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During Nyepi, the Hindu holiday honoring the new year, stillness and quiet sweep the island. Here’s what it’s like—and what to know if it’s happening when you’re visiting.

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How a nature-phobic city girl opened her eyes to the wild side of India that seethes beyond the tea plantations and languid rivers.

You can take a classic Big Sur road trip once again now that a section of Highway 1 is open. AFAR joined 80 other cars for the ride.

Novelist Jacqueline Winspear clicked with Corinne on their very first training day as flight attendants. Once they started traveling together, their friendship really took off.

More visitors are making the trip to the Indonesian islands, thanks to the fascinating natural beauty and, now, their first five-star accommodations. Here’s how to get in on the draconic fun.

Some cities seem inextricably defined by their classic architecture or legendary nightlife, but step outside and you just might see these spaces in a whole new light.

Lisa Abend dives into a beautiful, confusing paradise that may be gone by the end of the century.

Somewhere off the well-worn track between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, photographer Francesco Lastrucci met a group of dedicated conservationists trying to salvage the stunning, hikeable Cambodian rain forests. And they’re not playing nice.

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Dramatic and desolate, the 516-mile North Coast 500 route in northern Scotland is the stuff of road-tripping dreams.

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To really see this Caribbean country’s heart, leave the tourist beaches behind.

Feeling useless as an ashtray on a motorbike? No wukkers. Learning Australian slang is too easy with some fair dinkum tips. Sweet as!

With 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent writer Tom Rachman to Vienna where, on his quest to discover 
the soul of the Austrian capital, he 
stumbled upon the city’s 
darker side.