Contributing writer

Norma Meyer

Norma Meyer has been a Los Angeles-based journalist for more than 30 years. She worked two decades as a staff reporter for Copley News Service, covering everything from the O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson trials to the Oscars. She's also written about her travels to all seven continents.

A walking tour through millennia-old UNESCO cultural sites in the Puglia region is a feast for the eyes — and the stomach.

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Travel: Hoofing it around cultural sites in the heel of Italy’s boot

October 25, 2023 at 12:53 p.m.

A walking tour through millennia-old UNESCO cultural sites in the Puglia region is a feast for the eyes — and the stomach.

A visit high above the Arctic Circle includes a stop in Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on Earth.

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Travel: Norway’s far north is a land of trolls, midnight sun and polar bears

August 16, 2023 at 9:38 a.m.

A visit high above the Arctic Circle includes a stop in Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on Earth.

The adults-only Paradero Hotel, which offers nature hikes, massages and cleansing rituals, has been called 'the anti Cabo.'

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Travel: This Baja resort with ‘brutalist’ architecture boasts its own shaman

July 5, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.

The adults-only Paradero Hotel, which offers nature hikes, massages and cleansing rituals, has been called 'the anti Cabo.'

Visitors throng to the area to see the annual migration of a half million birds.

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Travel: Sandhill cranes rule the roost in Nebraska each spring

May 2, 2023 at 11:33 a.m.

Visitors throng to the area to see the annual migration of a half million birds.

Nearly 90% of flora and fauna is unique to the island nation off the coast of Africa, including 112 species of lemur.

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Travel: Madagascar boasts plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth

April 13, 2023 at 12:13 p.m.

Nearly 90% of flora and fauna is unique to the island nation off the coast of Africa, including 112 species of lemur.

A visit to the historic Canadian city also includes spending the night in a First Nation people's longhouse and exploring 17th century buildings.

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Travel: An ice hotel in Quebec is a cool place to stay

February 15, 2023 at 11:03 a.m.

A visit to the historic Canadian city also includes spending the night in a First Nation people's longhouse and exploring 17th century buildings.

If you can't make it to Rovaniemi, Finland, which bills itself as 'the Official Hometown of Santa Claus,' there are several yuletide locales in the U.S.

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Travel: These Santa Claus-themed cities celebrate Christmas all year

December 7, 2022 at 9:22 a.m.

If you can't make it to Rovaniemi, Finland, which bills itself as 'the Official Hometown of Santa Claus,' there are several yuletide locales in the U.S.

Banff and its surroundings boast amazing vistas, snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes — and even a merman.

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Travel: A trip to the Canadian Rockies will elevate your senses

October 20, 2022 at 9:44 a.m.

Banff and its surroundings boast amazing vistas, snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes — and even a merman.

To reach the remote destination in French Polynesia, you sail 1,000 miles from Tahiti aboard a ship that delivers supplies to the six inhabited islands in the 12-island chain.

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Travel: A journey to the Marquesas will immerse you in island spirits

August 23, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

To reach the remote destination in French Polynesia, you sail 1,000 miles from Tahiti aboard a ship that delivers supplies to the six inhabited islands in the 12-island chain.

A tour of the river's basin brings a traveler up close and personal with piranha, caimans, wooly monkeys, anacondas and a tiny frog whose skin emits deadly toxins.

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Travel: How you can explore the Amazon rainforest by boat

July 27, 2022 at 4:04 p.m.

A tour of the river's basin brings a traveler up close and personal with piranha, caimans, wooly monkeys, anacondas and a tiny frog whose skin emits deadly toxins.

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