America’S Favorite Places

As a journey author, folks typically ask me about my favourite vacation spot. Understanding they anticipate a far-flung place, I often give them the title of an archipelago in South Asia, however, in fact, it at all times comes all the way down to Santa Barbara, a Southern California metropolis wedged between the Santa Ynez Mountains and Pacific Ocean. It’s not precisely far-flung, but it surely…

Arizona’s landscapes are nothing wanting gorgeous. Towering buttes meet hills lined with saguaro cacti, and crimson rock canyons cover towering waterfalls. The otherworldly panorama — that usually feels higher fitted to Mars than our planet — is grounded by what has change into Arizona’s different nice draw: the proof of human historical past discovered within the websites and settlements…

Do you are feeling that? That distinctly heat breeze, and the faint sound of an ice cream truck within the background? And the sound of 1000’s of college books closing, and folks clocking off early on Fridays suddenly? Sure, my winter-weary pals, summer season is right here. And Airbnb is aware of precisely the place you all need to go for summer season trip.  On Thursday, Airbnb unveiled…

From the aircraft, I regarded down on a patchwork of emerald palm groves, rows of silver olive bushes, and huge salt-ringed lakes that appeared to glow in psychedelic shades of cerulean and aquamarine. Surrounding these pockets of lushness was an ocean of sand, and the mix crammed me with a way of isolation that was virtually overwhelming. I used to be about to land in Siwa, an oasis in Egypt…