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A Tropical Stay in Soufriere, St. Lucia Mar. 05, 2023
By Lesley Frederikson It was mid-August and too hot to think about snow when my husband suggested a ... Read More
Nature, History and Sunshine Welcome Visitors to St. Lucia Jan. 29, 2023
By Victor Block Words printed on T-shirts worn by locals offered a welcoming note shortly after my w... Read More
St. Lucia Is Rich in Color, Culture, Crafts and Community Jan. 28, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman So there I was, at the Sulphur Springs Mud Bath in St. Lucia, being smeared with g... Read More
A Multigenerational Adventure in Costa Rica Jan. 22, 2023
By Candyce H. Stapen He stared at me determinedly, curling his fingers around the railing as I sippe... Read More
A Reset in Cancun Jan. 08, 2023
By Athena Lucero When I arrived in Cancun, Mexico's subtropical paradise on the Yucatan Peninsula, I... Read More
The Grand Tour Versus Touring Grand in London Dec. 17, 2022
By Gay Courter "Slow down. Slow way down," is the advice I give when asked to help design an itinera... Read More
Reflections on 35 Years of Travel Writing Oct. 15, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman When my 15-year-old granddaughter, Talya, asked me what my favorite destination wa... Read More
People and Places Bring Egypt to Life Sep. 25, 2022
By Victor Block Egypt is a land of pyramids and pharaohs, a rich millennia-long history and present-... Read More
The View From a Riverboat Window on the Nile River Sep. 24, 2022
By Victor Block As I sat on the sun deck outside my riverboat cabin overlooking the surrounding scen... Read More
Outstanding Tour Company Makes an Egyptian Trip Unforgettable Aug. 21, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman Traveling through Egypt on Overseas Adventure Travel's (OAT) Ancient Egypt and th... Read More
Egypt: 6,000 Years of History Come Alive Aug. 20, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman I'm in Cairo, Egypt, on a hotel balcony overlooking the Nile River, a fantasyland ... Read More
'Just in Case' Packing for a Journey Feb. 27, 2022
By Gay Courter "Why are you taking medications for two weeks longer than the trip?" my husband asked... Read More
Cultural Translations: An Effective Alternative to Flawed and Superficial Cross-Cultural Communications Feb. 12, 2022
If you read my columns with some regularity, you know that I often split them into two, three, even ... Read More
A Worthwhile $5 Million in Incentives Lures Germany's Biggest Airline to Missouri Dec. 17, 2021
Various regional entities have smartly chipped in to provide $5 million in incentives to lure German... Read More
China Tests Taiwan After Biden's Afghanistan Debacle Oct. 08, 2021
On Oct. 4, 56 mainland Chinese combat aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait and illegally penetrated so... Read More
Law of the Sea Court Ruling Continues to Challenge Chinese Aggression Jul. 26, 2021
On July 12, 2016, The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China had systematically vio... Read More
China's Bio-Economic War on the World Has Begun to Backfire May. 31, 2021
In May 2014, I quit kidding myself and realized that China was at war with the United States. I real... Read More
What Happens to Your Social Security check if You Live Abroad? May. 05, 2021
Maybe it's because COVID-19 restrictions are easing up a bit. And some people probably have a bad ca... Read More
A Bucket List Itinerary of Places We'll Never Go Jun. 20, 2020
By Victor Block As a travel journalist who has visited and written about close to 80 countries, the ... Read More
Find a Lot of 'There' in Mazatlan Nov. 09, 2019
By Stuart Wasserman Gertrude Stein's famous "there is no there there" line could never be said about... Read More
