Category Archives: travel

Racial profiling in airports: not a simple case of black & white

I suspect that the next series of airline attacks may be carried out by white Westerners.
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Get to Northern Cyprus before unification

There was a very intense checkpoint that we had to cross.
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Kuala Lumpur: from Tall Towers to the Batu Caves

If you're going to visit the towers, bring a book - the wait to get up there can last for hours.
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Toronto: where to shop, what to see

Besides sporting attractions, you have to check out Toronto's churches, such as St. Michael's Cathedral. For sinners, I recommend shopping and eating on Bloor Street.
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Speeding through Montreal

Montreal’s name - you guessed it - comes from “Mount Royal.”
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The “joy” of flying El Al

They asked him if he was going to join the army, if I was going to join the army, which side he was on, and if, “your brother is Jewish, he works in Israel, do you see any connection?”
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Best of Europe: Berlin

Much of "The Reader" was filmed in the coolest district in East Berlin, known as Mitte. There are great underground bars, the music scene is incredible, and you can check out Checkpoint Charlie.
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The Hamptons: life’s a beach

Overall, the fashions were "Easter Bunny couture." It's not surprising that Ralph Lauren is the most popular shop in South Hampton.
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Montepulciano and the birthplace of the Renaissance

At lunchtime we’d wonder through some town's narrow cobblestones streets (cars can only park on the outside of these towns as there’s no space for them inside), towards some tavern, smelling the famous white truffles all the way in the street.
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The traveler hypothesizes

By the time I reached Chicago, I was absolutely convinced that I had a new traveling companion, a 5’7 white mallard duck named Travis.
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