When you’re fresh out of college and looking for unconventional work, it’s hard to beat scrubbing decks—and jumping off them—on a Maine windjammer.
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I Accidentally Rented a Fruit Plantation | Adrift on the Portuguese Coast
by Ryan Murdockby Ryan MurdockIf your impression of Portuguese wine only comes from the bottle of Mateus your parents used to buy, it might be time to head to the Algarve.
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The Mars Society makes a serious case for a Red Planet presence—starting with a group of experts in Utah’s Mars-like desert.
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Straddled by two continents, stamped by East and West, shaped by conquering tribes and centuries of trade, Istanbul’s eclectic majesty stands alone.
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At the Wat Bang Phra temple near Bangkok, monks design tattoos by reading your aura, and don’t let you choose where they go.
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Our roaming editor-at-large travels to the blue Baltic Sea to explore a little known land where the sun sits high.
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One man’s quest to not embarrass himself while braving the world’s longest horse race with his fiancée.
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Of Myths and Legends in the Great Bear Rainforest | British Columbia
by John Zadaby John ZadaWith its pristine ecosystems and Indigenous communities, the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia teaches travellers lessons in the art of timelessness.
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Just what happened when our special gorilla-tracking correspondent got a bout of malaria in the rainforest of Africa?
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Our super-senior correspondent never felt the pull of Vegas. But an invitation to a friend’s destination wedding showed him that the desert-city playground is almost what it’s cracked up to be.