Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/travel/ap-features travel Travel Features - AP en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:58 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/travel/ap-features http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100209/capt.41689a6beeb54807bdf580945bc28f8c.travel_trip_wellington_avalanche_ny561.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=j1OVLhEIw3cjlEGqp7MKVw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 30, 2009 photo, the western portal of the long-abandoned Great Northern Railway tunnel beneath Stevens Pass, Wash., is shown. The tunnel ends at what was once the railroad town of Wellington, Wash., where the nation's worst avalanche disaster occurred 100 years ago, when two passenger trains were swept away by a snow slide, killing nearly 100 people. (AP Photo/George Tibbits)" border="0" /></a>AP - This railroad town wasn't much to begin with and now no longer exists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100209/capt.41689a6beeb54807bdf580945bc28f8c.travel_trip_wellington_avalanche_ny561.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=j1OVLhEIw3cjlEGqp7MKVw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Sept. 30, 2009 photo, the western portal of the long-abandoned Great Northern Railway tunnel beneath Stevens Pass, Wash., is shown. The tunnel ends at what was once the railroad town of Wellington, Wash., where the nation's worst avalanche disaster occurred 100 years ago, when two passenger trains were swept away by a snow slide, killing nearly 100 people. (AP Photo/George Tibbits)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour ap_travel/20100208/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour AP travel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:45:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.4ac7243129914ea3b78f21aeeef0cf09.travel_trip_chef_tour_ny558.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ONby0UkOkQeSgZJRQD0jLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This photo taken Jan. 29, 2010 shows City Food Tours guide Nicole Harnett, left, leading participants of the 'In the Steps of a Top Chef' excursion through a part of New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Why take a walking tour inspired by a cable series you've never seen?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.4ac7243129914ea3b78f21aeeef0cf09.travel_trip_chef_tour_ny558.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ONby0UkOkQeSgZJRQD0jLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Jan. 29, 2010 shows City Food Tours guide Nicole Harnett, left, leading participants of the 'In the Steps of a Top Chef' excursion through a part of New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100204/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_cybertrips_hostels ap_travel/20100204/us_travel_cybertrips_hostels AP travel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:34:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100204/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_cybertrips_hostels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100204/capt.735dbfbcbee34437a8b19d2c34401fb5.travel_cybertrips_hostels_ny574.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mmoL_.Rio.jc7AZqEGCgrA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows guests using the living room of Lisbon's Travellers' House hostel. The hostel has been awarded World's Best Hostel 2009 for the second consecutive year by the readers of Hostelworld.com (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dictionaries typically define hostels as inexpensive lodging, usually for young travelers. But Hostelworld.com, a Web site where travelers can book a hostel stay, is trying to change that definition.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100204/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_cybertrips_hostels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100204/capt.735dbfbcbee34437a8b19d2c34401fb5.travel_cybertrips_hostels_ny574.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mmoL_.Rio.jc7AZqEGCgrA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows guests using the living room of Lisbon's Travellers' House hostel. The hostel has been awarded World's Best Hostel 2009 for the second consecutive year by the readers of Hostelworld.com (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival ap_travel/20100203/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival AP travel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:54:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100203/capt.844ac455714842538a7c6a63619a5de3.travel_trip_comedy_festival_ny565.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=kxtfRFVHj8EopDSP8euOgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows filmmaker Michael Moore warms his hands while standing outside of the State Theater in Traverse City, Mich. The theater will host many of the presentations during the 'Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival', Feb. 19-21.(AP Photo/John Flesher)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here's a prescription for curing those midwinter blues: Forget jetting off to Florida or the Caribbean. Instead, spend a long weekend in snowbound, frostbitten northern Michigan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100203/capt.844ac455714842538a7c6a63619a5de3.travel_trip_comedy_festival_ny565.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=kxtfRFVHj8EopDSP8euOgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows filmmaker Michael Moore warms his hands while standing outside of the State Theater in Traverse City, Mich. The theater will host many of the presentations during the 'Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival', Feb. 19-21.(AP Photo/John Flesher)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_distinctive_destination ap_travel/20100203/us_travel_trip_distinctive_destination AP travel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:59:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_distinctive_destination"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100203/capt.c3c824718c8c4162b130c4066a359563.travel_trip_distinctive_destinations_ny571.