The narrow valleys and lush, steep slopes of southwestern Uganda promise a true once-in-a-lifetime encounter of the closest kind. The critically endangered mountain gorillas, unlike their lowland cousins to…
Heartland of the Fabled Silk Road I doubt that most, or any, of the five independent republics I recently visited—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—could be found on a…
Although I have since been back numerous times, my first introduction to Sydney was a lightning-fast visit and a memorable experience of Australia’s largest, oldest, and brashest city. I…
“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…