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How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Rio
New Year’s Eve on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro is HUGE. How huge? Maybe 1-2 million people descend on the area. The streets on the beach and leading up to it are closed to vehicle ...
New Year’s Eve on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro
I wrote the following travelogue at the end of 2001. I’m reprinting here partly because we’re approaching the time to start thinking about where to spend New Year’s Eve, and partly because I want a place ...
Ghost Town Kolmanskop, Namibia
A few miles from the port town of Lüderitz in Namibia is a well-known ghost town, Kolmanskop. In the 19th century, this area of desert was a thriving diamond-mining town. Diamonds were discovered in the desert ...
Finding the Zen of Travel and Letting the Destination Take Over
It’s a challenge to find what creates the pulse of a new city in our travels. The essence that really makes an area alive for me takes considerable time to recognize, and then takes even longer ...