Travel
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On the Thai Island of Koh Tao, Can Tourism and the Environment Coexist?
On the high-speed ferry from Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s biggest islands, to the smaller neighbor of Koh Tao, known…
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Good News for Weary Travelers: Online Passport Renewal Is Coming Your Way
Following the success of a limited pilot program for online passport renewal this summer, the U.S. State Department says it…
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Woman Gets 4 Months After Shoving Flight Attendant, Spitting on a Passenger
A New York woman was sentenced to four months in federal prison after spitting on a passenger, then shoving a…
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Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa
Mark Kuhn is hunched over, one knee on the ground, pulling dandelions from an otherwise immaculate lawn. With a small,…
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Pete Buttigieg Is Trying to Fix Air Travel With a ‘Dashboard.’ What’s on It?
On Thursday, the Department of Transportation unveiled its most concrete endeavor yet to fix air travel: an online dashboard featuring…
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Ask a Flight Attendant: Middle-Seat Etiquette, Drunk Passengers and Jet Lag
As we say farewell to summer, travelers are surely hoping to say “so long” to the chaos in the skies…
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In Seattle, It’s Almost Normal
On Feb. 9, 2020, the Seattle Asian Art Museum reopened after a three-year, $56 million dollar renovation and expansion that…
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Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail
Thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail spend up to five months walking from Mexico to Canada — and the imprint…
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How to Tread Lightly in Fragile Places
Like the 18 other passengers on the ship Origin, from the expedition cruise company Ecoventura, I went to the Galápagos…
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Making the Rounds on Nashville’s Singer-Songwriter Circuit
On a recent Sunday night in a Holiday Inn lounge on the fringe of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Paul Jefferson,…