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World Travel Watch: Demonstrations in Venezuela, Clashes in Namibia and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Where no Travel Writer has Gone Before

star trek graphic By Doug Mack

In a five-part series, Rolf Potts joins Trekkies aboard a "Star Trek" theme cruise to Bermuda

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The Death of the Idyll

Frank Bures on "The Wisdom of Tuscany" and the last, dying gasp of a travel book genre

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World Travel Watch: Monster Crocs in Australia, Bridge Collapses in Costa Rica and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Should Airlines go Nascar?

Should Airlines go Nascar? iStockPhoto

Bob Ecker has a modest proposal for the airline industry

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Looking East: 20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall

On the delights of the former Eastern Bloc

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Sometimes a Language Barrier Isn’t One

On the benefits of language barriers in a Tunisian rug shop

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Is an Electronic Guidebook Packing Too Light in 2010?

On Kindles, guidebooks, and whether the two are ready to be mixed

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The Day the Wall Came Down

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The wall fell 20 years ago today. Stefanie Michaels visited Berlin recently to hear a personal recollection.

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Photos: 10 All-American Must Sees for All Americans

yellowstone Photo by Sophia Dembling

Flyover America's Sophia Dembling shares the sights that will make you swoon

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Travel Photography and ‘Writing With Light’

On the problem with "trophy travel photos" -- and what to aim for instead

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World Travel Watch: Protests in Nepal, Tensions in Nicaragua and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Following Chekhov to ‘Hell’

Chekhov statue Photo by Robert Reid

On Sakhalin Island, Robert Reid communes with the world's first "Gulag tourist"

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Fall Foliage Around the World

Central Park, New York Photo of Central Park, New York City, by joiseyshowaa via Flickr (Creative Commons)

From Osaka to Chicago, seven photos of turning leaves around the shrinking planet

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Travel Writer as Curator

On the state of newspapers and the role of tour guides and guidebook writers

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