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By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter BOGOTA, COLUMBIA - Doing the sniff test on my cleanest dirty shirt, I wanted to look my best to meet...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter HOBART - All Vivi knew of Tasmania, Australia's southernmost state, was what most people knew – the cartoon character, The...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter VIETNAM - An old fable tells that Halong Bay was formed when a giant dragon came down from the mountains...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter VIETNAM - "Good morning Vietnam!" I called out from the balcony of our five-dollar room in Chau Doc, as the...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter CAMBODIA - The lyrics of 80s' punk band The Dead Kennedys, “a holiday in Cambodia, where everyone’s wearing black”, rattled...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter THAILAND - Even though it is known as 'the land of a thousand smiles', this offered Vivi little solace as...

By Contributing Reporter, Aaron Smith USA: New York, New York; a name so good they say it twice. NYC has had several different names over...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter MEXICO - One of Oscar Wilde's oft-quoted lines, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life," makes me wonder...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter USA - The expression, “The journey is more important than the destination”, rang true for us as we exited Latin...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter CUBA - “My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri in El Floridita,” was Hemingway’s famous quote about his two favorite...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter BELIZE - “White skin brother from a different mother,” resident poet Cecil, crafting verse for his supper on Caye Caulker,...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter GUATEMALA - If, when asking how long a bus trip will take, a Guatemalan answers with a smile, it’s prudent...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter GUATEMALA - “Goin’ up the country where water tastes like wine,” to quote 1970s musicians Canned Heat, sprung to...

By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter HONDURAS - Marooned on a Caribbean island, once the hideaway of pirate Henry Morgan, may seem implausible in this day...