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Driving Around SICILY

By Michael Webb | Dec 11, 2021 | 0 Comments

The first time I explored Sicily, nearly 60 years ago, I stayed in cheap pensions, walked around the cities and took local buses and slow trains from one place to the next. This past September I returned with a friend and we retraced a similar route with an experienced driver in the comfort of a…

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BELIZE: Exploring Caves, Ruins and Cuisine at Ka’ana Resort

By Krista Simmons | Jan 21, 2021 | 1 Comment
Ambergris Caye Belize

Writer and “Top Chef Masters” judge Krista Simmons explores the wild side of Belize through the luxe lens of Ka’ana Resort.

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Wailea Wonders in MAUI

By Wandermelon Team | Jan 20, 2021 | 0 Comments

Well-known for it’s pristine beaches, lavish resorts and natural beauty, Wailea hits all the right notes for a classic Hawaiian vacation.

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Car-Free Weekend in Santa Barbara

By Liz Laing | Jan 10, 2019 | 0 Comments

Go car-free and ride the rails to the Funk Zone for hip hotels, fabulous food and libations.   Get a taste of Santa Barbara from freshly baked breads and exquisite dinners, to sunset cruises and tiki bars. It’s easy to get around this cool, coastal town without a car — just walk, bike or take…

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TOKYO Translated

By Jane Adams | Dec 11, 2018 | 0 Comments

The world’s most populous metropolis that sprawls across 23 city wards, islands and other towns and villages, boasting 9.26 million citizens can seem daunting but only from the outside. Gently peel off its layers, and every day will deliver the unexpected, treasured moments and memories, from shochu shared with sumo wrestlers to retired military-uniformed soldiers…

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Sybaritic SRI LANKA

By Michael Webb | Dec 5, 2018 | 0 Comments

Michael Webb enjoys the more luxurious side of the cities of Sri Lanka.  My first visit to Sri Lanka, many years ago, was a frugal adventure, bumping around in crowded buses from one ancient site to another, exploring the historic city of Kandy, and staying in a vintage guest house in the hill country of…

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SALENTO: Italy’s Cool Heel

By Jane Adams | Sep 26, 2018 | 0 Comments

Puglia in southern Italy is big on bucket lists – but it’s the sub-region Salento, the tip of Italy’s heel that is quietly strutting its charms. Jane Adams heads down to where the Adriatic meets the Ionian Sea. Waking to an Adriatic dawn atop the rocky corniche south of Tricase, the mirror calm sea glowing…

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ITALIAN Wine by Design

By Jane Adams | Sep 2, 2018 | 0 Comments

Jane Adams explores the modern architecture of Italy’s top wineries.   Italian design is legendary – in fashion, cars, bikes, furniture and household goods. Just think Armani, Fendi, Ferragamo; Ferrari, Maserati, Pinarello, Alessi, Ilve and Bormioli. These brands spring easily to mind, as do food and drink market leaders like Aperol, Barilla and Lavazza. Italians…

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Exploring the BALTIC STATES

By Michael Webb | Aug 15, 2018 | 0 Comments

Michael Webb takes a 12 day tour of the Baltic States.   Having explored most of Europe, I left the three Baltic States–Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania–till last, hoping they would offer as authentic a taste of the pre-war era as Romania. I arrived too late–the three glorious capitals have been swamped by mass tourism and…

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Driving around POLAND

By Michael Webb | Aug 7, 2018 | 0 Comments

Michael Webb embarks on a 10 day road trip around Poland. Resilience is the greatest asset of the Poles, who retained their pride and sense of nationhood during two centuries of foreign occupation. Twenty years of independence between the world wars were succeeded by the brutal onslaught of the Nazis and the Red Army, devastation…

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