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The Many Faces of Cairo
Conversations with strangers from Al-Azhar Mosque to Zamalek
Oct 20 • Stina Gustafsson
Would You Like the Insurance?
Notes from renting cars around the world
Oct 13 • Scott Monaco

September 2026

Now Officially Our Concern Is the Plants
Looking for brown bears in Japan’s Shiretoko National Park, but not too hard
Sep 29 • Scott Monaco
Seasoned Traveler
Nobody robs a seasoned traveler on the bus to La Fortuna
Sep 22 • Trey Erwin
Read Your Way Through South Africa
10 Books to Inspire and Inform
Sep 15 • Scott Monaco
Stop Gatekeeping Places You Went To
On travel, social media, and pulling the ladder up behind you.
Sep 8 • Scott Monaco
City of the Sacred Tooth
Buddhist New Year in Sri Lanka's mountain capital.
Sep 1 • Brad Yonaka

August 2026

What Are All Your Photos For?
Every dead letter had been intended for someone.
Aug 19 • Scott Monaco
Flying to Kaieteur Falls
Guyana's single-drop waterfall is one of the biggest on earth, and almost everyone who reaches it arrives by light aircraft.
Aug 11 • Scott Monaco
What Your Euro Summer Destination Says About You
A definitive and mostly unfair guide.
Aug 5 • Scott Monaco

July 2026

Twelve Dollars & Twelve Years Later
On the world's best airline and what is left of it
Jul 28 • Scott Monaco
Drive Like an Egyptian
On the road through southern Egypt (Way-oh, way-oh)
Jul 16 • Scott Monaco
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