“Summer afternoon,” wrote Henry James, “to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” And what better place to spend a few idyllic…
Hawaiian Bliss Oahu has been a magnet for tourists almost since the days of Hawaii’s last kings, and it’s easy to understand why when you rent a car and…
United Arab Emirates A Desert Town’s Meteoric Transformation A gleaming, towering, skyscraping metropolis fronting the Persian Gulf (aka the Arabian Gulf), the pint-size emirate of Dubai has risen from…
Asian Beauty Unsung On my way to visit mainland China (or the PRC, the People’s Republic of China) years ago, I squeezed in a too-brief stopover in “Chinese Taipei,”…
Japan’s Venerated National Pastime Think cherry blossom season and one’s thoughts sooner or later drift to Japan in early Spring. Witnessing the exquisite yet fleeting beauty of countless cherry…
The Emerald Island Ireland has always been an irresistible draw for those of Irish heritage or descent. Although small in size, some 70 million people around the world (over…