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Simon Willis

  • Contributor, Fortune
  • Partner, Project Bazan
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I Drove California’s Central Coast —and These Stylish Motels Were the Highlight of the Road Trip Original

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By Simon Willis
| Travel + Leisure Verified
Skyview Los Alamos’s original sign. Credit: Skyview If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably always thought of motels as a last resort rather than a first choice. I tend to associate them with grim practicality at best—and at worst, with movies like Psycho and No Country for Old Men, in which drab roadside lodgings attract people looking for somewhere to hide.
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California Cool

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By Simon Willis
| Travel + Leisure Verified
IF YOU’RE anything like me, you’ve probably always thought of motels as a last resort rather than a first choice. I tend to associate them with grim practicality at best—and at worst, with movies like Psycho and No Country for Old Men, in which drab roadside lodgings attract people looking for somewhere to hide.
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This New Train Is Making It Easier To Explore Remote Corners Of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

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By Simon Willis
| Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia Verified
Dawn was breaking over the lagoon when I looked down and saw one of the oldest life forms on earth. It wasn’t much to look at. Lumpy, white, and sitting just below the surface of the water, it resembled an overgrown cauliflower. But its appearance notwithstanding, this was one of the most remarkable objects I had ever encountered. “It’s called a stromatolite,” my burly and ebullient guide, Edwin Ruiz, explained as he nursed his flask of morning coffee.
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