| Greening in PV | It’s mango mania around Puerto Vallarta, on Mexico’s central Pacific coast. Everywhere—mangoes, mangoes, mangoes. Awash in mangoes. Un problema fantastico! In the early mornings where we’re staying, first I skim a flotilla of delicate coconut palm flowers floating in the pool, and scoop out chlorinated land crabs big as salad plates, up to […]
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| High on Maui | Haleakalā, 10,023-feet high, dominates Maui. Dormant but magnificent, she is the House of the Sun. On her rich volcanic raiments, in the Kula district, is Upcountry Maui, agricultural highlands of stunning beauty and breaktaking vistas all the way down to the liquid diamonds of the Pacific. Up here, where early settlers found the cooler […]
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| Greening in Cambodia | When I last visited Cambodia, in 1995, the country was devastated from years of unspeakably brutal civil war and armed regional conflicts. The magnificent architectural ruins at Angkor Wat, a UN World Heritage site, had only recently reopened to the public. These ancient temples ensnared by the jungle’s tendrils, often referred to as […]
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| Red Is Green | Over and over, when we mention we are off to the Riviera Nayarit, we hear, “Oh, Sayulita! The coolest Mexican beach town. You gotta check it out.” And we do. And we aren’t the only ones. Even in sultry late June, at the start of the muggy, wet summer season, Sayulita is humming along, its […]
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| A Thousand Words | Who could resist snapping this photo of Man and Man’s Best Spoiled Little Furry Friend, afloat together in the warm waters off the southernmost spot in these continental United States—Key West?
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| The Resort Alternative | This is the Big Island of Hawaii most of us yearn for. The western, leeward side: the famous Kona Coast. Best beaches. Best weather. And how about those coffee beans? They cup such a hang-loose brew they are prized around the world. The nexus of this kind of paradise is the town of Kailua-Kona, which gets crazy busy … by […]
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| Lake Chapala Paraíso | The air in early June is brittle, hot and dusty, but the shrill serenade of the rainbirds heralds the change that’s to come. Rainbirds are not birds at all, actually, but the local name for thousands of huge cicada-like insects that faithfully appear each year at this time, brilliant green to satisfy the Mexican love of […]
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| Sleeping, Eating, Doing | In this fragile ecosystem, going green is not just nice—it’s necessary. Here are our top picks for an unforgettable green visit to the Florida Keys. 1. Among the many shades of green when it comes to lodging choices, we especially adore Key West‘s best escape-from-it-all inn, the Gardens Hotel. Sleeping. 2. In […]
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| Greening in Jalisco | We’re sitting in the afternoon shade of the dining patio in a vegetarian restaurant in Ajijic, chatting with Greg Ochs. Our topic: the state of all things green in this enchanted part of Mexico—the northern shore of Mexico’s largest natural lake, Lago de Chapala. The lake is drama itself. Once […]
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| A Thousand Words | Who could ever forget these beach boys and their perfect beach day in Candidasa, on the east coast of Bali? We found it on a day trip from culture-rich Ubud.
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