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Eight Great Travel Twitter Tweets for February

What makes a good travel tweet? Here are eight favorites from the past month.

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Why Tourism is Not a Four-Letter Word

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On travel snobbery -- and why paying 30 bucks to get pummeled by a guy named Mustafa isn't such a bad thing

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The Fine Art of Place-Dropping

With a subtle, well-crafted remark about your last trip, you, too, can win friends and influence people!

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Inspiration, Travel Writing and L’Esprit Frondeur

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What will you do that will be different and worthy of recounting? Jeffrey Tayler on the writer's life.

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World Travel Watch: Dengue Fever in Brazil, Strikes Across Europe and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Travel Cartoon: A Tourist Taken Too Soon

At the drawing board

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Beer Across Vancouver

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Jeff Kaczmarczyk got a little lost in the British Columbia city. But maybe that wasn't such a bad thing.

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Rock the Favela

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In an excerpt from the book "Culture is Our Weapon," Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso explores the power of AfroReggae in Rio

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Travel Photography: The Key to Photographing People

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Are you making photographs of people or taking them?

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San Miguel de Allende: ‘The Loser Now Will be Later to Win’

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Peter Ferry celebrates a beloved Mexican city where you might not get all the avocados you want

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How I Got My Chinese Driver’s License

In an excerpt from his new book, "Country Driving," Peter Hessler -- aka Ho Wei -- recalls his Beijing driving exam

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Interview With Peter Hessler: Behind the Wheel in China

Interview With Peter Hessler: Behind the Wheel in China Photo by Darryl Kennedy

Frank Bures asks the New Yorker writer about his new book, "Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory"

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World Travel Watch: Strikes in Belgium and Greece, Bombing in India and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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New Orleans: It’s About to Get Weirder

New Orleans: It’s About to Get Weirder REUTERS/Sean Gardner

After a landmark mayoral election and the Saints' Super Bowl win, Adam Karlin believes the spirit of NOLA is undergoing a tectonic shift.

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Foreign Tube

international TV Photo by Tom Swick

On the pleasures of watching television in a faraway place

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