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Spotlight on B.C.
As all eyes turn to British Columbia, Globe Travel takes you to the province's best destinations
![Andrea Green sent us this photo, taken outside of Kihei, Maui at a luau at sunset. Andrea says Maui is the perfect place for couples to get away and spend some quality time together.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00483/v_99717_76337_ro_483341gm-c.jpg)
Your pics
More of your most romantic destinations
Is there a place that's close to your heart? Share your best photos of romantic trips and we'll publish our favourites on globeandmail.com
Urban Studies: The best of city travel
Rio's high life
As Carnival kicks off, hip Cariocas are heading to the hills – specifically to high-end restaurants and quiet patios in Santa Teresa
Road Work: A weekly look at business travel
When screening makes you scream
When airport security personnel asks flyers to put their hands down their pants, something has to change
2010 Winter Games
Escape from Vancouver
As the rest of the world comes to town, thousands of locals are fleeing the Olympic extravaganza. Find out where they'll relax during the Games
Where to mark Chinese New Year
Feeling lucky? Here's how to celebrate the Year of the Tiger
Culinary tourism: Belgium
Chocolate, beer or sex? You don't have to choose
In Brussels, the chocolate is so good, eating it is a sensual experience. Here you can have your ganache and drink with it too
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First Nations art
First Nations art, inside and out
From the airport to northern villages, vibrant colours and carvings catch the eye
![Totems in the Kitselas Canyon National Historic Site.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00459/t-native30tr9_459783gm-d.jpg)
The Hungry Traveller
Have a delicious flight
WestJet lifts airplane food standards with tasty local sandwiches
![Airplane food? It is now, since WestJet started buying from Spolumbo’s of Calgary.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00459/t-westjet30tr2_459348gm-d.jpg)
Tripping
A few coins for a precious memory
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In the aftermath
Helping Haiti
After the earthquake, the beach takes a backseat and kinship flourishes for travellers in the Dominican Republic
![Volunteers and Red Cross aides gathered at the fire station in Cabrera.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00447/t-haiti_447909gm-d.jpg)
Road Work: A weekly look at business travel
How to haggle with hotels
What's a hotel room worth? These days, it depends how hard you're willing to bargain
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Travel
Where to travel in 2010
Forget the ‘staycation': This is the year that travel makes a comeback. From remote destinations such as Laos and Nicaragua to grand events such as the Winter Olympics in Vancouver
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Decoding the decade
How we travelled then, how we travel now
Hello electronic tickets, GPS devices, packed lunches...goodbye printed tickets, guide books, airplane food
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Kamloops to Revelstoke
Searching for deep B.C. powder
For killer views and thigh-screaming excitement, Globe Sports editor Tom Maloney heads into the B.C. Interior – where the lineups are sparse and the snow is deep
![Revelstoke is the final destination in our roundup
of the best off-the-beaten-path ski hills in B.C.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00356/ski_356108gm-d.jpg)
The sun issue
All-inclusive luxury
Forget karaoke and bland buffets. On the Riviera Maya, a new class of hotels serves up oysters, spa treatments and free golf
![Suites in the all-inclusive Grand Velas are spacious; the restaurants are strictly à la carte.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00344/t-maya_344568gm-d.jpg)
Adventure travel
Thrills and chills: Diving in Nunavik
In freezing Hudson Bay, Inuit divers teach search-and-rescue workers – and gutsy tourists – how to survive under water
![The town of Puvirnituq has only 1,500 people, but as the local tourism headquarters, it boasts a state-of-the-art dive shop.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00270/diving10tr4_270969gm-d.jpg)
The Year of Infamy
Bad trips
Every traveller hits bumps, but some create their own turbulence: bringing a baby alligator on the plane or getting into a high-altitude fight over a boyfriend. Douglas McArthur rounds up the year’s worst travel missteps
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Q&A
Your H1N1 travel questions answered
What you need to know to stay healthy while travelling this winter
![A traveller wears a mask upon his return to Toronto's Pearson airport on April 26, 2009, after spending four days in Mexico City.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00120/H1N1_flu_precaut_120262gm-d.jpg)
Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 years later
Berlin's love affair with freedom
When the Wall fell, artists packed up their paintbrushes and headed for Berlin. Now they're returning for the anniversary celebrations
![The Wall, as it appeared earlier this week. Artists have returned to Berlin to touch up the murals they painted in 1989.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100212170459im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00293/t-berlin24tr3_293999gm-d.jpg)
Video
A Globe and Mail odyssey
From Istanbul's stunning mosques to an exlusive concert by Nikki Yanofsky at Ephesus to an unfettered view of Michelangelo's David, sail through the Mediterranean with photographer Peter Power
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