for most of my life. …
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photo courtesy of Viking Cruises The five-deck, custom-built, made-in-America riverboat, launched in 2022, accommodates 386 passengers in 193 all-outside staterooms with private balconies. That makes it about twice the size …
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Southwest Ireland: Castles, Coastlines, the Countryside, and the Warmth of Irish Hospitality
by Tom Gableby Tom GableWhen the results of my ancestral DNA test came back almost 10 years ago, they validated what we had learned from reading a compelling family history, Mayflower to the Moon, …
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Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia In 1492, the same year Columbus sailed for the New World, Spain expelled its Jews. They were given a choice: convert to …
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Inside the Walls: Invading DubrovnikThe bus from Mostar took three and a half hours, and you could watch the landscape soften as we dropped in elevation toward the Adriatic. With …
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Viking operates the most extensive fleet of river cruise ships in the world – with dozens of vessels plying the rivers of Europe, Egypt and Asia. For now, it has only …
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