Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 02-03-2010
Reflections on Chile; news of current conditions
I created this blog in Santiago, Chile, during the 1996 Society of American Travel Writers convention there. The earliest posts are about the Santiago-Valparaiso area more or less in the center of this long skinny country, Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia in the far south and fascinating Easter Island (Isla de Pascua in Spanish) 2,300 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Natural disasters (and man-made ones too) are heart-wrenching to begin with, but learning of tragendies in places I have visited adds a special poignancy.
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Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 01-03-2010
Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 01-03-2010
Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 28-02-2010
Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 27-02-2010
Stas Horency, right, and Jeff Karolski man the kitchen Friday at the fish fry at Holy Trinity Polish National Catholic Church in Canton Township, Pa. (Scott Beveridge photo)
A coworker walked past my desk this afternoon and said, “Whatever you are eating smells good. It’s making me hungry.”
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Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 27-02-2010
Western towns will benefit if sites are federally protected
An internal memo about more than a dozen natural areas considered for possible National Monument designation has surfaced. The areas that the Department of Interior is studying for management and protection by the National Park Service or other federal agency reported are:
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Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 26-02-2010
Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 24-02-2010
The author known as Sapphire, center, poses with members of the Black Student Union at California University of Pennsylvania, from left, Ronald Taylor, Ashley Munoz-Briggs, Marquia Parnell and Melinda Quinerly. (Scott Beveridge photo/Cal U. backdrop)
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Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 24-02-2010
Japan’s ANA is introducing them on long flights. A good idea or not?
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Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 22-02-2010
California University of Pennsylvania President Angelo Armenti Jr. and his wife, Barbara, pose in this publicity stunt to help sell raffle tickets for a 2010 Harley-Davidson Road King in the school’s colors of red and black. The fundraiser to benefit student scholarships is sponsored by the Industrial Arts and Technology Education Alumni Society, with the winner determined by the May 3, 2010, 4-digit Pennsylvania Lottery drawing. More info: www.cal-ia-te-alumni.org (Photo: Cal U.) Read the rest of this entry »
