Tag: Travel

Sheriff Group, Local Guide Warns Americans About Traveling to Mexico as Spring Break Approaches

As millions of Americans are getting ready for spring break travel to Mexico, law enforcement officials, security experts, and travel gurus are debating the risks of traveling south of the border in light of the recent kidnapping and shooting of four Americans that resulted in two of them being killed. The group was driving through…


With the Kidnapping of 4 US Citizens, Is It Safe to Travel to Mexico?

Dallas—Public safety concerns have spiked around travel to Mexico, with the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. The visitors had just crossed the border through Brownsville, Texas. The FBI San Antonio Division office said in a statement Sunday that the vehicle came under fire shortly after it entered…


State Department Warns Americans About Traveling After 4 US Citizens Kidnapped

The U.S. Consulate in a Mexican border city issued an alert about violence and warned American citizens not to travel there as two Americans were killed by gunmen and two more were abducted. After the reported kidnapping, the U.S. State Department issued an alert about violence in Matamoros and reminded U.S. citizens that this part of…


State Department Warns Americans About Traveling After Kidnapping of 4 US Citizens

The U.S. Consulate in a Mexican border city issued an alert about violence and warned American citizens not to travel there after two Americans were killed by criminals and two more were abducted. After the reported kidnapping, the U.S. State Department issued an alert about violence in Matamoros and reminded U.S. citizens that this part of…


Transatlantic flights: 2023

The airline gurus are predicting a boom in transatlantic travel this summer. They’re also saying that airfares will be higher than pre-pandemic—maybe up to 30 percent. And last but not least, airports will remain swamped with travelers, with long lines everywhere. I can’t disagree. But you may well be going, anyhow, so you need to…


Sunny Salamanca, Spain’s Sandstone Gem

Salamanca’s Plaza Mayor, Spain’s grandest square, seems to celebrate life. Strolling across the square with Carlos, my guide, we passed a young man walking alone who suddenly burst into song. I asked Carlos why and he said, “Doesn’t it happen where you live?” Northwest of Madrid (1.5 hours by high-speed train), Salamanca is youthful and…


A Stunning New Way to See Niagara Falls

By Colleen Thomas From Tribune News Service Niagara Falls–The grandeur of Niagara Falls keeps tourists seeking new and better views of the natural wonder—and it’s easy to find them. On both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river, you can gaze from lookouts, boat tours, a bridge, towers with wide windows, helicopter rides and…


Deep Dive: A Closer Look at Life in the Galapagos

The waters were unusually calm, the last rays of an equatorial sun just starting to heat up the surface of a loping Pacific swell. The broad rollers transformed, changing from a deep blue to warm tones of orange and red. The cushy couches on the stern’s upper deck slowly filled, with everyone showered, changed, and…


Big Flavors in a Cloud Forest: Discovering Ecuador’s Yunguilla

The streets of Quito can be chaotic at the best of times. Rolling out from the heart of this high-altitude city, a place where the heart quickens and your breath gets short, real fast—we only climbed. Soon enough, we found ourselves in the clouds. Literally. Turning off the main highway, we curled up a dirt…


Searching the Pacific for the Mutiny on the Bounty

It had been a long and difficult voyage, to say the least. Setting sail from England in November 1787, stormy winds accompanied the ship right from the start. With the goal of reaching Tahiti by the shortest route possible—around Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America—the timing was urgent. Summer there is brief….