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Illustration: Columbus landing in the New World, before proceeding to pillage. He is NOT one of our explorers.
History is filled with tyrants and bloodshed, all in the name of discovering new lands. Here are the few that kept it honourable.
.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Political parties the world over rarely seem to share anything in common. But the similarities are revealed if you know where to look.
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Portia Remnant
You’ve heard the rhetoric.You’ve seen the ads. You’ve chosen sides, and the other guy has, too. And it’s not your side.
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Lighting the darkness / Photo Lecercle
Australia, like most developed western countries, has had the world arrive at its doorstep.
Tags: How, Travel, Helps, Cultivate, Empathy, Globalized, WorldApparently in Wisconsin and more specifically Wisconsin Dells, water sports and water activities are #1 all year around. Wisconsin Dells is located along the Wisconsin River and is 2 hours from Milwaukee and Oshkosh, almost 3 hours from Green Bay and only 1 hour from Madison. Wisconsin Dells offers year round golf, hiking, biking, river boat tours, jet boats, cruises, indoor and outdoor water parks and plenty of dining experiences for the whole family.
Water slides have come a long way since I was growing up! The Durango Drop is an extreme 8-story
Tags: Wisconsin, Dells, The, Waterpark, Capital, the, World.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Author Tony Robinson-Smith talks about long-term travel, challenges on the road, and what he would have done differently.
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Tony enjoying a cool beverage.
Many people dream of traveling around the world. Only a few people get the chance — and even fewer circle the globe without the aid of an airplane.
Tags: Interview, Tony, Robinson-Smith, Crawling, Round, The, WorldEnglish is spoken in every major city in the world, especially tourist destinations. Terry Dip thinks there’s a problem with that.
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Paris. At a cafe outside the Pantheon, I see a group of Japanese tourists, all women between their 20??s and 50??s, telling a waiter in broken English, ???Something to drink, please?? non-alcoholic.???
Tags: Should, English, The, World, International, LanguageTrue travel gems from around the web, as collected by Tim Patterson.
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What does this latest batch of quality travel stories have in common?
Aside from flawless description, intrepid reportage and the all-important inclusion of details that resonate with the reader and illuminate broader themes, each of these stories was blogged or featured at WorldHum.com.
Tags: Tales, From, The, Road, China, Vietnam, Nigeria, Mexico, and, Disney, World
Being a disabled traveler involves challenges many others don’t have to face. But is movement getting easier or harder for disabled travelers to move around?
I once worked with a man named Victor. We forged a friendship that was contingent upon a shared penchant for searing social criticism, ironic humor, and good food, (though not necessarily in that order).
Tags: Does, The, World, Discriminate, Against, Disabled, Travelers
Joyce Majors has accomplished one of the things I??ve been dreaming about my whole life (well, two if you count the whole writing a book thing).
This intrepid woman rented her house, quit her job and took off for a year of volunteer tourism around the world.
Majors’ travels provided a much-needed break from the rigors of ???real life??? and eventually provided fodder for her book Smiling at the World, which chronicles her year abroad and the experiences she encountered in her search for adventure and love.
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Spread throughout the world, spanning every region and boundary, is a vast, borderless nation.
Every year, millions migrate to this nation, with language and customs from the farthest reaches of the planet. Its population flows with the seasons, natural and political; though remarkably diverse, all cultures meet here within a single tradition.
And no matter how it may grow or shrink, it can never disappear entirely. And there is always room for one more.
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