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Our recent seven-day Mexican Riviera cruise
on Holland America’s Koningsdam was unlike
any of the 35 others we’ve enjoyed over the
years. For the first time, the itinerary wasn’t
the draw.

40 RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE

Dana Somayaji was brimming with nearly
two decades of anticipation as she stepped
aboard Holland America’s Konigsdam in San
Diego last October for the Legendary
Rhythm & Blues Cruise.

48 CRUISING SOUTHBOUND

This past October we completed our first Holland
America cruise, 14 nights from charming Quebec City
to Fort Lauderdale aboard the Nieuw Statendam.
56 ON THE RIGHT TRACK

Travel is always an adventure these days, so getting to
Quebec City from California to begin our Holland-
America cruise to Florida presented some unique
problems you can't plan for.
60 WINDSTAR

I relaxed in a jet tub at the stern of the
600-foot-long, five-masted Wind Surf
sailing ship and watched the Amalfi Coast
slide by as the sun sank below the western
horizon.

Amy Laughinghouse

London-based writer and photographer Amy Laughinghouse has attempted
to overcome her fears (and sometimes basic common sense) through her ad-
ventures in 30 countries around the world. She dishes on the perks and per-
ils of globetrotting for publications like LonelyPlanet.com, AAA Journey
Magazine, Virtuoso Life, and The Dallas Morning News. Her travel tales can
also be found on her website, www.amylaughinghouse.com.

Jody Jaffe & John MuncieMuncie

Jody and John are award-winning journalists and novelists. John is a Lowell
Thomas Award-Winner and was feature editor of The San Diego Union-Tri-
bune, arts editor of The Baltimore Sun and writer-editor-columnist for the
travel department of The Los Angeles Times. Jody was a journalist at the
Charlotte Observer, where she was on a team that won the Pulitzer Prize.
Her articles have been published in many publications including The New
York Times and The Los Angeles Times. They live on a farm in Lexington, Va.

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