Author name: Jenny Allen

I still remember my first trip to Cape Town when my 16-year-old self declared with quiet conviction that the sky here was the bluest I had ever seen. In fact, I called it bluer than blue. I still believe that to be true. The sun, the sky and the colors hit differently in Cape Town.

As you drive into the Thar Desert in northwestern India, a shimmering golden city rises up like a mirage, its massive, sandcastle-like fort looming large on the horizon. Welcome to Jaisalmer, perhaps the most enchanting city in Rajasthan. Jaisalmer’s 12th-century fort has stood the test of time, as have the many families and businesses that

Roughly half of the country’s international tourists land in Bali, but Indonesia is so much more than one enticing island.  One day, you can be strolling beneath the glistening skyscrapers of a modern city; the next, climbing the freezing-cold summit of a puffing volcano or beating through tropical rainforests in search of orangutans or tigers. You can start

East Africa is the true spiritual home of the safari. It’s also the best place to watch wildlife on the planet. It was here in East Africa that the world first fell in love with the continent’s wildlife and wild places, with the magic of its landscapes, and with its people. Nothing captures that magic

Brazil is a vast country – the largest nation in South America, in fact – and it serves up a treasure trove of diverse travel experiences. Rainforests full of wildlife, sprawling wetlands, legendary beaches and some of the liveliest cities in the Americas all make for spectacular stops on your itinerary. But before you go,

With an unmatched abundance of Unesco World Heritage sites, diverse scenery ranging from some of Europe’s highest peaks to the turquoise waters of the southern coasts, and an endless list of regional cuisines to taste, planning an Italian adventure can easily get overwhelming. Add to the mix a variety of dialects – both spoken and

Genoa is often missed on today’s sweeping Italy itineraries. It wasn’t always so. In the 1500s this port city in northwest Italy was one of the richest places in Europe, and a powerful maritime republic. Today, its magnificence remains – everywhere you step are swaggering Renaissance palaces and striking Baroque churches. Sometimes it seems the

A momentous chapter in the history of the USA, the Civil Rights Movement is more than one contained narrative. Instead, it unfolded as a series of episodes – and continues to unfold to this day. Some of the movement’s most important moments, from the beautiful (marchers moving forward, hand in hand, in Selma, Alabama) to