You know, the kinds of gadgets you'd love to travel with into the past simply to blow people's primitive minds.

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But that's just the latest example of the travel industry's love affair with the tablet device.

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My love of travel began with childhood visits to Mexican ruins and beaches, and I feel the U.S. is fortunate, not cursed, to be so close to a place that offers jungles, deserts, volcanoes, beaches, coral reefs, ancient pyramids, living pre-European cultures and some of the world's most satisfying cuisines.

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Through travel, I had fallen in love with the thrill of the new, with the untested border.

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In the 20th century rail travel languished as Americans fell in love with cars and interstate highways.

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Is air travel poised to recover along with the economy, or are the British falling out of love with flying?

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