- 'Hurricanes kick up travel savings (Contra Costa Times)
The backdrop picture on my iBook desktop is a Caribbean dreamscape: plush talcum beach, deep azure sky, intense turquoise sea, shady palm arching into the frame just so .... I snapped this shot from my hammock on the beach in Tulum, Mexico, last year. It was midday in mid-October in the middle of the worst hurricane season on record.
- 'Mexico to Argue 'Railroad Killer' Unfit (Los Angeles Times)
Mexico CITY -- The Mexican government said Friday it was fighting the execution in Texas of a Mexican man known as the "Railroad Killer," arguing he shouldn't face the death penalty because he's mentally ill.
- '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.
- 'East Aurora teachers to visit volcano (The Beacon News)
Summer vacation is about to get smokin' hot for four East Aurora school teachers. As participants in a Northern Illinois University program targeting instructors who work with Hispanic students, they will travel to Mexico today to study the active Mt. Popocatépetl volcano.
- 'Travel to U.S. neighbors will soon require passports (San Jose Mercury News)
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.
- 'RENO / Slaying suspect backs out of deal to give up / Man sought in wife's death, judge's injury a no-show in Mexico (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Reno man suspected of stabbing his wife to death and shooting the family court judge who was hearing the couple's divorce was supposed to turn himself in to authorities in Mexico on Thursday, but failed to show up, officials said. Darren Roy Mack,...
- 'Cubans Feel Asylum's Barriers (The Tampa Tribune)
TAMPA - There was no time to worry about travel restrictions. Graciela Naranjo's son was in Cuba, dying of heart disease.
- 'Cancun gets back on its feet after Wilma (Guardian Unlimited)
Travel: The tourists have started trickling back to Mexico's east coast. Gaby Wood on the recovery of the 'Riviera Maya'.
- 'Inside the cup (The Plain Dealer)
The most entertaining soccer being played in the World Cup is coming from our part of the world. Minus the United States, of course. The teams from North and South America - Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico - are involved in matches you can't turn away from because their players go forward.
- 'Area still as Mexico plays key match (San Jose Mercury News)
Jorge Perez sat in his empty travel office, the radio announcer breathlessly, rapidly, reporting the biggest news of the day: the make-or-break soccer match between Mexico and Argentina.
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