The New York Times Style Magazine - Travel Winter 2012 - Nicaragua Rising (Karlie Kloss Goes Into The Wild)

The winter travel issue of T kicks off in Nicaragua, where the model Karlie Kloss explores the country's charms before the rest of the jet set arrives. Then it's off to Baja, Mexico, for a sybaritic tour of wineries and restaurants tucked into one of the country's most stunning landscapes. The unique music scene of Okinawa, Japan, gets a moment in the spotlight, as do the curious passions of Cologne, Germany, and the stylish new offerings of London's Covent Garden. The writer Joyce Maynard takes a nostalgic trip back to her New England stomping grounds, and the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola makes a family pilgrimage to his ancestral home of Bernalda, Italy (the site of his latest hotel). Plus, T offers up its first-ever guide to taking a cruise, from off-track itineraries to over-the-top staterooms.