Travel News and Stories for 10/27/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on October 27th, 2009

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Below is a list of travel news and stories for 10/27/2009

Honduras’ Tourism Minister: "Don’t Visit My Country!"
At a recent tourism convention in El Salvador, the exiled tourism chief provided graphic reasons for not spending your vacation in his country.
http://www.time.com

How do you get an airline to keep its promises?
Last summer, Jennifer Patronis’ father suffered a massive aneurysm and stroke. She immediately booked a round-trip ticket from Athens to Cleveland on Delta Air Lines to be with him. Three months later, he died, leaving her with an unexpected problem: How to get back to Greece, where she lived.
http://www.elliott.org

Winter Hotel Specials That Won’t Leave You Out In The Cold
Looking for a winter getaway that still leaves you with some cash for holiday shopping? Some hotels are offering special winter rates to encourage travel during the off-season. Most of these offers aren’t available during holidays, but they offer a great option for a winter vacation.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Madrid: A Sad Day For The Jet Set As Diane Von Furstenberg Is Robbed In Madrid
Irony! Just when we vouched for the safety of travelers in Madrid last week with our "Bad Rap Cities: Madrid" story, a high-profile woman fell victim over the weekend to the city’s thieves who prey on tourists.
http://www.jaunted.com

New York: Live From Jetblue’s Inaugural Flight To St. Lucia
Oh, and St. Lucia flights one-way will be on sale for $129. Since the pricing is way cheaper than American has been charging to date, can we expect a fare ware on this route? Probably.
http://www.jaunted.com

My terror-filled night as a chainsaw-wielding killer pig at Universal Studios
Wearing a pig mask and dressed in a flowing red satin cloak, I crouched behind a pine tree as I watched my prey approach. I gripped the chainsaw tight in my hand and yanked on the ripcord, the deafening roar splitting the silence of the forest. Like a sprinter, I sprung from the woods and raced toward [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Halloween events, from fun to frightful, in Southern California
What are you doing for Halloween? Don’t be the last one left indecisively standing (or you might turn into a pumpkin). Here, we treat you to a bagful of Southern California options to consider for super-spooky good times. Some are great for the little children; others—like, perhaps, Scareview Farms, from where the above image originates—are [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Feds talk to crew of plane that overshot airport
Federal investigators are interviewing the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Best New Trips in the World: Biking Through British Columbia’s Myra Canyon
For our annual Adventure Travel issue, we scoured the globe to find the 25 Best New Trips in the World for 2010, complete with a Best Trips photo gallery. Today, we present British Columbia. The world’s far corners are now well within reach. British Columbia: The BC High Line Anxious to protect its silver and gold stores,
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

Vagabondish’s Citizen Of The Week
This week’s competitors: the Wyoming lap-dance counterfeiter, the Massachusetts mom who had her son chauffeur her to heroin deliveries, and the Berlin gentleman who robbed a supermarket on his way to a police station interrogation.
http://www.vagabondish.com

War and Pieces: 9 Preserved Bombed-Out WWII Buildings
World War II caused death and destruction on a scale unknown in human history. While the human cost of the war is of course paramount, the loss of property and with it, the cultural heritage of nations must also be considered. These 9 examples of preserved, bombed-out buildings stand, in stark contrast to their successors, as testaments to a war that forever changed the world we live in.
http://weburbanist.com

The Alaskan roadhouse experience
Up Here cites highway improvements and a drop in tourists for the shuttering of so many roadhouses along the Alaska Highway (or "Alcan").
http://www.gadling.com