WatchBoom.com's Travel Destinations of the Month

On the road to Sodom and Gomorrah

Memo to visitors to Jordan: Besides walking in the footsteps of Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Lot, Ruth, Elijah and John the Baptist, leave some time to browse around the Church of Saint George in the ancient town of Madaba. Why? Because history comes alive there – right under your Nikes and Skechers – on a 1,400-year-old ceramic map of The Holy Land the size of a garage floor.

Mykonos and Delos: The odd couple of the Aegean

On one island, revelers are flipping their arms to “YMCA” in the discos, belting down shots of ouzo, whooping it up on table tops and trying to get the hang of Zorba-style line dancing. On a neighboring island, about the liveliest sounds you’ll hear are the oohs and aahs of tourists exploring the ruins of a holy city where the Greek supergod Apollo was born.

Caribbean dancing: Give me that old-time merengue

Down in the Dominican Republic they’ve been shaking their booties to the sensual vibes of merengue music for nearly two centuries – despite government attempts to ban it from time to time. It was legitimized in 1920 by a dictator hoping to get popular support in his bid for president. He won, and merengue has been the country’s “official” music ever since.

Paradise under a palapa in Yelapa

Sit back, pop open a cerveza and join Watchboom contributor Rich Grant for a pleasant afternoon in a little thatched-roof village on the beach of old-time Mexico.

Confessions of a spice-challenged visitor to Mexico

Cover image by Jack Tyler.
WatchBoom travel editor Bob Schulman wants us to know he really likes spicy foods. But they don’t like him. “Anything with even a tiny chile in it gives me an instant heartburn,” he says. In this story, Bob shares some ways he’s found to keep happy and hearty (but not necessarily healthy) when chow time rolls around south of the border.

The savvy traveler: Tips of the trade

You booked a direct flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta, but two hours out of LAX they’re getting ready to land at Denver. Is there some kind of problem? “Nope,” says the flight attendant, “we always stop at Denver on this run.” What’s going on…this is a direct flight, isn’t it?

This week's Boomer Alley video:

“Marc explains the difference between Collections and Clutter.”

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February, 2012 Issue