tour group travel News
- Community news briefs for Sunday, Nov. 23 Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 2:46AMO'side Turkey Trot needs volunteers OCEANSIDE ---- Volunteers are needed to help with the third annual O'side Turkey Trot on Nov. 26 and 27 to help with participant registration, refreshments, timing at the finish line, set-up and clean-up. All volunteers will receive community service hours, food from sponsors and an O'side Turkey Trot volunteer T-shirt.
- John Updikes' 'Witches ...' are back in Eastwick Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 3:03AMEven witches age. If you read the novel 'The Witches of Eastwick' by John Updike or saw the movie which was adapted from the book, Updike's new novel 'The Widows of Eastwick' is the second chapter.
- Examining the neighborhoods Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 3:36AMH-E-B hybrid: aisle be seeing you near West U The new H-E-B store in Bunker Hill reaches for grocery nirvana, the best of all grocery worlds — and its manager confirmed that a smaller version of that “hybrid” concept is slated for development at Buffalo Speedway and Bissonnet Street.
- Unforgettable Egypt: Impressive history and simple pleasures Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 3:53AMYou experience Egypt through all of the senses. Watching the sunrise from a hot-air balloon over the Valley of the Kings, or hearing the sounds of thousands of voices of visitors jostling for entrance to the Egyptian Museum of Cairo linger in the memory. This is not a place for the faint of heart. The odors of wood fires mingle with the odors of exotic flowers, spices, and the unmistakable ...
- Travel books make you glad you stayed home Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 3:58AMFeeling bad that you can't afford a vacation? Travel books with titles like "Don't Go There!" and "I Should Have Stayed Home" may make you feel better. For $15 or so, you'll get a laugh out of vacation horrors that you'll be happy to miss.
- AARP discounts better than nothing Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 4:01AMAARP has recently made some changes in its travel program. For the most part, the best deals are still for hotels and rental cars. AARP's travel discount program features deals with 28 brand names, but that's a bit misleading: 25 of them belong to, or are affiliated with, just three hotel groups.
- Greece Officer Shoots Suspect Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 5:04AMGreece police are crediting an officer with saving a woman's life by shooting a man who was threatening her with a knife.
- Go Away, Give Back Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 2:52AMVoluntourism combines vacations with short-term volunteer projects N ever heard of voluntourism? You will. Driven by the desire to fully experience a destination and to give back to it, more tourists are looking for opportunities to provide a volunteer service while on holiday.
- Charming Punta Cana ups its game Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 5:48AMA new highway, a new airport, and a slew of new resorts, most sporting a casino. Those are the major developments in the Dominican Republic I learned about last month.
- McDonald traveling to Costa Rica Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 5:39AMWhen other students move home from college for summer break Seneca High School graduate Melissa McDonald will be packing her bags for Costa Rica.