Asia
Seeing Orangutans Without Making It About Us
Wildlife travel becomes strange when the animal has to behave a certain way for the visitor to feel the trip was worth…
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One Day in Jerusalem, Without Pretending It Is Simple
Jerusalem is one of those places people describe with superlatives because ordinary language feels inadequate. The problem is that the grand words…
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Tel Aviv After Dark, Minus the Outdated Venue List
The original version of this article promised the ultimate night out in Tel Aviv. It named restaurants, cocktail bars, clubs, a late-night…
Africa
Ten Days in Egypt Is a Route, Not a Checklist
Ten days is enough to understand the scale of Egypt and nowhere near enough to absorb it. The old itinerary tried to…
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Ten Days in Jordan, With Time to Notice It
Jordan looks compact on a map, which makes it easy to design an itinerary that behaves as if every transfer is effortless.…
Asia
Budgeting for India Without Inventing a Daily Number
Any article that gives one daily budget for India is already hiding the most important information. India is a country of continental…
Asia
The Taj Mahal Is Better Without the Sales Pitch
You do not need help understanding that the Taj Mahal is beautiful. The building has had centuries of practice, millions of photographs…
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How to Arrive at Machu Picchu With Some Context
Machu Picchu does not need help being dramatic. It sits at 2,430 meters in the Peruvian Andes, stone terraces folding into green…
Asia
Rajasthan in Pink and Blue
Jaipur and Jodhpur are regularly reduced to colors. Jaipur is pink. Jodhpur is blue. The labels are useful on a map and…
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The Colosseum Beyond the Gladiators
The Colosseum is so familiar that arriving can feel like meeting somebody you have seen in photographs for years. The shape is…