A Festival That Defines the Destination For three nights each October, the Caribbean island of Dominica undergoes a dramatic transformation. Streets stay busy until sunrise, the bass line from the concert stadium pulses through the capital city, and visitors quickly learn that sleep is something they’ll recoup later. What unfolds
North Dakota has a sense of humor! In an effort to visit my 50th state, we planned a pandemic-summer road trip to Fargo, North Dakota. What a delightful surprise to learn the state tourism folks have become so accustomed to travelers wandering in and announcing, “This is my 50th state!” they have created an
Channeling my inner George Jetson, I strap the jet pack to my feet. However, even with the power of flight literally at the tip of my toes, there is not initial success.
Last spring I attended my fourth NATJA conference, and it rocked. We partied at the Puerto Vallarta beaches and drank an untold amount of tequila. We went to panels and sessions that made us better (or hopefully wealthier) writers. We made mutually beneficial relationships with people we hung out with
Puerto Vallarta’s colorful past shaped its modern-day persona. But its pristine beaches, rugged interior and bountiful ocean remain almost unchanged. A pink glow in the eastern sky signaled the start of another picture-postcard day in the seaside town of Puerto Vallarta. The bow of our catamaran slid slowly through the
Art is a wonderful way to share the history and culture of a town and add beauty at the same time. Public art brings visitors to towns and cities for the art itself, as well as those following certain trails, (chocolate trails, donut trails, sculpture trails). Several Kansas towns offer
I’m 9,350 feet above sea level, surrounded by the Andes Mountains, and in a country at the center of the world, on the equator. Ecuador spans approximately 109,000 square miles, roughly the size of Nevada. The small country with an outsized contribution to astronomy, cartography, and evolutionary science, ranks as
Like countless other divers, my first international warm-water scuba trip was to Cozumel, Mexico. In 1961, well-known underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau spent some time in Cozumel and fell in love with Palancar Reef, putting Cozumel on the map as the place to dive. The Mexican Island of Cozumel is only
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