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Are you looking for a trip that few have taken and which includes natural splendor, archaeology, hiking, history, native culture, music and lots of laughter? My husband and I experienced such a trip, the 14-day “Greenland & Wild Labrador,” Sept. 5-18, 2013, offered by Adventure Canada (14 Front St., South Mississauga, Ont., L5H 2C4, Canada; 800/363-7566). We booked it through the travel agency Great Canadian Adventure. 

From Toronto, we flew by charter aircraft to Greenland, where we boarded Sea Adventurer, soon donning lifejackets for the first of many Zodiac...

If you’re visiting anywhere in England outside the London area, consider using the Manchester or Birmingham airport rather than Heathrow, as each is so much easier and less congested. In addition to the big American and continental carriers, they also serve most of the smaller airlines, like Flybe, Ryanair, Germanwings, etc.

We flew on United from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Manchester Airport (via Washington Dulles), and we have two caveats to pass along. First, the American airlines are not all in one terminal, so if you’re departing or having someone pick you up, be sure to check...

Turkmenistan was one of the “five ’Stans” that I visited on a group tour of Central Asia, Oct. 4-27, 2013. If you are planning to travel there, you may wish to take note of my experiences.

We were given advance notice that the tour director scheduled for our trip had had his Turkmenistan visa denied and that we would have a different tour director, Elena, in that, our final country before returning to the States. We also learned that another person in the group had his visa denied, so he and his wife would not be continuing on the trip with us. Elena later stated...