AP - At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
AP - When nature calls, campers at Michigan’s Grand Haven State Park can now go “green” at a new, environmentally friendly toilet-shower building that is the first of its kind in the state park system.
AP - A cannon booms and the crack of a dozen whips pierce the warm night. The colorful, pulsating Esala Perahera procession has begun.
AP - From 15-cent train rides to excellent, one-dollar meals, Thailand’s tropical capital is teeming with budget options for the penny-pinching traveler. Where else in the world can you get a free vasectomy?
AP - When nature calls, campers at Michigan’s Grand Haven State Park can now go “green” at a new, environmentally friendly toilet-shower building that is the first of its kind in the state park system.
AP - Public tours at one of the largest dams in the southeastern United States have resumed ? but on a limited basis because of continuing security concerns after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
AP - At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
AP - A cannon booms and the crack of a dozen whips pierce the warm night. The colorful, pulsating Esala Perahera procession has begun.
AP - This majestic canyon is lined with towering red sandstones. But the physical landscape is only part of the draw.
AP - The former prison on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles, including alleged mismanagement, a budget crisis, and stormy weather that sometimes keeps ferries and thousands of would-be visitors away.
