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Day of the Dead. It's a Party.

OAXACA, Mexico – An American visiting Oaxaca this week discovers that Dia de los Muertos is a cause for raucous celebration.

Night Falls in Africa

OUAGANDOUGOU, Burkina Faso – My friends and I wanted to hear some music and drink some beer because we wanted to chill a bit after the previous night's exorcism.

I Want Chinese for Breakfast

SHANGHAI, China – An American discovers the ultimate, life-redefining breakfast in China. Now how can he recreate it back home in New York?

Humbled by the King of Fruit

GEYLANG, Singapore – She finds the world's stinkiest piece of fruit. And then eats it. On purpose. What the hell was she thinking?

Chance Encounter at Anne Frank House

AMSTERDAM, Holland – She was struggling to keep it together. She remembered reading Anne's diary when she was young, longing for a happy ending.

Fathom Questionnaire: Rima Suqi

Bizarre travel rituals: When in a fancy hotel, I always send myself a note on their stationery telling myself how lucky I am. I travel because I am easily bored.

Love Letter: The St. Regis Florence

FLORENCE, Italy – The location, the antiques, the canopy over the bed, the trattoria around the corner, the very grand Italianness of it all. Who wouldn't fall in love? 

Fathom Questionnaire: Berit Baugher

Weirdest thing seen on travels: An Italian farmer wielding a machete, inviting us to follow him to his farm to see his newborn bunnies. The bunnies were very cute.

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