Voyage to the last continent: Antarctica
It begins with lectures. Lots of lectures. Everyone, it seems, not only attends but listens. Yes, this is a cruise, on Orient Lines' Marco Polo, complete with the good food...
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Guide to Antarctica
THE CRUISE Orient Lines' Marco Polo will make six Antarctica sailings from Dec. 28, 2000, to Feb. 10, 2001. Four are 11-day itineraries similar to the one described in the...
7 MAN-AND-NATURE WONDERS
Sometimes, even Nature needs a little help. Sometimes, Man and Nature combine to create such Wonderful things that it's not only impossible to separate which made the greater contribution --...
OUR YEAR IN TRAVEL
First, I want to apologize to The Wife for going to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Morelia and other wonderful spots in colonial Mexico without you. I know these towns...
VIRGIN CHICAGO ADS GO FOR THE UNEXPECTED
If you're wondering about the kid in the Virgin Atlantic Airways commercials introduced last week, his name is David Williams, he's 4 feet 5-inches tall, 10 years old, a 5th-grader...
YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT RVS ANSWERED
Are RVs hard to drive? They're more work than a car, but you adjust. The transmissions are automatic. Ours drove like a rental truck. The Wife handled ours fine. It...
Our side of the Mississippi river
In 1880, toward the end of his life, Ulysses Simpson Grant -- war hero, former president, connoisseur of quality cigars and intoxicants -- returned to Illinois. He revisited Cairo, his...
The Mississippi Trail, at a glance
ILLINOIS' GREAT RIVER ROAD DAY 1 Cairo-Chester: 127 miles. Overnight: Reids' Inn, Chester: $54. Best grub: Whole fried catfish, $6.25; The Roadhouse, Bremen. DAY 2 Chester-Grafton: 158 miles. Overnight: Ruebel...
CHICAGO TO DENVER: $156 ON DELTA.
Restrictions: Purchase non-refundable tickets 14 days in advance. Changes subject to $75 fee plus fare difference. No fuel surcharge. Travel any time Monday, Thursday, Friday or Sunday, stay over a...
PERSONAL BESTS
I guess I found out I was a little different when, late in my teens, I rode a Greyhound bus from Chicago to Texas to visit my sister and brother-in-law...