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I Kept Going Back to the Same Café in Merzouga
I reached Merzouga after a long drive south through Morocco. I spent a few days near the edge of the Sahara, walking…
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Back in Africa, Paying Attention Again
A week into my fourth trip to Africa, I was sitting in Chefchaouen trying to work out why being back felt so…
Europe
Positano Has No Interest in Being Convenient
Positano is absurdly beautiful and mildly inconvenient, which may be the most honest thing about it. The town appears to have been…
Europe
Stavanger Before the Cliff
Preikestolen gets the photograph. Stavanger makes the trip around it worth taking. The city sits on Norway’s southwest coast, close enough to…
Europe
Three Portugals in One Trip
Lisbon, Porto and Lagos belong to the same country, but they do not ask the same thing from a day. Lisbon runs…
Bucket List Ideas
The Northern Lights Do Not Take Reservations
The northern lights are one of the few famous travel experiences that can still refuse to appear. You can fly north, buy…
Europe
When the Ocean Misbehaves in Nazaré
The first rule of planning a trip around the waves in Nazaré is accepting that the ocean has not seen your itinerary.…
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Walking the Spine of Corsica
Corsica is usually sold through blue water, stone villages and long lunches near the sea. The GR20 introduces the island from the…
France
The Riviera Beyond the Postcard
The French Riviera has spent more than a century being photographed as if everyone there owns a yacht. Most people are waiting…
Asia
How to Visit Choeung Ek With Respect
Choeung Ek is not an attraction to “experience.” It is a place where people were murdered. The site outside Phnom Penh is…