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The site of Canberra was chosen as the place to build a new Australian capital in 1908, to replace Melbourne, but that was delayed by World War I and it didn’t become the official national government seat until 1927.
They’re called smartphones for good reason (First of two parts)
They’re called smartphones for good reason (First of two parts)
Drought in Cape Town. US/Turkey visas update. State Department warnings change
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.
How to outfox pickpockets
I don’t give much thought to petty crime when I travel abroad. I’m well aware that it happens; I’ve been preaching about the importance of wearing a money belt for decades. And for decades — probably about a total of 4,000 days of travel — I’ve never been hit by a thief.
What’s Cooking in… Malta
Located between Sicily and North Africa, Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean that has been influenced by the cultures of a variety of peoples, including the Romans, Moors, French and British. While visiting Malta in October 2016, my husband, John, and I stayed at the luxurious Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa (de Paule Avenue, San Anton, Malta; phone +356 21 440301, www.corinthia.com/en/hotels/palace-hotel-and-spa), where we paid $133 per night, including taxes.
Latest Cuba travel restrictions. Airlines and first class. ITN hat.
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Am I having a stroke?
Am I having a stroke? “My right hand is numb,” my wife, Flory, mumbled while we were watching a show in the lounge of the ms Prinsendam. As her face became paler, she started to slide down in her seat. I tried to talk to her, but she had no idea what I was saying.
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Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, in 1999, became the first three former Warsaw Pact countries to join NATO.
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Though it has long been stated that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon, this myth was debunked in 1969 by American astronaut Alan Bean, who reported that when his spacecraft was only a few thousand miles from Earth (the moon is about 230,000 miles distant), no trace of human building was visible.
What's new in Italy for 2018
Italy bubbles with emotion, corruption, traffic jams, strikes, religious holidays and crowds. Irate ranters shake their fists at each other one minute and walk arm-in-arm the next. It's bella chaos, and if you're up-to-date on your sightseeing and transit info, you'll love it.
Kurdistan and Catalonia updates. Turkey visas kerfuffle. Stricter TSA security. Wild animal interactions cut.
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.
Europe's convents offer tranquility -- and treat
Once, while traveling in the '70s, the youth hostel where I had planned to stay was full, and the staff directed me to a nearby convent instead. As I walked there, I wondered if I was signing myself up for draconian curfews, spartan accommodations, and Mass at dawn.
Porto: Portugal's 'second city' is second to none
I'm really into "second cities" these days. For generations, Industrial Age powerhouses in Europe turned into what we would call "the rust belt," while their elegant "first city" counterparts enjoyed the luster of the Information Age.
Trump's latest travel ban. Kurdistan and Catalonia independence votes.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 501st issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine.
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The Bahamas contain more blue holes (submarine sinkholes) than any other country and also boast the world’s second-deepest, Dean’s Blue Hole. — Bryan Henry, Contributing Editor, Hollywood, FL