Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 506th issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine.

In each issue, we present trip reports sent in by our subscribers, who are eager to share their adventures and discoveries with other people who love to travel. 

This publication covers destinations outside of the United States, and when a traveler’s write-up comes in, ITN editors read through it and, if necessary, write back asking for certain extra details, such as when...

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 504th issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine, yours because you and your fellow readers keep it going by being subscribers and providing the bulk of the material for each issue. Your participation is the key.

An easy way you can play a part right this minute is to send us a quick email or postcard telling which countries you visited last year (outside of your own own). If you’re a subscriber, email your list to editor@...

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 502nd issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine, the one largely written by the people who read it, frequent world travelers.

There’s lots of news to tell you about this month, so I’ll get right into it, starting with updates on the independence votes in semiautonomous regions of Iraq and Spain.

• In Iraq, the state of Kurdistan, along with some outlying areas under Kurdish control, voted on Aug. 25 in favor of...