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Frugal Traveler
Lighter on Laps and Wallets
Lighter on Laps and Wallets
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A shopper looks at the Acer Aspire One PC.

For frugal travelers, the new tiny laptops called netbooks are a godsend. In one minuscule package, you can carry a nearly full-power computer, often without the aid of a power cord.

Choice Tables
The Dubai Melting Pot Is in the Kitchen, Too

For devotees of food from the Arabian-Islamic world, this cosmopolitan city may offer the grandest and most concentrated smorgasbord on the planet.

More Hotels Facing an Uncertain Future

What was a bad situation is likely to turn worse, as more properties are forced into bankruptcy or foreclosure.

On the Road
Looking You Over, With a Shameless Gaze

Now that the T.S.A. is proposing to use whole-body imaging machines to replace airport checkpoint metal detectors, a lot more people are paying attention.

Explorer
Pursuing Belize’s Feathered Treasure

Flamboyant feathered residents like royal flycatchers, olive-throated parakeets, keel-billed toucans and rare scarlet macaws can be spotted in the Cayo District.

America’s Outback: Southern Utah

In the southern region of the state, 1.9 million acres of natural wonders remain almost as unknown and unexplored as when a precocious teenager helped map them in 1872.

36 Hours in Palm Springs, Calif.

After some hard-earned changes, the desert town nestled in the Coachella Valley is becoming a destination for laid-back cool once again.

Surfacing
The Antiques Are Up to Date in London

Once a refuge of dusty knickknacks, Alfies Antique Market in Marylebone has swung toward the modern in recent years, keeping design-seekers ahead of the curve.

Globespotters: Berlin, Hong Kong and Barcelona

From local art in Berlin to dining al fresco in Hong Kong and a Cildo Meireles exhibition in Barcelona, get excerpts from an online travel guide to cities around the world.

Practical Traveler
Bidding Online for Better Deals

A guide to navigating a world of “opaque” Web sites like Priceline.com and Hotwire.com, where prices are undercover.

Bites
Restaurant Review: Local Burger and Fries in Northampton, Mass.

The three-month-old restaurant gets much of its humanely raised beef from local ranches.

Check In, Check Out
Hotel Review: Solage Calistoga in Calistoga, Calif.

The posh prices make it hard to excuse the number of kinks a year after opening, but the staff is eager to please.

Comings and Goings
A Golf Resort in Guatemala

Built on what used to be a coffee plantation, La Reunión Antigua Guatemala, the country’s first golf resort, opened last month.

In Malibu, a Rock Scene Where Hollywood Cameras Roll

The Santa Monica Mountains, which made cameos in “M*A*S*H,” “Iron Man” and “Tarzan Escapes,” offer hundreds of rock-climbing routes.

Learning the Moves Before Hitting the Mountain in Colorado

Woodward at Copper Mountain gives snow-sliders the chance to go airborne by training on artificial ski ramps, foam pits and skate bowls.

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Featured Destination Guides
Travel Q&A; Blog

Side trips out of Berlin.

Escapes

Escapes

The summer rental scene in the Hamptons and New Jersey, rock climbing in Malibu, an outdoor mecca in Oregon, and more.

Globspotters

Reporters share up-to-the-minute tips from around
the globe.

Multimedia
A Paradise of Birds in Belize

The Cayo District offers an avian palette from emerald toucanets to pale-billed woodpeckers.

Southern Utah: The West’s Best-Kept Secret

Canyons yawn and pinnacles sprout in the desert landscape.

Gastronomic Delights in Dubai

A culinary trip from Casablanca to the Khyber Pass.

A Weekend in Palm Springs, Calif.

A cool spot in the desert.

Why We Travel

The Coast of Croatia
“If the wind is good and you’re at full sail, the adrenaline rush is perfect”

Rock Climbing in Malibu

Climbers get an alpine fix on California mountains made famous by Hollywood films.

Activity & Interest Guides

Browse free Times articles.

Kayaking

Kayaking

Canoeing Nebraska’s Niobrara River, rafting in southeastern Utah and more.

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