AFAR – September 2019

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AFAR.COM

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FOUNDER’S NOTE

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FROM THE EDITOR

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TRAVEL HAPPINESS

SURVEY

We asked, you

answered. Here’s

how and why

travel makes AFAR

readers happy.

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CONTRIBUTORS

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JUST BACK FROM

Off the coast of

Thailand, an AFAR

staffer tries to swim

with the sharks.

Wander

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SIMPLE

PLEASURES

Six hotels around

the world prove

that sometimes

less is more.

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HOW TO TRAVEL

HAPPIER

Happiness experts

share how to cultivate

joy before, during, and

after your next trip.

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A ROAD MAP TO

HAPPINESS

Canadians do what

in canoes? Plus four

other ways countries

find bliss.

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DISNEY FOR

GROWN-UPS

Ditch the mouse ears.

Try the macarons.

September/October 2019

Connect

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WORKSHOP

In a medieval Swiss

town, the historic art of

mechanical timekeep-

ing keeps on ticking.

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ESSAY

Best-selling novelist

Jacqueline Winspear

dishes on how she

made her BTFF: Best

Travel Friend Forever.

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RESIDENT

A Bahamas native

taps into the islands’

creative energy.

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SPIN THE GLOBE

Spain rekindles

Mira T. Lee’s love

of late nights and

quiet moments.

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FEAST

Tokyo cafés elevate

the art of making cof-

fee—and have inspired

a U.S. empire.

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