Travel

LANA’I, Hawaii–There are only three paved roads on Lana’i and it takes less than an hour to drive all of them.

Florence is a town that has created an entire industry and identity on a brief, yet critical, period in history.

Meridian Writers’ Group BATH, England–The Time Out London guide book calls it "possibly the best address of any hotel in Britain.

Story and photos by Mike Crane Our scooter’s trusty little 150cc engine whirred away as it whisked us along France’s scenic Côte d’Azur. The drive from St.

South Australia’s Barossa Valley is a step back in time to simpler days, when the most urgent and pressing business was the production of a fine wine.

The ritual of our traditional meal began outside the hut where first Betty, then me, and finally Beatle and Sampson washed our hands in a basin of soapy water and blotted them on a small wet towel hanging by the door.

By the time the prevailing easterlies off the Indian Ocean reach the west coast of southern Africa the air is wrung dry.

Before leaving Etosha and starting on our long drive across northern Namibia to the Skeleton Coast we bought a fresh supply of bottled water for ourselves and filled our empties with well water from the camp.

It was with some trepidation that I boarded the creaky tin-roofed wooden long boat, along with about 15 others and all their gear.

Mao’s old house is massive. The Chairman began his life in a mansion (by 20th-century Chinese peasant standards) in the village of Shaoshan, 90 kilometres southwest of Changsha in the Hunan province.