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Attention independent travelers: Stop being so stubborn. You need a guide more than you think you do

Songkran Festival 2013: World's biggest water fight

Thailand kicks off its most popular festival over the weekend; death toll alarmingly high due to drunk driving accidents

Tyler Stableford takes risks in glacier caves, mountain ridges and remote locations so we can gasp at scenes like these

National Geo photog obsessively covers 27 of the world's most hyper-arid landscapes

Photojournalist Alison Wright doesn't just travel the world -- she reveals its inner beauty with every image she publishes

Berlin somberly commemorates 80 years since Hitler's rise to power