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TRO TravelGram - Thursday, November 18
11-18-2010
Destinations
Thursday, November 18
Beyond Angkor: Temple treasures fit for a Khmer king
More than a million tourists visit Angkor Wat each year but further afield there are countless exquisite hidden monuments... Telegraph (London)
St. John Essentials
St. John, which has a national park covering more than half its landmass, is big on rugged natural beauty...IndependentTraveler.com
Fort Bragg: You can go home again
And things are totally different: gourmet hot dogs and upscale shops. Yet the Pacific and the setting sun — those never change... LA Times
Kauai: Hawaii's Paradise
Andrew McCarthy heads to Hawaii and finds in Kauai a low-key, almost spirtual sense of place... Travel and Leisure
Tours and Activities
Detroit museum opening exhibit on fakes, forgeries
A Detroit art museum is preparing for an exhibit dedicated to forgeries... MSN.com
4 Towns, 4 Tasty New Reasons to Visit
Exceptional new restaurants around the country draw visitors... New York Times
Lunching in São Paulo
How do you keep costs down while visiting a place like Brazil’s business and cultural capital? Here’s one solution: Eat dinner like a tourist, but eat lunch like a Brazilian, for about $10... New York Times
Ancient route draws pilgrims, trekkers in Spain
The pilgrimage known as the Camino de Santiago, Spanish for the Way of St. James, has existed for more than 1,000 years... Yahoo Travel News
Cruise
Could the historic Delta Queen steamboat make a comeback?
Could the famed Delta Queen steamboat be heading back to the waters of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers?... USA Today
After three decades, Holland America returns to classic trans-Atlantic crossings
Holland America Wednesday unveiled new details of its previously announced plan to offer two classic trans-Atlantic crossings next summer -- something it hasn't offered in decades -- and it looks like the 138-year-old company is going all out ... USA Today
A photo tour of Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess
Princess Cruises' most recently unveiled ship, the 3,080-passenger Ruby Princess, is the last of three large sisters ordered by the line... USA Today
Transportation
How airport scanners work
Privacy, health concerns lead dissent... Seattle Times
Qantas: 40 engines on A380s need to be replaced
Qantas' chief executive says that up to 40 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines will need to be replaced in the global fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos following an incident in which an engine broke apart in midair... USA Today
Backlash grows over pat-downs, scanners
Just days before a busy Thanksgiving weekend when hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the air, frequent travelers, unions, passengers groups and civil libertarians are filing lawsuits and urging boycotts of new airport screening procedures... USA Today
Lodging
World's Weirdest Hotels 3.0
Is a traditional hotel room with four walls too…square? Find out where you can sleep in a beer can, live like a hamster, or get chauffeured by an elephant... Budget Travel Online
Ritz-Carlton to feature rooftop pool, lounge on 118th floor at 'world's tallest hotel'
Hong Kong's getting ready for the opening of the "world's tallest hotel" - a Ritz-Carlton that will be housed in floors 102 to 118 of the new International Commerce Centre... USA Today
Other and Odd
Best Travel Gifts 2010
Use the Travel + Leisure holiday gift guide to find the perfect presents for travelers... Travel and Leisure
Tactical Thanksgiving: holiday travel game plan
Big crowds and new rules demand plenty of advance planning... MSN.com
Sipapu, Taos ski areas announce openings
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