The Route Most Traveled
Nearly 3.7 million passengers flew the 1,294-kilometer trek between Mexico City Juárez and Cancun during the 12-month period between November 2016 and November 2017
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Columbia River Gorge is Open for Business – and as Beautiful as Ever
The Columbia River Gorge is today a triumph of both nature and man
Read moreEphesus’ Lone Pillar
Ranking in the highest tier of the Greek pantheon, Artemis was the goddess of the hunt (equivalent to the Roman goddess Diana), wild animals, childbirth and the protector of young girls, among other tags
Read morePosadas Welcome Mexican Christmas Season
On Christmas Eve, an additional verse is sometimes added to the litany, announcing that the time has come for Mary to give birth
Read moreA Model of Sustainable Tourism
Since its proclamation of independence from the United Kingdom in 1976, the Seychelles economy has been transformed from a primarily agrarian society to a broad market-based nation focusing on tourism and the service and public sectors
Read moreA Smashing Mexican Holiday Tradition
The Maya culture also developed its own piñata game by stringing the clay pots overhead, blindfolding the player’s eyes, spinning him around and handing him a bat
Read more40 Years and Counting…
Over the last four decades, the Presidente InterContinental Hotel in Polanco has passed through several ownerships to become a major Mexico City landmark
Read moreLunch on Fiji: A Tale of the South Pacific
After eight years on the islands, the English missionary should have known that touching the head of a chief – especially a cannibal chief – is a huge no-no in Fijian culture
Read moreThe Surrenderers! Part I
Grant was embarrassed by his shabby and muddy uniform and his first act was to apologize to the splendidly dressed Lee
Read moreA Look Back at the ‘Great Lounge War’
Business was booming and airline traffic forecasts looked rosy in the mid-’60s when the carriers ordered their first jumbo jets, some twice the size of their workhorse Boeing 707s
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