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Bali beaches: White sand, no rocks and no worries

One of the many beautiful beaches in Bali.

NUSA DUA, Bali — Being a closet beach bum, who likes a life where stress is defined by deciding on No. 8 or No. 30 sunscreen, I’m big on beaches. They all have their appeal. The black, sandy beaches of Santorini, the deep, thick golden sand of Tunisia, the blinding, sugary sand of the Seychelles Islands. The beaches of Bali are right up there. Picture […]

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Greetings from your favorite Marriott whore in Bali

NUSA DUA, Bali — Writing takes discipline but I need the discipline of a Navy SEAL to type in this Courtyard Bali business office with a sprawling turquoise pool below me. The pool meanders like a giant, languid snake around little sandy islands. Ferns shade thatched lanais chairs with green-and-white striped beach towels on each one. I’m staring out at a tiki bar under teardrop […]

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Pecorino, orechiette, fusilli, pesto define Puglia’s “poor cuisine”

Cheese vendor Costanzo Laprocina with a backdrop of caciocavallo cheese in his shop in Vieste, Puglia

VIESTE, ITALY  — I walked down the street with a jump in my step, a parch in my throat and a hunger in my stomach. It’s remarkable how much appetite you build lying on an Italian beach. Plus, it’s a lot of stress. No. 35 sunscreen or 15? Dante or “The DaVinci Code?”?And, when in Puglia, pecorino or caciocavallo? Halfway back to my hotel, I stopped […]

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London gastro pubs get a gold medal for organic fare

By John Henderson The Denver Postdenverpost.com LONDON — When I first started coming to London I saw a pub on about every other corner, kind of like McDonald’s in America except pub food was worse. Lousy pub food and warm beer. This is the birthplace of the British Empire? No wonder half the Caribbean wanted out. Arguably the worst food I’ve had in my life […]

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Top Ten European hideaways

Veli was once home to wealthy shipowners and captains many years ago

Have you seen one too many Eiffel Tower paperweights? Is sunny Italy a little too warm while waiting in line outside a museum? How about finding fish ‘n chips shops on the beach in Spain? If Europe’s beaten paths lead you to frustration, boredom, and claustrophobia, don’t swap that Eurail pass for coupons to Disneyland. Europe still has unabashed, unspoiled pockets of culture to absorb. […]

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Old-school Caribbean cool on Nicaragua’s Corn Islands

People are always willing to give you a ride on Little Corn Island

“This is the coolest part of Nicaragua,” said Randy, his braided cornrows darkening with the setting sun. “There is no police, no politicians, none of those rude boys.” No need. Little Corn Island is a little more than a half a square mile. If you can negotiate a couple of rock outcroppings, you can walk on the sand and past a sentry of palm trees […]

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Mongolia …

White Lake

I traveled through Mongolia for 16 days in the back of a Soviet-built four-wheel-drive van, covering about 800 kilometers, maybe 60 of them paved.

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Isla Holbox is Yucatan’s anti-Cancun

The archway from my Villa Delfines leading to Isla Holbox's beach.

By John Henderson Special to Tribune Newspapers ISLA HOLBOX, Mexico – I watched the dolphins swim and play and feed in the little lagoon a 10-minute boat ride from my beach hut. If they kept swimming, turned the Yucatan Peninsula’s northeast corner and swam south, in 60 miles they’d hit Cancun. Sixty miles? After one day too long in the cement jungle of American chains […]

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L.A. Times: Wild Journey into the Kelabit Highlands

A Panan, one of the nomadic tribes of the Borneo jungle, takes a smoke.

BARIO, MALAYSIA — “At one time or another, I imagine that we have all dreamed about how wonderful it would be to live in a Shangri-La where the climate is ideal, food is plentiful and the girls are beautiful.” — W.M. Toynbee, Canadian schoolteacher and author, on Borneo’s Kelabit Highlands.

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