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Bora Bora on a Budget Starts With the Right Expectations
Bora Bora is often sold in two extremes: the overwater bungalow that costs more than a sensible person wants to calculate, or…
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Bora Bora Underwater, Without the Aquarium Metaphor
Bora Bora‘s lagoon is routinely described as a natural aquarium. The phrase is flattering and slightly misleading. An aquarium is controlled. A…
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Two Weeks in South Africa Means Choosing a Route
South Africa is large enough to make a two-week itinerary look sensible on a screen and exhausting on the ground. The old…
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South Africa’s Adrenaline Days Need More Than Nerve
South Africa has no shortage of ways to put a harness on a traveler and introduce them to gravity. Bungee jumping near…
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Kruger Is Not a Checklist With Lions
Kruger National Park is often sold through five animals and one dramatic sunset. The Big Five may help organize a brochure, but…
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The Garden Route Is Better When the Car Stops
The Garden Route is described as a road trip, which makes it tempting to treat the road as the attraction. The N2…
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A Long Weekend in Cape Town Is Only an Introduction
Cape Town makes a long weekend feel both generous and absurd. Mountain, ocean, museums, neighborhoods, vineyards and the Cape Peninsula all sit…
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Belize Is Not the Affordable Bora Bora. It Is Belize.
Calling Belize the affordable version of Bora Bora sounds flattering until you notice what disappears in the comparison. Belize becomes turquoise water…
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Chichén Itzá Is More Than One Pyramid
El Castillo is so recognizable that it has nearly swallowed the city around it. Search for Chichén Itzá and the same pyramid…
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Mexico’s “Secret” Beaches Are Not Secret, and That’s Fine
A beach with road signs, boat service, restaurants and thousands of search results is not undiscovered. That does not make it ruined.…