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Road Trip Advice for the Iceland Ring Road

Tim — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:12:11 +0000

In the time since we launched Perceptive Travel and I wrote about Iceland in a feature story back in 2009, the country has positively blown up. I was there on a press trip because they were trying to promote tourism in Reykjavik, which seems quaint now because they’re overloaded with tourists. So if I were going there now, I’d rent a car and head north from the capital, hitting highlights along the Iceland Ring Road on my own schedule, getting the timing right so I avoid the throngs clumped around places that are easy to reach from Reykjavik. We’ve actually

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The Best Rum Destinations in the Caribbean for Travelers

Tim — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:08:04 +0000

Although rum is a cocktail staple now, its history isn’t nearly as long as whiskey, vodka, or gin. It is closely tied to colonial times in the Americas, when sailing ship trade was brisk between the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. Sugar started making it into desserts and rum started making it into glasses in the early 1700s. While many countries produce the spirit now, the original Caribbean locations where it started are still the best rum destinations. Most of these places you’d go to sample rum at its source are islands, places like Barbados, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Martinique.

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Scotland’s Archaeology: 5 Ways To Discover Within Scotland And Beyond

Kerry Dexter — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:02:19 +0000

Investigate, inform, inspire: those words could easily describe travel plans, whatever the focus and where ever you are going. They are also the words Archaeology Scotland often uses to describe its mission. What is archaeology about? What do archaeologists do, anyway? Knowing about archaeology can be a great way to enhance and add perspective… Archaeology is about the many ways of learning about how people lived and what they did in the past. That learning takes place from the study of material objects, from seeds to buildings, from coins to road ways. Archaeologists search for, discover these things and share

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A Few Popular and Unusual Things to Do in Kuala Lumpur

Tim — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:06:58 +0000

I just made my second visit to Kuala Lumpur, but I can’t tell you much about the first one because it was way back in the 1990s when I was a young backpacker and our time in the city was short. This time we had two weeks in KL and while smog from burning farm fires in Southeast Asia cut down our outdoor activities list, we still got around. So I’m doing a dump of some popular and unusual things to do in Kuala Lumpur. The biggest city in Malaysia, and its capital, doesn’t get a whole lot of love

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3 Cities for Cycling on Car-Free Streets

Laura Byrne Paquet — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:31:02 +0000

Let me preface this post by saying that you can’t go cycling on car-free streets in Bogota, New York, or Ottawa all of the time. However, all three cities close certain streets to cars on particular days of the week or for big annual events. And that gives visitors and locals alike the fun thrill of biking down major roads, across big bridges and even, in New York’s case, along a freeway—all without worrying about cars. Here’s how you can be among them. Cycling in Ottawa, Canada, on NCC Weekend Bikedays I live in Ottawa, so I’m particularly proud of

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