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EcoReport is written and edited by Evelyn Kanter, a professional journalist with a lifetime of experience a magazine and newspaper writer and photographer, radio and television news producer and reporter, and guidebook author and editor -- all focusing on travel, automotive, lifestyle, the environment, and your rights as a consumer.

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More reasons to visit Indianapolis than Super Bowl XLVI and Indy 500

Indianapolis has a lot more to offer than the football and car racing.  Sure, it’s world famous as the site of the Indianapolis 500, and getting worldwide attention as the site of Super Bowl XLVI between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, but that’s just for starters.

Acoma Pottery (c) Evelyn [...]

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US travel to Cuba is easier than you think

Cuba: colorful vintage cars and vintage buildings

Cuba has been forbidden fruit for most Americans since the 1960s.  But it’s easier to visit Cuba — legally — with a US Passport than you think, and part of the reason the New York Times names Cuba, especially Havana, one of the 45 places to [...]

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My drive across Libya, from Tripoli to Benghazi

Roman ruins at Leptis Magna, Libya, near Tripoli

The capture of dictator Mummar Qaddafi by Libyan rebels brings an end to the brutal 42-year regime of a true madman.  The news also has me remembering about the last time I visited Libya.  Actually, it was the only time I visited Libya, just before [...]

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Germany’s other Oktoberfest, in Stuttgart, home of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche

Dirndls and lederhosen at the Stuttgart Oktoberfest

The Canstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart is a smaller version of Munich’s gigantic Oktoberfest, although the suds-fueled merry-making is just as raucuous. When some 5,000 people get together in a tent with mountains of food, rivers of foamy brews and a band encouraging sing-a-longs, it is just [...]

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Beetles invade Switzerland for vintage VW rally

Vintage VW rally in Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland this weekend. Photo courtesy of (C) Fabrice Wagner

Europe's largest gathering of vintage VW Beetles in the Swiss Alps. Photo courtesy (C) Fabrice Wagner

by Evelyn Kanter

The crystal-clear air of the Swiss Alps is a perfect place for a gathering of air-cooled vintage VW [...]

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Lexus, Infiniti introduce new models at Pebble Beach Concours vintage car event

Until now, car makers have introduced new models at the world’s major auto shows, Frankfurt (September), Los Angeles (November), Tokyo (also November) Detroit (January), Paris (February) and New York (April), to headlines from gathered media, followed by crowds of the car buying public.  Lexus and Infiniti are breaking the mold by introducing two important [...]

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