We spent 10 days driving ourselves around Oman in October 2019, and it’s a country built for a road trip. The highways are good, fuel is cheap, and the best parts sit well outside Muscat: canyons in the Hajar Mountains, abandoned mud-brick villages, and wadis you swim through. We drove from Muscat inland to Jabal…
You need far less than you think for the Maldives. We’ve taken a few trips there, and on every one we lived in swimsuits, a cover-up, and bare feet. The first time, I packed eight swimsuits and came home with a sunburn because I forgot a hat. This is the list we’d pack now. It’s…
There are so many wonderful things to do in Ljubljana, you will probably feel overwhelmed when you visit. I’ll never forget a local cafe owner comparing Ljubljana to a little girl in a dress. She’s cute and charming, but never to be taken to seriously. We spent a week cafe hopping around Ljubljana and found…
We’ve spent more than a decade chasing adventure across 95+ countries, and these are the 20 trips we’d tell anyone to do. Every one of them is a trip we’ve taken ourselves — no filler, no “we’ve heard it’s great.” We cut a few crowd-pleasers from our old list while writing this. Some were party…
We first skied Mont Tremblant after a month in the Swiss Alps, and at the time we wrote it up the way most people do: pretty village, great grooming, something for everyone. All true. But we’ve skied a lot of mountains since then, and we owe you a more useful answer than that. So here it…
Osaka is Japan’s kitchen, its loudest city, and the most fun we’ve had in a Japanese city. It feels less buttoned-up than Tokyo and more lived-in than Kyoto. Neon signs line the canals, locals are happy to chat, and there’s food on every corner. A lot of travelers treat it as a base for day…
Eswatini was one of our first stops in Southern Africa, and it turned out to be the perfect introduction to the region. It’s small, easygoing, and packed with friendly people, gorgeous handcrafts, and wildlife you can actually get out of the car to see. It won’t be the headline of most Southern Africa trips, but…
Wilmington punches way above its weight for food. Between the fresh Cape Fear seafood, the Southern comfort food classics, and a genuinely surprising international scene for a beach town this size, you won’t struggle to eat well here. These are the ones we actually keep going back to — trimmed down from a much longer…
We’ve been out to Topsail Island on two separate trips, not decades of regular visits, so consider this the honest, shorter rundown rather than a locals’ deep dive. What we can tell you: Topsail is a genuinely sleepy place outside of summer. It’s 26 miles of barrier island split across three towns — North Topsail…
Chances are, if you’re heading to southeastern North Carolina, it’s for one thing: the beach. There’s nothing better than watching pelicans skim the water, sand between your toes, sun on your face. While there’s plenty to do in Wilmington beyond the sand, the coast is still the main event. The good news is there’s no shortage…
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