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A Last Look at the Great American Roadtrip www.compassandfork.com

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What are the Best Plantations to Visit Near Charleston?

Southern plantations have a unique spot in American history. To learn about this era, a visit to one of the local plantations near Charleston is a great starting point. Plantations were large farms or tracts of land specializing in one crop. This is in contrast to a farm of the same time period where a family grew a variety of crops. Due to the size of many plantations they relied not on family labor but on external workers. During the … Read More

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Charleston Today and Its Role in the Fascinating History of the South

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We arrived in Charleston today just in time to join a walking tour of this historic southern city. As part of our road trip through the Southern USA, Charleston was one of the cities we were really looking forward to visiting. It has received a lot of recent media accolades including: the World’s Best City by Travel +Leisure, the #1 city in the USA by Conde Nast Traveler and we’ve seen reports everywhere of the fantastic, Low Country food in … Read More

5 Fantastic Bucketlist Destinations that Live up to the Hype

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A bucketlist, a travel wish list, or just places you have always dreamed of going- whatever you want to call it, you often wonder if having dreamt of visiting for years if it really is going to live up to its reputation. Are some of these iconic, bucketlist destinations really worth all the hype? Well this list of five we have visited in the past couple of years definitely do deliver. Despite the crowds, the cost and sometimes the travel … Read More

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The Best of Louisville Complete with Baseball, Bourbon and more!

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Louisville? Yes Louisville! If you haven’t been there or haven’t been there recently, it’s time for a visit the best of Louisville. And if you like baseball or bourbon, then you definitely need to go. Recently included in US News and World Reports list of the top 12 weekend getaways and one of Travel + Leisure “best places to travel” there is a lot to see and do in Louisville. So we decided to go see what the fuss was … Read More

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A Sensational Stopover in Los Angeles

Many flights go through Los Angeles, especially on the way to or from Australia and New Zealand, as well as Asia. Well rather than just passing through LAX airport, how about stopping for a couple of days and checking out Los Angeles? What to Do in Los Angeles Most people have some idea of what they would like to do in Los Angeles from watching movies and television. But you are not going to have time to see everything in … Read More

Luang Prabang in Laos – You Will Never Want to Leave www.compassandfork.com

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The 2016 Retrospective: A Look at a Wonderful Year

A Great Year of Food, Drink and Travel: the Compass & Fork 2016 Year in Review I have always found it a useful exercise to do the year in review and have a think about the New Year. When I was younger this used to happen twice a year, once before the start of the school year and then at the end of the calendar year. I must admit it is a rhythm that continues to this day despite the … Read More