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StoriesDay 1: I sat in a plaza where traders rested camels 600 years ago. The tea tastes the same. The chess games probably do too.
StoriesI went to see the old coral-stone houses at sunset and ended up in the deepest lanes of Jeddah's historic district with no phone signal and the scent of oud burning from every doorway.
StoriesHow a city that's been knocked down and rebuilt more times than I can count became the most alive place I've ever visited.
StoriesDay 3: Got caught in a thunderstorm at 2,600 meters. Day 4: Did it again. Day 5: Learned my lesson. Day 6: No I didn't.
StoriesI swam through a tunnel into a cave filled with turquoise water, stalactites, and shafts of light piercing the darkness. Gran Cenote isn't a swimming hole. It's a cathedral.
StoriesI came to Mumbai expecting Bollywood and beaches. I left with aching feet, a butter garlic addiction, and the strange conviction that this unhinged city is the most alive place on earth.
StoriesDay 1: The bus broke down in the desert. Day 3: I floated in a turquoise lake while a donkey watched from the shore. Siwa doesn't follow any plan.
StoriesA medieval walled city, flame-shaped skyscrapers, a mountain that's been burning for decades, and the moment I realized Azerbaijan wasn't what I expected.
StoriesI went for the Buddha. I stayed for the bamboo. And the Enoden railway ride along the coast sealed the deal.
StoriesAt 6:30 AM, Japan's best-preserved Edo street belongs to the shopkeepers, the river, and one confused foreigner with a camera.
StoriesI showed up two hours late to the most famous sunset in the world. What I found instead changed how I travel.
StoriesMarie has lived in Nice for 28 years and has opinions about tourist restaurants, the real socca, and why you should never put lettuce in a Nicoise salad.
