“That’s Ishiganto,” explains Kyoko, one of the hotel staff. “There are many ghosts on Taketomi Island, and this plate tells ghosts they cannot go this way.”
I sure hope ghosts can follow directions. I’m at HOSHINOYA...
Stand-up comic Susan Calman:
At least one side of the debate will be disappointed in just over a year. Either we will get Independence or we won’t. If we don’t attempt to have some lighthearted opinion...
Although they are officially part of Spain and thus, the E.U., the Canary Islands’ location off the coast of Africa makes them feel much more remote and exotic than they might otherwise seem. This is...
Douglas Carter Beane’s new Broadway play “The Nance” opens with the fabulous 2-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane sitting in a NYC automat reading a newspaper, hungrily waiting to pick up something. And I don’t...
White sand beaches and crystal waters full of coral gardens and tropical fish. Luxury bungalows surrounded by lagoon and coconut groves. A private island with staff eager to cater to your every desire. It is...
William Butler Yeats once said, “In Ireland, this world and the world we go to after death are not far apart.” Ireland has certainly seen its share of tragedy, from famines to wars to strife...
Have you ever been under the illusion that the rules somehow don’t apply to you? I was definitely in such a mindset when I arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, back in August of 2010.
I’d just...
As part of the Kaiping Diaolou Tour in the Guangdong Province of China, we headed to MaJianglong, which is a cluster village within the Kaiping Diaolou range of World Heritage Sites. The Cluster village contains...
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