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LA is a megalopolis.   I keep trying to get my head around its ever increasing expansion but it’s a tough mental challenge. Santa Monica is like an escape hatch from urban sprawl. It’s a perfect town within a city so why not make it a base of operations while exploring the rest of LA?

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Canberra’s surprisingly delectable delights compete for attention. Memorials, museums and politicians’ haunts get the lion’s share of the national capital’s attention. This is no longer a fair go…

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Trekking around Iceland’s highlands in winter takes some fortitude. Is it worth it? When I flew into Reykjavik’s Keflavik airport a fierce wind was blowing from the North Atlantic. Sleet was turning to snow before my eyes. I stepped outside the terminal building and faced into what felt like a cold shave with ice water […]

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