On the flight from West Palm Beach to Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas, I was seated next to an experienced Bahamian visitor who was incredulous when I explained that we planned to eat only the fish we caught for our main meals during our 10-day stay on Scotland Cay.
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I can't remember where I was exactly. All I recall is that I was riding in a Suburban taxi on the way out of one of the three major canyons that comprise Mexico's Copper Canyon. It was either Batopilas or Urique and I was feeling light headed as the taxi navigated slowly up the steep switchbacks.
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The final leg of the drive to the Kasha-Katuwe National Monument, over a dusty, washboard access road, seems interminable. But the reward is astonishing.
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Throughout our two-week stay in Russia, we rode the rails in style between Moscow, Helsinki and St. Petersburg. My daughter and I talked long past midnight in a petite compartment just for two as the overnight train from Moscow cut its way through the inky Russian night.
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Wandering Helsinki's streets during White Nights is a dreamy pleasure. In this part of the world in midsummer, the sun doesn't wane until the early morning hours. At about 4a.m., the sun announces itself again with the determination of a Finn, knowing that once fall and winter set in the days will be unbearably short. Finland is not on most Americans' short list of travel destinations. It should be.
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As dusk settles over the outdoor garden at the Nasher Sculpture Center on a fall evening, luminous scarlet light from a James Turrell installation casts a warm glow over a nearby Rodin figure. The Nasher Sculpture Center is Raymond and Patsy Nasher's extraordinary gift to Dallas, and to anyone fortunate enough to come upon this striking space.
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The lively Alfama district in Lisbon - with its jumble of steep, narrow, cobbled lanes jammed with houses with lines of laundry strung between them - is more Arabic than European. This neighborhood, rich in Moorish heritage, is the backdrop for Lisbon's Decorative Arts Museum.
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