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China’s former capital will exceed your expectations, even if you know exactly what to expect.
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Iceland is a great destination any time of year, but when you visit will have a big impact on both your experience and your enjoyment of it.
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As a traveler (and a travel blogger), I’m always reevaluating and recalibrating my stances—the topic of how many days in Tokyo you should spend is no exception.
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If you come to Siem Reap solely to see Angkor Wat, you will almost certainly be disappointed.
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On the subject of where to go in Kerala, there are two basic options: Backwaters and beaches, with all due respect to the (overrated) tea fields of Munnar.
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Kerala is the most visually stunning part of India I’ve seen, from the colonial streets of Fort Cochin, to the backwaters of Alappuzha, to the red cliffs of Varkala, to the verdant hills of Munnar.
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Japan is a 365-day-per-year destination—you can’t really go wrong.
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“Certainly,” my friend Scott said, after we arrived back at Long Beach the next morning and saw it under full sunlight for the first time, “it doesn’t look like an Andaman Sea beach.”
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Seeing Okinawa cherry blossoms is beautiful, but it does require some sacrifices.
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