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Travel GuidesBoth have salt lakes where you bob like a cork. Both sit in deserts. But the experiences couldn't be more different.
Travel GuidesFrom lagoon shoes to Aitutaki flight logistics, here are the answers to everything first-timers need to know.
Travel GuidesFrom Gaudi's spires at opening hour to a sunset bunker most tourists never find, here's exactly where to go in Barcelona, what it costs, and the small moves that make the day.
StoriesA snowmobile expedition into the Arctic wilderness, a rifle on the sled, and the sound of a calving glacier at 2AM under a sky that never went dark.
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.
TipsNo vehicle reservation. No bear spray. Showed up at Logan Pass at noon. Learn from my catastrophically bad first day.
Travel GuidesA rainbow walkway, Viking bog bodies, and the world's most charming open-air museum. Here's everything you need for a trip to Denmark's second city.
StoriesStep through the Blue Gate and Fes el-Bali swallows you whole — 9,000 alleys, no cars, no straight lines. Here's how the medina turns disorientation into the best afternoon of your trip.
TipsFrom the chapulines hack to the ATM that doesn't rob you — everything I learned the hard way across three Oaxaca trips.
StoriesI came for the gorillas. I stayed for the rolex wraps, the view from the mosque, and a boda-boda driver named Moses who drove like the road was optional.
Travel GuidesI've spent months in both cities. Here's the honest breakdown by category, with a clear winner for every type of traveler.
SeasonalJanuary 19-20. White-robed pilgrims fill the rock churches. Priests carry replicas of the Ark of the Covenant. And Lalibela becomes the spiritual center of an ancient Christian tradition.
