Tag: Travel
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Cultural Safari in Tanzania
When I told people I was planning a trip to Tanzania, the first question was: “Are you going on safari?” Well, I didn’t see giraffes and elephants and lions. But since “safari” is the Swahili word for “journey,” I can honestly say I did! Look for the full story in the Houston Chronicle and San…
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Nighttime in Bukoba
The night outside my window is alive with sounds: crickets, night birds, a television from someone’s room, laughter from somewhere down below, and just now, a somnolent call to prayer. But underlying all of that, booming, throbbing from every direction, comes the sound of drums. Big, deep bass drums and a smaller backbeat, accompanied by…
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Aventura en Potrero Chico
POTRERO CHICO, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – Less than half an hour from the crowded metropolis of Monterrey, the mountains rise in a spectacular series of limestone peaks that have come to be known as a world-class climbing destination. It started as a municipal park with a swimming pool and barbecue pits, but it didn’t take…
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Trials and Tributaries in the Big Thicket
BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE —Ranger Leslie Dubey lifted a paddle and dipped it into the still brown waters, her kayak gliding as noiselessly as the great blue heron that just slid across our path in these cypress-tupelo sloughs. Two decades spent probing this once-impenetrable wilderness and interpreting it for visitors have made Leslie a true…