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San Diego

Overview

July 17, 2019 06:15 PM
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Rajam Roose
Air Travel News

What Happens When Lightning Strikes a Plane?

Aircraft are struck by lightning far more often than you think and it’s actually not as disastrous as you may imagine.

May 12, 2015 04:11 PM
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Katrina Martinez-Carter
In the Magazine

Little Island, Big Flavor: How Martinique Makes Some of the World’s Best Rum

The tradition of artisanal rum making has become central to island life.

October 25, 2013 12:20 PM
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Wayne Curtis
Travel Tales

Is Amsterdam Really as Tolerant as It Seems?

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent CNN political commentator Sally Kohn on 24 hours’ notice to a city renowned for its “coffee shops” but where tolerance has its limits.

May 18, 2015 09:00 AM
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Sally Kohn
Restaurants + Cafés

Why Aren’t We All Living the Dream on Kauai?

Chefs and cowboys, chickens and mongooses, guitars and King Kong—they’ve all found new lives on Kauai, an island where the only constant is change.

March 18, 2015 09:00 AM
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Chris Colin
Longreads

In Rajasthan’s Palaces-Turned-Hotels, You Can Sleep Like a King

Onetime royals in Rajasthan are holding onto their family estates the best way they can: by inviting us in.

August 12, 2016 06:44 PM
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Lisa Abend
Where to Travel Next

Jamaica’s Real Rhythm Lies Far From Where Most Travelers Stay

The island’s tastiest secret is found beyond the resorts and beaches listed in the guidebooks.

November 29, 2016 06:55 PM
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Mark Byrne
Family Travel

What It’s Actually Like to Road Trip Across Australia—With A Baby

With their seven-month-old daughter and dog in tow, an intrepid couple heads across the vast expanse of Oz

January 11, 2016 04:53 PM
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Christina Pickard
Cities We Love

Finding a New Perspective on Adventure in Oaxaca

A couple returns to the Mexican city where they lived in their youth to see how it—and they—have changed.

February 13, 2017 01:05 PM
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Eric Puchner
Chicago

Overview

January 17, 2019 05:27 PM
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Kaitlyn Barrett
People

Musician Nico Muhly’s Guide to Iceland

Musician Nico Muhly’s Guide to Iceland

May 14, 2014 03:14 PM
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Andrew Richdale
Destination Spotlight

Will the Real Guadalajara Please Stand Up?

With 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent writer Wells Tower into the mazelike markets and Lucha Libre dens of Mexico’s notoriously misunderstood megalopolis.

August 9, 2016 11:56 AM
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Wells Tower
History + Culture

13 of the Freakiest Bogeymen from Around the World

Which international folk villain is coming for you?

October 27, 2016 04:37 PM
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Maggie Fuller
Travel Tales

The Secret Language of Istanbul’s Dream Weavers

Threads of beauty, history, and memory make a Turkish carpet much more than a souvenir.

September 2, 2015 05:22 PM
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Edward Readicker-Henderson
Minneapolis-Saint Paul

Overview

April 11, 2019 12:39 PM
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Susan Mason

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