In the April 2003 Print Edition

Islands of the Fittest: Writer Matthew Chapman, a direct descendant of Charles Darwin, explores the Galápagos Islands to find out what might become of this remote animal sanctuary—where his great-great-grandfather's theory of evolution first took root—in light of modern-day pressures. Online: A Web-exclusive photo gallery.

Fun on the Rocks: Traveler senior editor Sheila Feldman Buckmaster heads to Malta, an island 60 miles south of Italy that she first visited 30 years ago during a college semester abroad. Online: A Web-exclusive photo gallery.

Place of a Lifetime—Bhutan: Writer Michael Hawley—who has been a creative digital pioneer at Lucasfilm, NeXT, and at the MIT Media Lab as a professor—writes about his favorite getaway, which he discovered while working on a Friendly Planet project.

Acadia National Park: Writer Simon Worrall bikes old-fashioned carriage roads to explore Maine's charming national park.

Insider's Toronto: Toronto Life associate editor Olivia Stren writes about the best off-the-tourist-track attractions, restaurants, hotels, and shopping in Canada's largest metropolis. Plus: a wine country road map.