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...trek down I-95 to Orlando, dotted with the franchise culture of McDonald’s and Comfort Inns, is neither spontaneous nor original. The road trip should not be a means of getting to your vacation spot, but a vacation in itself...
...realized that our rustic island bungalow already had a resident, who was hairy, eight-legged and about the size of a tennis ball. To our relief our uninvited guest eventually scuttled off and by morning was nearly forgotten. All it took for paradise to redeem itself was a short trek up to our resort's restaurant-cum-chill out lounge, a laid-back, thatched hut straight out of the Jungle Book...
EXTREME GOLF For geometrically inspired adventures of a different hue, trek to the latest area to capture the imagination of Thailand's tourism wizards: not the Golden but the freshly hatched Emerald Triangle. A quick flight to Ubon Ratchathani province in the country's far east will bring you within a few hours' drive of the hills where Laos and Cambodia abut the Land of Smiles. At the moment there isn't much to see except trees. But the Tourism Authority of Thailand envisions a 600-hectare-plus zone spanning the three countries, featuring resort towns, handicrafts, botanical gardens...
...with this Amazonian motorcycle high priestess. For God’s sake, Stith was donning a real motorcycle jacket, whose tough black leather had been worn rugged by a thousand rides, whereas the clubby leather jacket I was sporting had barely a crease to show for its one-time trek halfway across the world from some Sri Lankan factory to my dorm room closet...
...lack of quality than a lack of quantity. During off-peak hours, an upright is almost always available at the Paine Music Building, and nine out of 10 times one can find a grand piano not in use. But Paine, located behind the Science Center, is quite a trek from the River Houses and even farther from the Quad. Its hours are miserly, especially on weekends, and its grand pianos tend to be far less than grand. Although the Houses have practice facilities of their own, they often contain few rooms dedicated to keyboard practice, and their pianos are perpetually...