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* Hotwire.com *****
Hotwire.com offers flexible leisure travelers a quick and easy way to get better deals on airline tickets, hotel reservations and car rentals. For all your travel needs at a good -- no, a GREAT -- price. [More]

24 hours in. . .Paris: Architecture, Literature and Glorious Chocolate *
High-end, low-end, all around the town! Herein the best that Paris has to offer, all condensed into a mere 100 metres. [More]

A chilling, thrilling gourmet experience: Iceland's Food & Fun Festival ****
There is nothing better than joining friends for fabulous food and wine when the weather is freezing outside. [More]

Beary Important News *
Polar Bears are showing up near Alaska's Point Barrow in unusually high numbers! [More]

Cosy Up to a Hot Spring *
When you're outdoors in winter and want to get warm right to the core of your being, set your sights on a hot spring. A soak in one of BC's 85 thermally-heated springs is guaranteed to drive out the stubbornest chill. [More]

Evalu8.org's Travel Tips online resources *
Where-to-find-it resources online, for everything about travel, from time-shares to travel insurance. . . [More]

Garber Gastronomic: Imhoff-Stollwerck Chocolate Museum in Cologne *
We had the privilege to have a grand tour of the Imhoff-Stollwerck Museum in Cologne last October, when we visited the city for a giant food show called ANUGA. [More]

Hrvatska (Croatia): Here We Come *
We were unaware that a rising tide had carried us a full 100 yards from the ladder exit. . . [More]

Hunt for Billy the Kid continues *
The state of New Mexico is lending its 21st-century crime-fighting resources to determine once and for all whether Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881 or lived to a ripe old age in Texas. [More]

Incredible India -- For Body, Mind & Soul *****
We have discovered an India today that offers not only tremendous travel deals, but also suggests possibilities you may never have considered. [More]

India Tourism: Wildlife ****
The Indian peninsula is a continent in itself, whose geographical diversity has encouraged the flourishing of a whole range of wildlife with over 350 species of mammals and 1200 species of birds in the country. Two of India's most impressive animals, the Bengal/Indian tiger and the Asiatic elephant are found in most regions. [More]

L'Europe à 50 $ par jour, et des toilettes propres! *
Au cours des dernières années, nous sommes parvenus à prolonger nos voyages en Europe en séjournant dans une chaîne d'hôtel à rabais novatrice appelée Formule 1. [More]

Linus Blankets St. Paul ****
Charles Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip that graced the pages of newspaper comics around the world for 50 years and was further popularized on a number of television specials, would be thrilled that his characters are still generating adoration. [More]

Malaysia: State Mull Tourist Rules *
Terengganu's state government came under the control of the fundamentalist Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party in 1999. The party has since tried, with varying degrees of success, to restrict alcohol and separate the sexes, and is now turning its attention to tourists. [More]

Monty Python fans flock to castle *
Strange things happen to many travellers while they roam the dark passages and chambers of Doune Castle. They are overcome with the irresistible urge to say silly things like "Bring out your dead!" and "We are the knights who say Ni!" [More]

Northern exposure: Yukon and the Dempster Highway *
TERESA EARLE travels beyond the tourist-friendly outposts of Whitehorse and Dawson City in search of the authentic Yukon experience. Meanwhile, MIKE CURRIE goes the distance on the rugged, 750-kilometre Dempster Highway, encountering grizzlies, wolves and plenty of flat tires along the way [More]

Recent Developments: The SPAM Museum! *
Author:photo essay by Anne Garber
One of the truly serendipitous discoveries of our road trip across I-90 in 2002 was the recently opened 16,500 square-foot SPAM Museum, in Austin, MN. This is the town where George A. Hormel started his meat-processing empire in 1891. [More]

Sideshow: Harry the Hat goes home *
Voodoo dolls, spell kits, gris-gris bags -- this is what most folks recognize as New Orleans-style magic. But that was before Harry the Hat set up shop in the French Quarter with a very different bag of tricks. [More]

The White Desert's weird towers *
Local guides lead visitors into this bizarre Egyptian region, where the ground is covered in limestone or hard white chalk [More]

The Yankee Chick’s Survival Guide to Texas *****
I read Sophie Dembling’s travel columns religiously even before I was a travel-writer. The best tip I ever got about traveling light came from her. She said when traveling, she wears her socks one side out the first day, and then turns them inside out the next day. Tips like this can cut your underwear usage in half. So the first time I met Sophie, I looked discreetly at her socks. Was it day one or day two, I wondered. [More]

Train companies' movie scenes lure for passengers *
Train companies are turning to the movies to lure more people back to the railways. The companies have launched a new website offering film fans the chance to visit famous movie locations by train. [More]

Vancouver has a vintage tall ship to call its own *
Time of Yore Cruises is Vancouver's only vintage Tall Ship Cruise company offering exclusive West Coast B.C. tours [More]

Water Game Director's letter from Portugal *
A "diary" of sorts: "i’ve always wanted to write one of these, but it’s taken me some time to work up the courage to attempt to write something that will live up to the high standards of those emails sent by such luminaries in the johnny b array of acquaintances as elin sigurdson while she was in southeast asia and then australia, greg werker while he was in europe and ian beaty while he was in germany." [More]

Writers seeking solitude... *
Have we got a deal for you...! [More]

Wyoming's weird, wild Adobe Town *
This spectacular desert park beckons scrappy adventurers [More]

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Calgary Insider: Beyond the Stampede *
As Calgary gears up for the annual madness of its world-famous rodeo, The Globe's DAWN WALTON and PATRICK BRETHOUR explore the places that only locals know about, from the best breakfast joint in town to a fly-fishing spot in the middle of the city [More]

Compact Peters World Atlas (Keyes review) *****
All of us have spent so many years blithely using atlases without considering their promiscuous use of scale that the subtitle of this new atlas by the Hammond Company -- "The Earth in True Proportion" -- is momentarily difficult to grasp. [More]

Down the drain in Paris *
I had to go to Paris last week, for six reasons, some better than others. [More]

Fate of historic bridges depends on fickle winds *
The fate of about a dozen historic railway bridges near Kelowna, B.C., hangs in the balance Friday as firefighters in the region enjoy an unexpected spell of low winds. [More]

San Francisco street fair celebrates 30th birthday *
From non-stop outdoor dancing pavilions to outdoor art fair Sugar Valley, San Francisco's Castro Street Fair has become a local institution, attracting thousands of revellers each year. This year's eclectic musical entertainment will range from the surf band the Aqua Velvets to the sounds of The Ethel Merman Experience. Best of all, it's for a good cause: The fair generates funds for charities that are important to the Castro Community. [More]

The Joys of Smalltown BC *
While we all enjoy the myriad attractions of large cities, there's a lot to be said for visiting the quieter side of life. As well as being laid-back, these ten towns and villages hold surprises as diverse as stunning beaches and astounding artworks. [More]

Vacations on two wheels *
For Ontario cycling fans, destinations abound [More]