Highway One in Northern California One of the best things about living in the California is the weekend driving. My family grew up with the Sunday Drive, where we all piled into the back of the Mercury station wagon after … Read More
Vacationers take in the last splash of sunset from popular Ochheuteal Beach, a seaside resort area on southern Cambodia’s Sihanoukville peninsula. Not far away lie stretches of sand offering complete seclusion. “This Cambodian coast is low-key, without pretension,” says Kris … Read More
Aria Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas [ TheAge.com ] Welcome to Breaking Down The Times , in which Gridskipper tries its best to speed things up for you by sifting through the NYT Travel Section and telling you what you … Read More
The Washington Post publishes an article about Salamanca , one of Spain’s most important college towns. The piece focuses on the liveliness of the city and its “cosmic absurdity”: the New Cathedral, for instance, has carvings of an “astronaut (pictured … Read More
The snow might finally be melting here in D.C., but in Alaska there’s plenty, which is good for the contestants in the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race , which officially kicked off yesterday in Willow, Alaska. Seventy-one mushers and … Read More
Andrew Evans may be stuck in Ushuaia, waiting to find his way home, but here on the blog his trip continues, as we’ve only scratched the surface in terms of Antarctic content. In today’s post, Andrew explores the desolate outpost … Read More
What Patong Beach is first famous for? The beach off course! I’ve posted quite a number of Phuket travel stories so far but I still haven’t posted much things about the beach itself. This is it: The Patong Beach, the … Read More
Buy a plane ticket , and you’ll pay the base fare plus the taxes and fees. Cancel that ticket at the last minute, though, and you won’t always receive a refund for the taxes and fees. Is that fair? You … Read More
Huntington Beach, California kite fliers maneuvering in the wind
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On Sunday, my website down for about 24 hours. I’m not 100% sure why but, according to my hosting company, there was an issue with the domain name and to the servers it pointed to. I’m still confused about the … Read More