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When I lived in the Florida Keys, an area heavily dependent on tourism, I remember seeing a bumper sticker a time or two: “If it’s tourist season,” it asked, “why can’t we shoot them?”The men...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2010 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
By John PeelHerald Features EditorDid your favorite candidates win?Are you satisfied that this country is now headed in the right direction? Well, the truth is, we here at GeoQuiz dont care if...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2010 | COLUMN: GeoQuiz
POIPU, Hawaii The best part of the best-ever family vacation was practically an afterthought.With just days to go before my parents and I left for a week on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, an...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2010 | CATEGORY: Travel
STILLWATER, N.Y. Descendants of Revolutionary War soldiers who fought in one of historys most important battles can now find their American ancestors in a computer database, and some day they...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Travel
LONDON The chairman of British Airways claims the United States is making excessive demands about screening airline passengers, including insisting on measures it doesnt require on U.S. domestic...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Travel
The late-model Chevrolet that Sukumar Thanawala rented from Thrifty Car Rental in Munich in the spring looked absolutely fine when he returned it, he said.But a few weeks later, Thanawala, a...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2010 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
By John PeelHerald Features EditorHappy Halloween!There, Ive used up my allotment of exclamation points for the year!So, obviously todays subject should be ghouls and goblins and witches and...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2010 | COLUMN: GeoQuiz
NEW ORLEANS The room is lit by flashlights, an escape hole chopped in the roof with an ax lying nearby. Steps away, rising floodwaters seep down a levee wall; across the way, a storm diary...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Travel
On a recent flight from Philadelphia to Phoenix on US Airways, Sarah Andrus left her jacket underneath the seat in front of her. It was a gift from a friend and unique, recalled Andrus, a...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2010 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
By John PeelHerald Features EditorCan you name the seven stans?A group of Central Asian countries all end with stan. Why? Because King Stan, who ruled the area from 1280-1320, said it should be...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2010 | COLUMN: GeoQuiz
MILWAUKEE – Many people may own a few of the items in the Milwaukee Art Museum’s new exhibition.It includes mass-produced, everyday items like watering cans from Ikea, a Dyson vacuum, a fax machine...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2010 | CATEGORY: Travel
Answers to the GeoQuiz:1. Turkmenistan. 2. Afghanistan. The capital, as you undoubtedly know, is Kabul.3. Tajikistan. 4. Pakistan. Islamabad, the capital, lies in the northern part of the...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2010 | COLUMN: GeoQuiz
