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Kentucky's bluegrass region is easy to enjoy
The first time I saw Kentucky I was behind the wheel of a car. I was in a hurry. I was leaving New York state, bound for California, and as I drove...
On Maine's coast, art runs wild
The silent crew emerges from Belfast Harbor at low tide. Their etched faces express fearless resolve, despite inevitable and punishing stretches...
Quirky Newfoundland's Viking trail
"Would youse like scrunchions on top of dat?" my waitress asks sweetly. Now, wait just a minute. Ordering lunch has already been a language lesson: "Fish...
Mexico safer than headlines indicate
Quick - which national capital has the higher murder rate: Mexico City or Washington, D.C.? If you answered Mexico City, you'd be in good company - after...
High-seas adventures under sail on Star Clippers
My palms are sore, and it takes a minute to realize why: from grasping a flimsy-looking rope ladder while climbing to a tiny perch on a mast 60 feet above...
Tours offer view of lesser-known London
"Sir, when a man is tired of London," said Samuel Johnson, "he is tired of life." But maybe that's not quite it. Maybe he's just tired of watching the...
Disney moves: Hawaii resort, theme park expansion
It only took 56 years since the first park, but Disney is finally building a Polynesian resort that's (wait for it) actually in Polynesia. And, thankfully...
Guyana's pristine rain forest beckons travelers
Looking out the window of our single-engine Cessna as we buzzed above the Guyana rain forest, a comparison to Mars was inevitable. I'd just seen some...
Chartres keeps its spiritual allure
The voices of vacationers partying at cafes faded as I left Chartres' picture-postcard main square and entered the dusky nave of the cathedral. Blinking...
Sun Valley, Idaho, summer rush
"This has got to be the craziest sport I've ever done," my friend George said to me as we rested on our mountain bikes gazing down a precipitous slope...
If you pack a vibrator, don't get shaken by TSA
Even in these jittery times, can any air traveler be expected to part willingly with his precious electronic devices? And not just devices that play music...
Lima, Peru, has lots of modern attractions, too
It would have been painfully easy to think of Peruvians solely as the ingenious architects who erected the stone fortress of Machu Picchu on Andean spires...
Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Fla., ranked No. 1
After years as a head-turning bridesmaid in the best-beach rankings, Sarasota's Siesta Beach is finally the bride. The wide slice of brilliant white sand...
Lovely Caribbean isles have own charms, character
One after another, a dozen stunning women in matching white bikinis pranced forward to the thump of Lady Gaga. They stopped, smiled, and gazed down at me...
Freedom Rides: 50 years later
As the bus departs Atlanta, Dennis Climpson is eager for conversation. He wants to discuss college football this Sunday morning, but first I have a...
Iqaluit - quirky Arctic frontier town
I would plunk two weighty bags of groceries as well as the leg of lamb tucked under my arm on the kitchen counter if Oscar Wilde's head and hands weren't...
Easter Island: Writers offer Rapa Nui impressions
It's difficult not to love a place that calls itself the "navel of the world." The island of Rapa Nui, better known to the Western world as Easter Island...
Cork City offers plenty of Irish character
It wasn't until after ringing 260-year-old bells in the Church of St. Anne's ancient tower - using the provided sheet music to "I'm All Out of Love" by...
Go north for the southern Oregon trifecta
To survive the southern Oregon trifecta in a single day, you have to stick to the timetable. This has all been worked out and fine-tuned by The Chronicle...
Riviera Maya spa treatments offer cultural twists
Inside the gleaming pyramid on the beach - a tiny space, barely a brick womb with a sandy floor - I couldn't see my own hand in the total darkness. That...
Kaikoura's natural wonders delight on land and sea
Fins broke the surface all around us. Shiny gray bodies launched like mammal missiles beside us. I put my head underwater to watch them dart past me, like...
Boracay - small-town feel, big-time beach fun
Somewhere deep among the hat vendors, hair braiders, massage therapists, henna tattoo artists and Korean honeymooners (in matching leisurewear), someone...
Falkland Islands offer intimate views of penguins
After three days of island hopping through the Falklands, I have finally learned the secret to observing penguins: To properly experience these tuxedoed...
Big upgrades at Kailua-Kona in Hawaii
As soon as the sweaty guy next to me cooled off, we could leave. Understandably, my husband needed a few minutes to recover from the Ironman he'd just...
South Dakota: Black Hills rich in history, mystery
"It is said that as a somewhat deflated George Armstrong Custer lay bleeding in the Montana dirt at Little Big Horn, he turned his glazed and dimming eyes...
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