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Latin America’s Luxury Ecotours

Latin America's Luxury Ecotours The good news is so much natural beauty and wildlife still exist. And high-end travel packages are the best -- and sometimes only -- way to see them The stretch of Latin America from the tropical jungles of Costa Rica down to the remote snowy fields of Argentina and Chile has much to offer visitors, but exotic wildlife, a range of climates, and the natural surroundings are perhaps the region's greatest asset. And for North American travelers in particular, Latin America is a relatively easy foreign excursion: Unlike other parts of the developing world, many destinations here require

Fliers pick Las Vegas McCarran as favorite airport

Fliers pick Las Vegas McCarran as favorite airport McCarran International, the sprawling airport serving fast-growing Las Vegas, topped travelers list of favorite big North American airports, satisfaction tracker J.D. Power said in a report issued here Thursday. Lines for check-in and security checks move quickly, terminals are clean and its easy to get around, says Jim Gaz of J.D. Power. The airport, serving more than 44 million passengers annually, increased the number of security checkpoints to 34 from 25 in the last 16 months. Its just an efficient airport, he says. In separate measures of traveler satisfaction with airlines, New York-based JetBlue

Cars waxes on Americas open-road past

Cars waxes on Americas open-road past Cars surprises with a wonderfully nostalgic twist - and we can hope that, in the glow of animated brilliance, it isnt lost on children. Superbly scenic and incredibly imaginative, Pixar Animation Studios and Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2) have created a heartfelt tribute to a piece of paved Americana. Stretching from Chicago to Santa Monica, Route 66 was once dressed in neon. It represents a time in our history when the journey was as valuable as the destination. And, as weve found faster and faster ways to get where were going,

Endangered America

Endangered America The Lollipop and The Starlux. The Shalimar and The Caribbean. The Imperial 500 and The Tangiers. With garish neon signs, multicolored exteriors and sweeping deck overhangs, the Doo Wop motels of the Wildwoods are the architectural equivalents of a Vitalis-slicked pompadour.But they, too, are fading into the past. One by one, the mom-and-pop motels are being razed, rendered economically obsolete by a real estate boom that has made the land underneath too valuable to support a couple of dozen $100-a-night motel rooms. Its hard, said Daytona Motor Inn owner John Donio, who has been offered five times what he paid for his

A two-week escape: Spanish immersion in South America

A two-week escape: Spanish immersion in South America After a few bottles of local red wine, the truth began to emerge. One of us was recently divorced. Another faced a career turning point and needed some time to think. My new friends, whom I met in a language school where I spent my two-week vacation, turned toward me, leaning in to shout over the live salsa music at this tiny bar in Santiago's bohemian Bellavista neighborhood. "What are you running away from?" they wanted to know. It turns out, most people traveling alone in South America come here to escape something. But while the reasons