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Adventure Travel for the Mildly Adventuresome

August 2014 issue | Appears on page 59

Discovering Mexico’s Copper Canyon

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May 2008 issue | Appears on page 86

Cape Verde Islands

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April 2008 issue | Appears on page 84

Exploring West Africa in 4-star comfort

(Part 2 of 3 on The Gambia and the Cape Verde Islands, jump to

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March 2008 issue | Appears on page 84

The controversy surrounding ‘Roots’

by Wayne Wirtanen, (Part 1 of 3 on The Gambia and the Cape Verde Islands, jump to

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April 2006 issue

Soft adventure and soft beds

by Wayne Wirtanen (Third of three parts, jump to part 1,

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January 2006 issue

Luxury adventure travel in South Africa

(First of three parts, jump to part 1, part 2, part 3)

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November 2005 issue

Morocco: distinctive architecture & distinctive people

(Part 3 of 3 on Morocco) Kasbahs

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October 2005 issue

Distinctive cities and the Sahara

(Part 2 of 3 on Morocco) Casablanca

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September 2005 issue

Morocco — Africa’s California?

by Wayne Wirtanen (First of three parts) Partway through my visit to Morocco in September ’04, I realized that there were similarities there to what one might find on a trip in California.

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July 2005 issue

Bolivia, land of contrasts and mysteries

(Second of two parts) La Paz

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June 2005 issue

Bolivia, land of contrasts and mysteries

by Wayne Wirtanen (Part one of two)

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May 2005 issue

Exploring and reliving ancient Israel

(Second of two parts) Reliving a day in the life of ancient Israelis

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April 2005 issue

Exploring and reliving ancient Israel

Adventure Travel for the Mildly Adventuresome is written by Wayne Wirtanen (First of two parts)

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August 2004 issue

Amber Room mystery solved?

Those of us who have visited the restored Catherine Palace outside of St. Petersburg in Russia have seen the photos of the destruction caused during the World War II “900-day” (actually “only” 872-day) siege of the city then called Leningrad.

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