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Kent St. John visits three islands in Queensland, Australia, Hamilton Island, Lizard Island and Fitzroy Island, and enjoys snorkeling, seaplane rides and a hug from a koala.






Jennifer Bellenoit reports that private rail travel is back, thanks to Train'shares, a company that attaches private luxury cars to Amtrak trains for travel around the US.

Worth the Ride: Train'Shares Offers Luxury Train Travel

Train'Shares Inc is offering guests the same luxury travel and private rail cars that used to be reserved for only the wealthiest of Americans. The trips aren’t cheap, but you'll feel like a robber baron in your own private car!

Stephanie Green takes us on a tour of the cemetery in Phourni, Crete, which contains Minoan and Mycenaean tombs that are more than 2,000 years old.

Forgotten Graves and Minoan Zombies: Crete's Phourni Cemetery

The Phourni cemetery remained in use for over 1000 years, from about 2400 BCE to 1200 BCE when the Minoan civilization had nearly died away. The cemetery even contains later Mycenaean tombs...

David Rich visits the 'tin-horn tyranny' of Turkmenistan, where every tourist is required to have a 'guide' with them at all times.

Turkmenistan: Tinhorm Tyranny is a Hoot

I suggest money not be wasted going to Turkmenistan, though the country is an admitted hoot. With the mandatory guide any visit is expensive; it’s easier and less expensive to visit Las Vegas...

Transnistria, although it technically doesn't exist, is the home of the Kvint factory, which makes the best cognac in the world.

Transnistria: The Country That Doesn't Exist

The reason most people have never heard of Transnistria is because, despite having its own constitution, army and currency, it isn’t recognized by any other sovereign nation and technically doesn’t exist...

Jim Prevet takes us on a five-day photo safari at Kapama Lodge in South Africa, viewing lions, elephants, giraffes, wildebeests, springboks, zebras and lots of other animals.

Kapama Lodge, South Africa: Predators and Prey

Some days blend into one another, but the five days we spent on safari in South Africa remain vivid and indelible. We lived at Kapama Lodge in the game preserve that borders Kruger National Park...

Mridula Dwivedi visits Taj’s Safari Lodge at Banjaar Tola, India, and explores the jungle wildlife in in Kanha National Park, including dancing peacocks, gaurs, cheetals and wild boars.

India's Kanha National Park: In Quest of the Tigerators and Preytors and Prey
I saw Gaurs, cheetals, peacocks and even wild boars, but there was no sign of the elusive tiger. Alger and the park ranger got quite excited as they saw the pug marks of a tiger and they tried to track it...


Paige Stringer visits Luang Prabang, Laos, and finds a town at peace with itself, a compassionate community that exemplifies the principles of Buddhism.

Luang Prabang, Laos: A Slice of Heaven?

Luang Prabang is a small, ancient city tucked away in northern Laos. Longboats run the rivers, mountains paint the distant landscape, and the slow pace of life will envelop even the most harried traveler...


Tim Leffel and his family travel to Huntsville, Alabama and visit the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, the Huntsville Botanical Gardens, the Constitution Village historic center, the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, and numerous other attractions.

A Family Fun Blast-off in Huntsville, Alabama

What is lying just down the road from where you live? What unexplored places are just a few gallons of gas away but you’ve never set foot in them? For me the main one has been Huntsville, Alabama...

Habeeb Salloum visits the pyramids and palaces of the Tehuacalco Archaeological Zone near Acapulco, a center of the Yope Civilization which reached its peak a thousand years ago.

Tehuacalco, Mexico: Where Yope Giants Once Walkedators and Preytors and Prey
Located a short distance from the state of Guerrero’s capital city of Chilpancingo, Tehuacalco peaked between 650 and 1100 A.D. as the ceremonial center of the Yope and their surrounding region...


Rebecca Gados cycles to the Everest Base Camp in Tibet and takes the Friendship Road to Nepal, down the longest descent in the world.

Biking from Tibet to Nepal: The Longest Descent in the World

From Lhasa, we left carrying with us on our bicycles everything we would need to survive in this high altitude desert. We started on a sunny day in October, and headed west towards Nepal...




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