By Jaclyn C. Stevenson Dr. Stuart Rose knows a lot about some very strange things. He knows the risk-levels of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Middle East. He knows which African countries lie within the ‘meningitis belt.’ He knows how to pronounce onchocerciasis – a particularly nasty black-fly borne infection found on three continents. Rose is…
Congo: Cindy-Lou Dale travels to Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to see some of the few mountain gorillas left on earth.
Bangkok, Thailand: Spending the day in Lumpini Park watching people jogging, boating, doing aerobics and relaxing.
Trieste, Italy: Following the footsteps of author James Joyce in his adopted city in Northern Italy.
Croatia is a fast becoming a hot European destination. Kent E. St. John takes us around to enjoy the world’s biggest truffle, and beautiful Istria.
Slovenia’s top attractions are illustrated through Christine O’Toole’s trip to the region.
By Jim Sajo Turin sits anonymously in Italy’s northwest corner, bypassed by the armies of tourists who have captured Venice, Florence and Rome. With the arrival of the Winter Olympics in February 2006, that all changed. WHY GO THERE? The intense passion of international sports competition played out amid the heart-stopping beauty of the Italian…
By Rick Millikan The Northwest’s dark, rainy November is time for southern migrations and sunny adventures. My wife and I winged our way over the Rockies, Great Plains, and Bahamas to land in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Some years earlier, four Canadians discovered that our destination, Playa Cabarete, had ideal beach and water conditions for…
Madam, Have You Ever Really Been Happy? An Intimate Journey through Africa and Asia follows the eight-month, solo trip of Meg Noble Peterson. A stop in Varanasi.
By Michael DiNatale What if I get sick? What if the weather is horrible? What if I get hurt? What if something happens to the house while I’m gone? What if, what if? Questions like these constantly rattle the brain of any traveler, yet with travel insurance worries like these can safely be put out…
Fiona Tunstall describes hiking along little known sections of the Great Wall of China with BJ Hikers and meeting many interesting locals along the way.
Lake Titicaca in Peru, a mountain lake By Eva Piccozzi Lake Titicaca, shared by Peru and Bolivia, is the highest navigable lake in the world, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 m) above sea level. On the lake, there are floating islands that the Aymara indigenous group still occupy and uphold their traditional culture. There are…
