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There's an old joke that there are two seasons in Hawaii -- summer and Christmas Day. But like much of the rest of the world, Hawaii goes Happy Holidays crazy as soon as the last Halloween pumpkins go in the compost bin. Read More...
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Outside tourist-filled San Juan, wet and wild Puerto Rico
I'd come to Puerto Rico's El Yunque rain forest -- the only tropical rain forest in the U.S. forest system -- after several days of...
The joys of snowshoeing
Winter hopscotched into Southern California early this year, riding an arctic blast of air and snow at local ski resorts. On the mountain,...
Sleep where the legends slept in grand old California hotels
"Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole," British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner....
California hostels offer budget-luxury accommodations
With 30 bucks and an open mind, you can stay in some prime spots in California — on the Pacific Beach boardwalk in San Diego, for...
Washington, D.C., street trucks go gourmet
WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Leland Morris put his new lobster truck on the streets, he wasn't worried about his lobster-potato...
New York's changing hotel skyline
Staying at a plush new hotel is possibly the last thing most Americans are thinking about this holiday season. Dreaming about, maybe,...
BWI Survival Guide
If you haven't ventured inside BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport since last Thanksgiving, you'll be happy to hear the bathrooms are in the...
Hollywood leaders hope Margaritaville resort sparks beach revival
Hollywood commissioners gave their blessing Wednesday for Margaritaville, a 17-story resort hotel that promises to change the face of the...
How to travel Florida by food
When most people think of Florida, they think of the sunny beaches, tropical paradise and Disney World. But what is overlooked is Florida'...
Family Vacations
Turn in last-minute requests to Santa
It's not too late to have a last word with Santa. Here are five places to chat with the man in the red hat:
Vacationing Abroad
Colombia's boom town
CARTAGENA, Colombia — Four giant cruise ships recently docked within hours of one another in this Spanish colonial port city and...
Tracking a most basic need in Europe
Tracking down decent public toilets in Europe can be frustrating. I once dropped off a tour group in a town for a potty stop, and when I...
Christmas clings to ancient ways in Europe
For me, holiday decorating is like a yearly trip down memory lane. Two little red carved birds on a thread remind me of my early " Europe...
Holiday shopping in Greenland
Christmas was coming, and I was headed north to the Arctic Circle on Santa's direct route. I was at the beginning of a 12-day expedition...
Galapagos wildlife captures travelers' curiosity
One thing above all draws the curious, the adventurous and those who love nature to these rough-hewn volcanic islands 600 miles west of...
Mindo, Ecuador's cloud-forested wonderland
I've often fantasized about retracing the steps of such naturalists as Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt and William Bartram, who saw...
Utila, Honduras... an expatriate paradise
UTILA, Honduras — The Honduras we think we know is a small Spanish-speaking country wedged somewhere between North and South America,...
200 photos for 200 years of Mexico
As Mexico marks its bicentennial, staff writer Christopher Reynolds has pulled out 200 photos from about two-dozen trips over the last 20...
Mexico's golf and surf paradise
"If the tide pushes up, punch it," said my seafaring golf guide, Arturo Castro, one early July day in Punta Mita.
Vietnam's Phu Quoc island slowly opening up to the world
During the four years I lived in Hanoi, where I was The Times' bureau chief in the late 1990s, I did a pretty good job of getting around...
Reunification Express offers slow ride between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
The voice was guttural and raspy, the language deep and tonal.
Bali, soul of replenishment
On a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields.
