Destination Insights

Egg Hopper breakfast in Sri Lanka

By Jim Shubin. In Sri Lanka, Egg Hoppers make a quick and delicious breakfast: First warm the specially shaped bowl, then pour in just the right amount of the rice flour batter. It may take some practice to get the right amount. Swirl the batter…

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Aer Lingus News Changes my Travel Plans

Dave Cooney and Helen Maguire chat with me about about Aer Lingus’ new daily nonstop service from San Francisco to Dublin, Ireland. We also chat about comfy lie-flat seats in business class, vacation packages, and—news to me—an expedited reentry arrangement with U.S. Customs. That means on my way home I can clear U.S. Customs in […]

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Faces of Alaska

There are many faces of Alaska—soaring snow-covered peaks, bald eagles flying high, the grizzly bear foraging, and native Tlingit totem poles. We fell in love with totem poles. Traditionally, they have been carved for various reasons: to show family lineage, to teach history or illustrate experiences, to honor the dead, to proclaim contracts, or even […]

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Mendocino County: Days of Wine and Rhodies, part 1

If the recession has you planning a “staycation” this year, Mendocino County may be just the ticket. Best known for its rugged coastline, award-winning wineries, and native rhododendron groves, Mendocino offers active fun like kayaking, horseback riding, golf, hiking, and biking. You can also enjoy a wide variety of rejuvenating activities such as theater, music […]

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Mendocino County: Days of Wine and Rhodies, part 2

“This plant is having sex 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 3 or 4 months; it’s very strenuous!” Jim Celeri is showing me a gorgeous rhododendron that is in full bloom, and explaining the plant’s need for water. While I’d prefer a less thirsty specimen for my garden, I have fallen in […]

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Full Moon Festival in Sri Lanka

The Esala Perahera (Festival of the August Full Moon) in Sri Lanka’s last Royal citadel of Kandy is something not to miss in August, says our Sri Lanka correspondent Lakshman Ratnapala. According to ancient Royal customs, the Diya-wadana Nilame (the Custodian of the Dalada Maligawa — the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic), Nilanga Dela Bandara, along with the Basnayake Nilames (Chiefs of the surrounding Temples), officially presented […]

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Clips & Pics from Bay Area Travel Writers

Clips & Pics is now available from Bay Area Travel Writers! The 98-page full color magazine-style publication features articles and photos by the organization’s members, who are professional travel writers and photographers. There’s a great mix: surf and mountains, gourmet golf and polka-dot bikinis, big-city touring and small-town fun, ghosts and graffiti, Beaujolais and burros, silence […]

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Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive! True Stories from a Curious Traveler

Purchase from these booksellers: What happens when a practical midwestern gal sets off to explore the world? Laurie McAndish King’s travels seem innocent in the planning stage, but surprising adventure follows as she finds herself tracking lions on foot and without a gun in Botswana … attempting to eat a horse in […]

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Reclaiming the Apple: Poems from Afghanistan

Amundsen’s images are fierce and soft, alluring and alarming. They ask nothing and everything from the reader. They are a poetic calling to action rooted in awakening and prayer. We are offered a journey for the price of this collection—we are given a moment in time to quiet our modern minds, to consider the deeper […]

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Wandering in Paris

This collection won first place at the London Book Festival, and first honorable mention at the Paris Book Festival. They’re off on another adventure, this time to the City of Light. More than a city, Paris is actually a world of its own, and as these very imaginative literary wanderers discover, it’s a destination layered […]

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