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4Iub32WkZ9BYfQmfa11aXw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo released by the National Trust For Historic Preservation shows the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala, which was named Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010 as one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. (AP Photo/National Trust for Historic Preservation)" border="0" /></a>AP - St. Louis, the city of red-brick, 19th century architectural jewels and diverse neighborhoods, has been named one of this year's Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_distinctive_destination"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100203/capt.c3c824718c8c4162b130c4066a359563.travel_trip_distinctive_destinations_ny571.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4Iub32WkZ9BYfQmfa11aXw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo released by the National Trust For Historic Preservation shows the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala, which was named Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010 as one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. (AP Photo/National Trust for Historic Preservation)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100202/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wright_campus ap_travel/20100202/us_travel_trip_wright_campus AP travel Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:58:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100202/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wright_campus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100202/capt.5b9bacd348b147db8a2dd16bf6a0968c.travel_trip_wright_campus__ny561.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=1NtkknvKrLRGl2_9ua0D6A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the water dome fountain, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The Florida Southern College campus is home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.(AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like any other sunbather, Frank Lloyd Wright's "Child of the Sun" withered in Florida's heat, humidity and harsh sunlight.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100202/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wright_campus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100202/capt.5b9bacd348b147db8a2dd16bf6a0968c.travel_trip_wright_campus__ny561.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=1NtkknvKrLRGl2_9ua0D6A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the water dome fountain, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The Florida Southern College campus is home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.(AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100201/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_ethnic ap_travel/20100201/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_ethnic AP travel Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:22:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100201/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_ethnic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100201/capt.231c803d2b0a43dbad43ad072076fec1.travel_vancouver_ethnic_ny556.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Lkh8UKc3LsnIaKQZNn9gWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows a colourful dragon's mouth costume in the Chinese New Year Parade in Vancouver's Chinatown.(AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,Tom Ryan)" border="0" /></a>AP - With its colorful ornamental gate, traditional garden and old-Shanghai-style street lamps, a small section of Vancouver lays claim to the title of Chinatown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100201/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_ethnic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100201/capt.231c803d2b0a43dbad43ad072076fec1.travel_vancouver_ethnic_ny556.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Lkh8UKc3LsnIaKQZNn9gWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows a colourful dragon's mouth costume in the Chinese New Year Parade in Vancouver's Chinatown.(AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,Tom Ryan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100128/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_cruise_trends ap_travel/20100128/us_travel_cruise_trends AP health Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:32:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100128/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_cruise_trends"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100127/capt.71cd56a3e5b541cc923cc8f5b6bef465.travel_cruise_trends_ny508.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=vH0UoiCyFwnfpVWySftjlw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 21, 2009 photo released by Carnival Cruise Lines, guests aboard the Carnival Dream, slide down two massive corkscrew waterslides. The slides are central elements featured within the ship's expansive WaterWorks attraction, billed by the line as the most elaborate water park at sea The slides are central elements featured within the ship's expansive WaterWorks attraction, billed by the line as the most elaborate water park at sea and features this 300-foot-long water slide, the longest water slide on any cruise ship. (AP Photo/Carnival Cruise Lines, Andy Newman)" border="0" /></a>AP - If you're planning a cruise vacation in 2010, get ready for higher prices, better entertainment, water parks, and one of the most innovative concepts to come along in awhile: Rooms designed for solo travelers on the Norwegian Epic, without the supplemental charge that single passengers on cruises have traditionally paid.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100128/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_cruise_trends"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100127/capt.71cd56a3e5b541cc923cc8f5b6bef465.travel_cruise_trends_ny508.