CULEBRA Discover a Beach On the northern end of the tiny island of Culebra, I was told, is a stretch of beach so untouched that it feels like you’ve stepped back to when the Caribbean was unspoiled by Jet skis and resorts. I’d already spent a day on Playa Flamenco, where my only companions are a few locals [...]
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VIRGIN GORDA Stage Your Own Regatta Bitter End Yacht Club sits on Virgin Gorda’s North Sound, among the most secluded and protected deep-water harbors in the Caribbean — making it a great venue for an impromptu regatta on a rented 13-foot Laser. I found this out nine years ago while on a 10-day chartered trip through the [...]
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MONTSERRAT Visit The Modern-Day Pompeii “We had to break their arms off to fit them in body bags,” Tappy says as he jumps off the rooftop of Barclay’s Bank and lands with a whumpff on a 10-foot ash dune. “They were like statues, their hands covering their faces in fear.” We’re deep inside the ruins of Plymouth, the [...]
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THE WAITUKUBULI NATIONAL TRAIL Hike to a Volcanic Hot Spring Deserted tropical islands are generally weak candidates for long-distance hiking. The Caribbean’s volcanic eco-wonderland, though — Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles — aims to change all that with the ambitious new Waitukubuli National Trail. Starting at Scotts Head peninsula, a mecca for snorkeling and scuba diving, the trail [...]
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For decades, newsman Chris Matthews has traveled to the tiny African kingdom of Swaziland, where once locally extinct species are now flourishing.
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The ideal low-cost getaway awaits in Central America — book it before you get left in the cold.
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The economy is still a mess — but for exotic locales in even worse financial straits, there's never been a better time to go.
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Few men are lucky enough to spend a weekend at Ferrari's test track in Italy, learning to drive the world's best supercars at high speeds. Fewer still get to drive with Formula One god Michael Schumacher.
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James Martin’s passion for glaciers has taken him to the ends of the Earth to photograph a vanishing resource.
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The economy is still a mess — but for exotic locales in even worse financial straits, there’s never been a better time to go.
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In his third epic on great American inventions after Baseball and Jazz, Ken Burns turns his lens on The National Parks.
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An American tries to separate truth from lore as he searches for a lost soul in rural Haiti.
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Chef Peter Berley, James Beard Award–winning author of The Flexitarian Table, offers up a meal with fast-food prep time and fine-dining flavor.
Continue reading...August 27, 2009
Camping isn't meant to be gourmet. Eschew hard-to-prepare and time-consuming meals for the roughin-it version; add water and stir.
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