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For Muslims around the world, and Sumatra in particular, Ramadan is a special time. It’s a holy month of fasting, introspection, and praying.
Visiting West Maui isn’t about racing from beach to beach — though Kapalua Bay, one of America’s best beaches, is a must-see. Here, time slows. Mornings drift over ocean views. Afternoons are spent connecting with locals, and evenings invite reflection under sunset skies. Staying longer uncovers the island's heartbeat — its families, crafts, and traditions — while thoughtful travel leaves a lasting mark on both visitors and the community.
For anyone planning travel with teenagers this year, before you brace yourself for the inevitable eye rolls or mutter phrases like “difficult stage” under your breath, here’s some good news. Traveling with teens can actually be great. It’s not without challenges. No matter how chill or laid-back your parenting (or grandparenting) style is, having carefully planned activities dismissed as “boring” or “mid” can sting. Still, when you treat teens like the almost-adults they are, they can be surprisingly good travel companions. They carry their own bags, keep track of their stuff (usually), help with grown-up logistics like navigation or public transit, and, on a good day, offer a fresh perspective that keeps us from getting too comfortable in our own way of seeing the world.
The Esplanade in Penang, Malaysia, is a historic seafront promenade that defines the character of the city's colonial past. A long granite seawall spans from the whitewashed Neo-Classical City Hall from one end to the cannon-bastioned Fort Cornwallis at the other.
The mural stopped me cold. Painted on the side of a shipping container in Des Moines, Washington, six doughnut-shaped discs hurled what looked like molten fire down upon a small boat in Puget Sound. A dog cowered. A man shielded his son. The sky burned with something that didn't belong there.
Fredericksburg, Virginia’s new Civil Rights Trail titled “Freedom, A Work in Progress,” offers unique insights into the area’s Black History. This free self-guided journey includes 21 stops around Fredericksburg and the University of Mary Washington. It traces African Americans’ fight for equality from the Civil War to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Columbia, Missouri, is a dynamic three-college town in the Midwest's rolling prairies. It baffles me that more holidaymakers don't take advantage of American college-town fun during their yearly four months of offseason calm.
During February, there is an influx of travel stories for the “Best Places to Celebrate Black History Month”. It’s great and there are so many places I want to visit! However, the same list almost disappears into the ether as soon as March 1st arrives.
Named for the 150 to 200-year-old Virginia live oak trees lining the path from the Mississippi River to the entrance of the plantation home, Oak Alley is a national landmark. Here you’ll hear the stories of some of the enslaved people who lived here, as well as the many owners over the years.
When I visited Rwanda as a solo female traveler, I was pleasantly assured by how secure I felt, and empowered by how confidently I was able to move around this beautiful country.