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=vH0UoiCyFwnfpVWySftjlw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 21, 2009 photo released by Carnival Cruise Lines, guests aboard the Carnival Dream, slide down two massive corkscrew waterslides. The slides are central elements featured within the ship's expansive WaterWorks attraction, billed by the line as the most elaborate water park at sea The slides are central elements featured within the ship's expansive WaterWorks attraction, billed by the line as the most elaborate water park at sea and features this 300-foot-long water slide, the longest water slide on any cruise ship. (AP Photo/Carnival Cruise Lines, Andy Newman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100126/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_michigan_modern ap_travel/20100126/us_travel_trip_michigan_modern AP travel Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:13:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100126/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_michigan_modern"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100126/capt.90151d75860d4aad85e3e348233c3b2d.travel_michigan_modern_ny566.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=YTtBRR1bGbiTeu.fqji0uQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="In a photo provided by the Cranbrook Educational Community, modern architecture is seen in an undated photo. Gwendolyn Wright, an architecture professor at Columbia University, said Michigan is a showcase for a broad range of modern buildings, from homes and office towers to factories that display the evolution of industrial architecture. Cranbrook's campus, she noted, illustrates a unique connection between education and the arts. (AP Photo/Cranbrook Educational Community)" border="0" /></a>AP - Stop by the Minoru Yamasaki-designed McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University in Detroit and its halls are open for a stroll through what's considered a masterpiece from the World Trade Center architect.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100126/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_michigan_modern"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100126/capt.90151d75860d4aad85e3e348233c3b2d.travel_michigan_modern_ny566.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=YTtBRR1bGbiTeu.fqji0uQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="In a photo provided by the Cranbrook Educational Community, modern architecture is seen in an undated photo. Gwendolyn Wright, an architecture professor at Columbia University, said Michigan is a showcase for a broad range of modern buildings, from homes and office towers to factories that display the evolution of industrial architecture. Cranbrook's campus, she noted, illustrates a unique connection between education and the arts. (AP Photo/Cranbrook Educational Community)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_charleston_cruises ap_travel/20100125/us_travel_charleston_cruises AP travel Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:59:12 GMT AP - As South Carolina's cruise industry expands, some worry more ships and people could hurt the charm that draws visitors to Charleston in the first place. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/travel_olympic_emblem ap_travel/20100125/travel_olympic_emblem AP travel Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:49:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/travel_olympic_emblem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100125/capt.6a549347c5324cb9ade5972f5e0b5bbf.travel_olympic_emblem_ny552.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=s5YpGlJVRBxSdLyFLFihdw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows an Inukshuk rock statue in the snow with a view of ski runs and mountains in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.(AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,Randy Lincks)" border="0" /></a>AP - The emblem of the Olympic Winter Games is a colorful humanoid with arms spread wide, a contemporary interpretation of a stone landmark called an inukshuk with a history stretching back more than 3,000 years in Inuit culture.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/travel_olympic_emblem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100125/capt.6a549347c5324cb9ade5972f5e0b5bbf.travel_olympic_emblem_ny552.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=s5YpGlJVRBxSdLyFLFihdw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows an Inukshuk rock statue in the snow with a view of ski runs and mountains in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.(AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,Randy Lincks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_mardi_gras_world ap_travel/20100125/us_travel_trip_mardi_gras_world AP travel Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:29:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_mardi_gras_world"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100125/capt.31aa9125a2f74c3a8e6f04258f1ac5ee.travel_trip_mardi_gras_world_ny561.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=1OFqfsGnPABZchW7REPReQ--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="This photo taken Jan. 6, 2010 shows a worker dusting one of the Mardi Gras sculptures at Mardi Gras World located in a 300,000-square-foot facility where visitors can view actual Mardi Gras floats and watch as Mardi Gras workers create new additions for the floats in New Orleans. ( AP Photo/Judi Bottoni )" border="0" /></a>AP - It's always carnival time at Mardi Gras World. The family-run business has been making mega-floats for some of the biggest and best Mardi Gras parades for more than 60 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100125/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_mardi_gras_world"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100125/capt.31aa9125a2f74c3a8e6f04258f1ac5ee.travel_trip_mardi_gras_world_ny561.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=1OFqfsGnPABZchW7REPReQ--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Jan. 6, 2010 shows a worker dusting one of the Mardi Gras sculptures at Mardi Gras World located in a 300,000-square-foot facility where visitors can view actual Mardi Gras floats and watch as Mardi Gras workers create new additions for the floats in New Orleans. ( AP Photo/Judi Bottoni )" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100122/ap_tr_ge/cb_travel_haiti_vacations ap_travel/20100122/cb_travel_haiti_vacations AP travel Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:19:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100122/ap_tr_ge/cb_travel_haiti_vacations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100122/capt.2c574382096f47538670825eaa93b0fa.haiti_vacations_papls102.