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Napa Valley

Overview

September 28, 2018 06:19 PM
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Courtney Humiston
Switzerland

Overview

May 23, 2018 04:12 PM
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Simon Willis
Health + Wellness

This Is How You Live on Swiss Time

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner— with 24 hours’ notice—to Switzerland, where she learned a lesson in Swiss serenity.

December 11, 2015 02:23 PM
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner
History + Culture

Unexpected Cambodia: One Traveler’s Unplanned Adventure in Southeast Asia

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Alexander Chee, with 24 hours’ notice, to a Southeast Asian country where he encountered headless Buddhas and naked hotel guests.

October 15, 2015 02:57 PM
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Alexander Chee
Beaches

Spin the Globe: A Different Sort of Rio

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent author Paul Greenberg on 24 hours’ notice to a country where he swapped a beach vacation for a chance to catch his dinner.

August 4, 2015 01:27 PM
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Paul Greenberg
Cruise

Ship Mates

An independent traveler walks up the cruise ship gangplank to find herself part of a floating community.

December 6, 2012 08:04 PM
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Emma John
Jordan

Overview

May 23, 2018 11:20 AM
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Jessica Lee
History + Culture

A Veteran’s Daughter Searches Vietnam for Clues to Her Father’s Past

With just an old photograph in hand, a writer sets out to understand her father’s role in the Vietnam War—depending entirely on the kindness of strangers willing to help.

October 25, 2013 01:56 PM
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Lisa Abend
Family Travel

Do You Really Have to Stop Traveling When You Have Kids?

She was born to travelers, and born to travel. Now, on her last trip before giving birth to her first child, writer Freda Moon reconnects with the origins of her wanderlust—her parents.

October 14, 2015 05:28 PM
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Freda Moon
Art + Culture

Bogotá Begins Again

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent chef Daniel Patterson with 24 hours’ notice to a mountaintop Colombian metropolis that’s breaking free of its past.

March 18, 2015 09:00 AM
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Daniel Patterson
Food + Drink

Love Ravioli and Dumplings? You Need to Try This German Dish

The delicacy may have been born in a monastery—but it’s far from chaste.

October 11, 2013 07:19 PM
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Ella Lawrence
Solo Travel

Spin the Globe: Danielle Henderson Rolls the Dice in Macau

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Danielle Henderson on 24 hours’ notice to a casino capital with hidden charms.

December 9, 2014 05:47 PM
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Danielle Henderson
Safari

Into the Great Wide Open, on Safari in Botswana

In remote Africa, travelers find profound stillness, untamed nature, and a portal to the past. Don’t forget the gin and tonics.

October 24, 2013 07:06 PM
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Tom Downey
Food + Drink

Wandering Chef: Andrew Zimmerman in Tokyo

Wandering Chef: Andrew Zimmerman in Tokyo

August 27, 2013 11:01 AM
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Jen Murphy
Health + Wellness

Embracing the Cycle of Life in India’s Holiest City

When a traveler faces grief in Varanasi, his perspective on life and death goes up in smoke.

May 9, 2014 08:19 PM
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David Farley

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