I stepped from the dimly lit terminal into the parking lot at at Havana International Airport. Blinking to let my eyes adjust to the brilliant sunshine, I marveled at row upon row of classic cars, their rounded silhouettes a chorus line of humpback whales. I knew about Cuba’s classic cars, but had not expected to...

Traveling slowly with my husband across Southeast Asia has been a great way to leave our jobs and lives in Canada behind to explore the world on a small budget. It also means we spend a lot of time together. Every meal, every walk, every bus ride to a new city, is together. Where once...

Hat Yai, Thailand Hat Yai is known as southern Thailand's transportation hub and sex capital. But too few know it has the West Side Saloon , where bartenders and waitstaff are dressed in cowboy gear, serving jovial customers -- mostly Malaysians who've hopped across the border for a short holiday -- as a band plays...

Can seeing new places, meeting new people, and living new lifestyles spark your imagination? SpyreStudios, an online magazine for web designers, thinks so: 5 reasons travel can improve your design work . Here's an excerpt: " Traveling rocks. Practically everyone likes to travel, whether by land, sea or air. And why not? You get excited...

The best travel soundtrack is made of the distinct sounds of a place. A foghorn’s wail, the sizzle of cooking, a howler monkey’s roar, or an imam’s call to prayer—all can bring us back to a place as easily as seeing a photo. What about your playlists? Do they help conjure a moment on a...

Everybody who loves Louis Armstrong knows his birthday was on July 4, right? It turns out that it took until the mid-1980s to learn that Satchmo’s special day wasn’t July 4, 1900, but August 4, 1901. And why do you care? Because if you’re anywhere near New Orleans the first weekend of August, you can...

Cairo, Egypt The train rattling down the track as you lay awake in a sleeper car; the call to prayer sounding from a mosque as tropical birds outside your window also welcome the dawn; your name, so uneventfully and mono-syllabically said back home, suddenly turned into a two-syllable masterpiece by a cheerful lady at Lake...

Meeting an artwork at the right time and place can unlock new reserves of understanding. However, the same work in a different setting can bring you down like a black banana peel. Let's take music as an example. What happens when melody is mixed with new people and places? Stan Getz can drop the temperature...

I don't know about you, but I always find the most irritating thing is finding some good radio stations to listen to when I'm traveling. If you're in a place with a good wireless connection and you have a laptop, you can hook in to one of the numerous radio stations that offer web-listening. My...