High Points, Low Points, and the Perfect Trip

Greetings from the open road. I'm in what I call real Africa all week, having fun exploring two new countries.

Condé Nast Traveler publishes a feature called “The Perfect Trip Every Time.” It's a good headline, but I wonder about the subtext: is it really possible to have a perfect trip where nothing goes wrong? I take at least twelve overseas trips a year, and none of them are ever perfect ...

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