- 'Foreigners flock to thriving Nepal Buddhism schools (Mail and Guardian)
Since hippies first beat the overland travel trail to Nepal in the 1960s, thousands of foreigners have flocked to monasteries to study Buddhism.
- 'More National Guard Troops Sent To Border (KFOX 14 El Paso)
650 National Guard troops are preparing to travel to New Mexico for border security.
- 'Travel risks don't deter a new generation (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Volunteering in Tanzania last summer, Danielle Ryan got used to her constantly upset stomach from parasites in the food and water. Even when some in her group contracted malaria, she was unfazed.
- 'Mexicans travel from U.S. to vote in election (The Olympian)
TIJUANA, Mexico - Thousands of Mexicans living in the United States traveled by plane, bus and car to Mexican border cities to vote in Sunday's hotly contested presidential election.
- 'Election in Mexico tale of two economies (Akron Beacon Journal)
Ricardo Gonzalez earns about $14,000, twice Mexico's per capita income, though he's hardly a wealthy man. His economic fate, however, is tied to the well-off who buy Jaguars from him at a two-car showroom on the third floor of a tony mall in this northern Mexican city.
- 'Death on the border (The Salt Lake Tribune)
YUMA, Ariz. - They're buried without prayers or tears. The concrete markers over their graves etched with acronyms: UNID, DOB UNK, DOD UNK - unidentified, date of birth unknown, date of death unknown. The burials are paid for by the counties along the U.S.-Mexico border where undocumented migrants lost their lives while risking the horrific heat of the desert to travel to jobs.
- 'Travel Tech: Using Auction Websites (Miami Herald)
Going, going -- and you're gone Have you ever used an auction website in travel? They can be quite effective if you know the narrow areas in which they excel.
- 'ELECTION IN MEXICO / Presidential vote too close to call / Result delayed: Final count to be released Wednesday (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mexico's presidential race was locked in a nail-biting standoff late Sunday between conservative Felipe Calderon and leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with the results too close to call as the vote count trickled in. The contest is widely seen as a...
- 'Mexico: Coast to Coast (Incentive)
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 - -- It comes as no surprise that so many companies in the United States continue to say sí to the sandy shores of Mexico.
- 'Travel to U.S. neighbors will soon require passports (Contra Costa Times)
If you're thinking about a cruise to Mexico or the Caribbean or a flight to Canada next year, consider this a warning. If you don't have a passport, get one. And do it soon if you want to beat the year-end crush.
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