Travel

Dan's a dentist from Chicago with a penchant for diving and a special place in his heart for Donald Trump. "You know what's great about Donald?" asked Dan as we chatted between dives at Bahía de Cochinos. I didn't.

Singapore, that little red dot off the end of the Southeast Asia mainland, often confounds Western visitors. If arriving by air, striking Changi Airport one of the world's great airport, soothes you with carpet, music, fountains and more.

Cherry blossoms, mountain trekking, and foggy mornings are not something you immediately associate with Thailand. Yet that is what my wife and I found recently in Loei Province directly north of Bangkok near the Mekong River.

A three-generation boys trip to Phoenix to take in baseball spring training also provides time for desert adventure, craft brews, good eats and male bonding.

Once upon a time, late last spring, my husband and I crossed a rattly-sounding, wooden-slatted bridge and drove through an organic tunnel of greenery to arrive on a private Scottish island of peaceful enchantment.

Cruising in Scotland

Cycling tour through the Serbian capital passes it all from beautiful to Brutalist

Ever since elementary school, I recall being fascinated with birds. Amidst assembling and painting bird models and decorating my bedroom walls with numerous sketched birds, I thought about becoming an ornithologist. However, that didn't happen.

"We call it the Sacred Order of Survival: Shelter, Water, Fire, Food," said survival expert Matt Corradino at the Mount Victory Wilderness Camp.

My toes wiggled over whooshing sparkling galaxies of stars. My fingers in the water created comet tails of liquid light, scribing effervescent poetry that glowed for a moment then disappeared in the dark.