India Revisited: Bombay Dreams

I questioned the wisdom of my mid-winter routing via Boston, but miraculously everything worked, and I arrived in Mumbai after an uneventful journey at 1 AM. My longtime friends, Shonali Datta and Negendrah Singh (the latter would be our guide

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Iceland: The Land of Fire and Ice

Our second go-around at the Sandholt Bakery was just as good as the first and we were collected at 9 AM for a 2-day “Super Jeep” safari with Jon from PTI exploring the hinterlands and some of the nature for which  Iceland

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Reykjavik

The trip began with one of those random acts of kindness that makes a profound impression upon a jaded traveler like me. I arrived at the airport feeling very proud of myself that for once, I’d packed my belongings for

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The Glacier Express Train

Although the day began in Zermatt with low clouds, a cool mist and a “hidden” Matterhorn, by the time we were happily settled on our jolly red Glacier Express train (complete with panoramic ceiling panels), the sky was robin’s egg

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Swiss Hospitality at its Finest

The sleek Swiss bi-level train smoothly slid into Lausanne, and we spotted our handsome Hotel Beau Rivage host, Thierry Del Magro, waiting for us on the platform with a team of porters.  Our plan was to head out directly from the

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Normandy, France

Frontiers favorite historian guide based in Normandy, Nigel Stewart, describes the strategies, clever tactics, and enormous difficulties faced by the Allies planning their attack on the French coastline. [flagallery gid=29 name=Gallery]

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