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=TZmt6LiHIQw7QwvTiYciSw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Passengers from the Celebrity Cruises ship Solstice zipline in Labadee, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Cruise ships continue to stop at the Labadee resort after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship anchored just offshore this beautiful expanse of white sand Friday, vacationers stretched out on beach chairs in the sun, sipped cold beer and pina coladas with pineapple slices on the rim and listened to Haitian folk music.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100122/ap_tr_ge/cb_travel_haiti_vacations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100122/capt.2c574382096f47538670825eaa93b0fa.haiti_vacations_papls102.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=TZmt6LiHIQw7QwvTiYciSw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Passengers from the Celebrity Cruises ship Solstice zipline in Labadee, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Cruise ships continue to stop at the Labadee resort after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver ap_travel/20100119/cn_travel_trip_vancouver AP health Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:26:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.5256770e521d49239951743298c5803e.travel_trip_vancouver_ny504.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vLYaS84176pFvX6MWOPmxw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows the back country skiing on Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Blackcomb. (AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,Randy Lincks)" border="0" /></a>AP - As snow falls on the craggy peaks providing the stunning backdrop to this glimmering city on the Pacific, Vancouver prepares to welcome thousands of athletes and visitors from around the world for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.5256770e521d49239951743298c5803e.travel_trip_vancouver_ny504.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vLYaS84176pFvX6MWOPmxw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows the back country skiing on Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Blackcomb. (AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,Randy Lincks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_tips ap_travel/20100119/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_tips AP travel Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_tips"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.589e2870d93a42378cd06869e169feb6.travel_trip_vancouver_ny501.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=fiPvuWnRDFix_qHm87sWfA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows the Olympic Rings in Coal Harbour with Lions Gate Bridge and West Vancouver in the background (AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,David Nunuk)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here are some tips for planning a trip to Vancouver.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_vancouver_tips"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.589e2870d93a42378cd06869e169feb6.travel_trip_vancouver_ny501.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=fiPvuWnRDFix_qHm87sWfA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This photo released by Tourism British Columbia shows the Olympic Rings in Coal Harbour with Lions Gate Bridge and West Vancouver in the background (AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia,David Nunuk)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100120/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_trip_catalonia ap_travel/20100120/eu_travel_trip_catalonia AP travel Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:00:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100120/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_trip_catalonia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100120/capt.a96498c99029416fbece2832d5a5067c.travel_trip_catalonia_ny509.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gr9nIADDqudlKv4vj7KE_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo taken Jan. 13, 2010 shows Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia church, an unfinished Barcelona landmark in Barcelona, Spain.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - "That is a bit exaggerated, no," wondered Corneel wide-eyed, as he walked through Salvador Dali's magic kingdom, also known as Teatre-Museu Dali.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100120/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_trip_catalonia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100120/capt.a96498c99029416fbece2832d5a5067c.travel_trip_catalonia_ny509.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gr9nIADDqudlKv4vj7KE_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Jan. 13, 2010 shows Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia church, an unfinished Barcelona landmark in Barcelona, Spain.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_vietnam_us_back_to_the_battlefield ap_travel/20100119/as_travel_brief_vietnam_us_back_to_the_battlefield AP travel Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:45:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_vietnam_us_back_to_the_battlefield"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100116/capt.d9cd42f064c9422aa4d53e523fda73e1.vietnam_us_back_to_the_battlefield_lqn101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=kn0J3rqmErtR2N7wHOlAng--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, Pham Quy Tuan, 41, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Quang Tri, Vietnam. His left hand and right arm were blown off by a leftover American projectile he found in a rice paddy on August 2009. He is now helped by RENEW project sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Washington, D.C., monument that commemorates the lives of the 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Le Quang Nhat)" border="0" /></a>AP - A piece of shrapnel sliced Jerry Maroney's right leg. A bullet pierced Peter Holt's neck. Les Newell took a shot in the rump.