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Travel 1510

London and the trials of transit: One may tire of the journey but there is lots of life in the capital
Lund’s highway leads to charming Chile

Lund’s highway leads to charming Chile

By Jack Christie My first brush with the Pan-American Highway was in the 1980s. It was just north of Powell River on the Sunshine Coast.
Hoi An: Vietnam’s once thriving port is now a quiet tourist town

Hoi An: Vietnam’s once thriving port is now a quiet tourist town

By Jack Souther The coastal town of Hoi An embodies the very best of both old and new Vietnam. Unlike Hue and so many Vietnamese cities that were devastated by bombing, Hoi An was miraculously spared the destruction of war.
A window on the North Island

A window on the North Island

For those of us who are drawn to far away places, the lure of distant lands and different cultures is an irresistible urge to travel. If everything goes well each trip ends where it began – back home.
Hue — Vietnam’s ancient capital city rises above the ashes of war

Hue — Vietnam’s ancient capital city rises above the ashes of war

The couple with whom we shared our four-bunk compartment were prone to startling bursts of snoring that drowned out even the clatter of the rails. I finally gave up trying to sleep and rolled out of bed in search of a morning coffee.
Halong Bay – where the dragon entered the sea

Halong Bay – where the dragon entered the sea

In 1944 Halong Bay in Northern Vietnam was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its unique geological significance.
Surviving Hanoi: Dodging motorbikes and keeping track of the zeros

Surviving Hanoi: Dodging motorbikes and keeping track of the zeros

I walked into the Vietcombank in Hanoi with a hundred U.S. dollars and came out a millionaire. No I didn't rob the place — at an exchange rate of sixteen thousand to one my hundred U.S. bucks became 1.6 million Vietnamese dong.
Croatia by rail and ferry Exploring the land between the Adriatic and the Balkans

Croatia by rail and ferry Exploring the land between the Adriatic and the Balkans

At Vienna's Sudbahnhof station, I caught the 7:58 a.m. train to Graz and, via Maribor in eastern Slovenia, to Zagreb, Croatia. From flat Austrian farmland the train ascended into the mountainous southeast.
Myanmar's Inle Lake - A watery Shangri La in the landlocked interior of Shan State

Myanmar's Inle Lake - A watery Shangri La in the landlocked interior of Shan State

The road from Bagan to Inle Lake claws its way up a series of white-knuckle switchbacks from the hot, dusty floodplain of the Ayeyarwady River into the rugged mountains of central Burma's Shan Plateau.

Ascending to the gods You don’t have to be an Olympian to climb Mount Olympus — in fact, if you are you probably won’t

By Jens Ourom www.jensourom.com Aphrodite. Apollo. Hermes. Poseidon. Zeus. You. One of these individuals is unlike the others. However, all possess the unique opportunity to dwell upon Mount Olympus, whether it is for a night, or eternity.