TRAVEL

Spas, weight loss camps and yoga trips help people relax.



Weight loss - Health - Shopping - Supplements - Programs

If you have a limited time in London and don't know how to see all the city's sites, taking a bicycle tour through London's landmarks may be the solution.



London - Bicycle - England - Cycling - Sport

Rick Seaney was particularly amused at how absurd some of last week's true tales sounded. You know, the bizarre incidents involving fake pilots, mini-controllers and more.



United States - Recreation - Aviation - United Airlines - Southwest Airlines

The cast-iron statutes are the city's latest public art installation.



Public art - New York City - Art - Visual arts - Installation art

Ascending Mount Sinai in the dark, cold night for a warm sunrise.



Mount Sinai - Moses - Religion and Spirituality - Old Testament - People

Gabe Saglie from Travelzoo on the hottest destinations.



Travelzoo - Travel - Recreation - Travel and Tourism - Travel Services

Pilot forced to return to the gate after an incident with an unruly passenger.



Genealogy - Emigration and Immigration - Passenger Lists - Transportation - Oceania

Schiphol Airport tightens duty free security after journalists smuggle in liquid



DutyFreeShops - Business - Transportation and Logistics - Aviation - Airports

The 2010 Iditarod race has started.



Sport - Alaska - dogsled - Sled Dog Racing - Iditarod

Group Friends of Animals calls for tourism boycott of Alaska over wolf decision.



Friends of Animals - Animal rights - Animal Welfare - Anti-Corporation - Activism

Georgia men launch a campaign to switch the state bird to a chicken.



Georgia - United States - South Ossetia - Recreation - Abkhazia

"Fly Girls" is a reality series premiering March 24 on the CW network about flight attendants.



flygirl - The CW Television Network - Television program - Virgin America - Television

New by-laws in Dublin mean that horses in the city center will have to wear diapers. The carriage drivers will have to attach the so-called dung-catchers to the rear of the horse in a bid to keep areas such as St. Stephen's Green and the Guinness Store House clean. The same sanitary regulations have caused huge rows in Killarney where jarveys have refused to fit the sanitary devices.



Dublin - Diaper - Killarney - Horse - Shopping

London is known for the trademark black cab. And the cabbies who drive them are known for their gift of gab. But not all are charmed by these chatterboxes.



Hackney carriage - London - England - Travel and Tourism - taxi

Eleven major airports will begin using body scanners to screen passengers as the Transportation Security Administration launches a plan to buy 1,000 of the machines over the next two years.



Transportation Security Administration - Scanners - Peripherals - Hardware - Security

Indonesian villages near 'hobbit' dig site set out on search for little people.



Indonesia - Hobbit - Asia - Movies - Arts

These giant yachts are eye-turning behemoths that give their owners a luxurious way to travel on the high seas or just party.



Yacht - Boat - Business - Watercraft - Consumer Goods and Services

For Jim Kennedy, an unemployed 46-year-old California man, the recession has meant using his 1-million-mile-plus stockpile of hotel and airline points to put a roof over his head.



Homelessness - California - Airline - Hotel - Frequent-flyer program

Travel Adventures Around the World



Travel - Recreation - Travelogues - Around the World - Tourism

From London to Beijing in two days flat: That's China's ambitious high-speed railway plan to connect Asia with Europe.



Beijing - High-speed rail - China - Rail - Asia

In collaboration with the Russian Railway, Google has launched a new Web site that lets visitors simulate every inch of the historical journey on the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Vladivostok. With 150 hours of high-definition video, people with an Internet connection can pretend they're gazing out at the Volga River, Babarinskaya steppe and Barguzin mountains.



Google - Vladivostok - Moscow - Trans-Siberian Railway - Russian Railway

Entrepreneurial Haitian Americans are working outside the charity agencies to bring relief to their relatives.



Haiti - Haitian American - Caribbean - Organizations - Education

At 69, Ruth Flowers, a.k.a DJ Mamy Rock, is the latest sensation on the European nightclub scene.



Nightclub - Disc jockey - DJ - Music - Arts and Entertainment

Snowstorms, hurricanes, missed flights or a case of the flu are all responsible for ruining countless vacations each year. To protect against such unexpected disasters, many travelers have turned to travel insurance. But before you go out and add to the cost of your getaway make sure you understand what is covered and what isn't.



Travel - Travel insurance - Insurance - Business - Financial Services