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_vietnam_us_back_to_the_battlefield"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100116/capt.d9cd42f064c9422aa4d53e523fda73e1.vietnam_us_back_to_the_battlefield_lqn101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=kn0J3rqmErtR2N7wHOlAng--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, Pham Quy Tuan, 41, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Quang Tri, Vietnam. His left hand and right arm were blown off by a leftover American projectile he found in a rice paddy on August 2009. He is now helped by RENEW project sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Washington, D.C., monument that commemorates the lives of the 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Le Quang Nhat)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_poe_mystery_visitor ap_travel/20100119/us_travel_trip_poe_mystery_visitor AP travel Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:41:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_poe_mystery_visitor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.50fbc7cf4413425785e53fee5338f5f3.correction_poe_mystery_visitor_ny114.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=tO6rnKC6K1aOsC8F7ncbiw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In a Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 file photo, the original grave of Edgar Allan Poe is shown with a bottle of cognac and roses left by a mysterious visitor, in Baltimore. At 5:30 a.m., Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010 curator Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, emerged to announce that the mysterious visitor, who had always appeared between midnight and 5:30 a.m., never showed. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Is this tradition "nevermore"?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_poe_mystery_visitor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.50fbc7cf4413425785e53fee5338f5f3.correction_poe_mystery_visitor_ny114.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=tO6rnKC6K1aOsC8F7ncbiw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In a Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 file photo, the original grave of Edgar Allan Poe is shown with a bottle of cognac and roses left by a mysterious visitor, in Baltimore. At 5:30 a.m., Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010 curator Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, emerged to announce that the mysterious visitor, who had always appeared between midnight and 5:30 a.m., never showed. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100111/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_miami_super_bowl ap_travel/20100111/us_travel_trip_miami_super_bowl AP travel Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:39:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100111/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_miami_super_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.24e43b6dc34442289ba59f24daddf3b4.travel_trip_super_bowl_miami_ny520.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=OsgJ8cyLuP4CV2TDQe8Npw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="FILE-This Jan. 27, 2004 file photo shows Joe Montana (16) working on making avacado dip with Taste of the NFL Chef Tobin McAfee, far left, as he is taunted by Dan Marino (13), standing with chef Paul O'Connell, during the Kraft QuarterBack Cook-Off, in Houston. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - This year's Super Bowl is in Miami, but all South Florida wants to play.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100111/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_miami_super_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.24e43b6dc34442289ba59f24daddf3b4.travel_trip_super_bowl_miami_ny520.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=OsgJ8cyLuP4CV2TDQe8Npw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE-This Jan. 27, 2004 file photo shows Joe Montana (16) working on making avacado dip with Taste of the NFL Chef Tobin McAfee, far left, as he is taunted by Dan Marino (13), standing with chef Paul O'Connell, during the Kraft QuarterBack Cook-Off, in Houston. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100111/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_nyc_the_other_chinatown ap_travel/20100111/us_travel_trip_nyc_the_other_chinatown AP health Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:32:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100111/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_nyc_the_other_chinatown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.d00d40b67ebe48b5a8208845dacbc0fb.travel_trip_the_other_chinatown_ny511.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Y2VhlqlDTvsL10TFWTo.eg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="This photo taken Dec. 29, 2009 shows an employee of Ten Ren Tea in Flushing, Queens in New York, pours servings of popular bubble tea which features tasty pearls of flavored tapioca in the bottom of each serving, which can be slurped up with a large straw. Ten Ren is a worldwide chain of high-end tea stores based in Taiwan. There are 50 Ten Rens in North America and two in New York; one in Chinatown and this one in Flushing. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>AP - For many visitors to New York, a trip to Chinatown means heading to Lower Manhattan. But the city has another Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, not as well-known, but just as vibrant. It's a fun place to spend a day exploring, shopping, and above all, eating.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100111/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_nyc_the_other_chinatown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.d00d40b67ebe48b5a8208845dacbc0fb.travel_trip_the_other_chinatown_ny511.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Y2VhlqlDTvsL10TFWTo.eg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Dec. 29, 2009 shows an employee of Ten Ren Tea in Flushing, Queens in New York, pours servings of popular bubble tea which features tasty pearls of flavored tapioca in the bottom of each serving, which can be slurped up with a large straw. Ten Ren is a worldwide chain of high-end tea stores based in Taiwan. There are 50 Ten Rens in North America and two in New York; one in Chinatown and this one in Flushing. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)