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Dahabiya sailing: the only way to cruise the Nile

Dahabiya wasn’t a word I’d ever heard of until I started planning a visit to Egypt. Now it’s up there[…]

Visiting Seoul was a three-night stopover on the way home from Japan. But it wasn’t enough time to experience everything[…]

Aswan is the ideal next stop on an Egypt itinerary after chaotic Cairo. The town has traffic, too, but on[…]

Abu Simbel is one of Egypt’s most iconic sights, but is it really worth the lengthy round trip from Aswan?[…]

Giza wasn’t the original plan for a Cairo hotel, but after deciding what my friend and I wanted to do[…]

Cairo is a very busy city. The roads of Egypt’s capital are congested with cars whose drivers relentlessly blast their[…]

Four Seasons in Japan is one of the most moving, beautifully written books I’ve read in a long time. Author[…]

I first visited Hoi An on a trip to Vietnam in 2005 and found a small old-world town where narrow[…]