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By: Aaron Bardo “FIJI Time” Beyond the windows, I saw nothing but darkness. I checked my watch; it was just past 4 a.m. All around me heads unconsciously slouched at a 45-degree angle. I rubbed my neck. Sleeping on planes is never fun unless reality is destined by those dreams. The Fiji of my subconscious [...]

Located at the base of Oak Creek Canyon Sedona is renowned for its stunning red buttes and monoliths, as well as its surrounding lush forests. Sedona is located in both Coconino and Yavapai Counties and is completely surrounded by the Coconino National Forest. Sedona has become a center for traditional and contemporary arts and offers [...]

Get a copy of the spring issue for more great features! The Hung-over Photographer (Lake Tahoe, New Year’s 2012) By: Michael Keel It is New Year’s morning and I woke up feeling as if I had been walking the desert plains for twelve months. Spinning and swaying, I tilted my head underneath the spout drinking [...]

Words and Photos by Elaine Chernov I remember the exact moment when I reached the end of the idealized “Eurotrip” version of Europe and was entering into the more sobering part of my travels. I had just taken the S-bahn to a hostel in East Berlin, where I met my host, who showed me to [...]

Tel Aviv by Danielle Grossman  Photos by Maya Chayot It’s thought of as one of the most dangerous places to live in the world, but through the eyes of a student, resident and journalist, it is far from that. I stepped off the plane and walked through the airport in complete awe. I had never [...]

Reset Your Soul Black Hills, South Dakota Words and Photos by Leslie Laabs “South Dakota… What’s in South Dakota?” No matter what, this is the response I get whenever I mention my desire to be there. For over three years, I’d been just itching to go to South Dakota, even though it meant a lot [...]

Words and Photos By: Aaron Bardo *The full travel feature is available in the Fall 2011 issue of WHOA Magazine available in stores Oct. 11. The next day we woke up lazily around ten, just in time for breakfast’s last call. We ate some hardy eggs on Anadama and slices of apple kuchen accompanied by [...]