Offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood worth a visit

Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO, which stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.

Second Timeshare Repurchaser Settles With Vermont
Customers of Timeshare Relief, Inc., to receive $91,000 in refunds.

Children's Cooking Classes in Oaxaca, Mexico
SeeTheGlobe.com Travel Article :: What better way to begin offering children's cooking classes than with pizza and mango smoothies. The inaugural children's cooking lesson at Chef Pilar Cabrera's Casa de los Sabores, in Oaxaca, Mexico, imparted the basics of kitchen safety and hygiene, composting and recycling, and nutrition, all within a three-hour session. And at the same time, lead instructor Ninfa Raigosa infused the morning with helpful food preparation tips that even as adults we don't always learn early enough in our culinary lives. But best of all, it took place within the context of preparing recipes which are fun for children to make --- with the dreaded green salad snuck in at the end.


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Istanbul landmark seeks return to glory era

It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war.

Big mistake: $654 flight from NYC to Chicago
An airline writer surely knows all the tricks of the trade and ways around the airlines' usual shenanigans, right? Uh, wrong.

Namakwa in South Africa is a Biodiversity Hotspot
SeeTheGlobe.com Travel Article :: Namakwa, as part of the Succulent Karoo, is a biodiversity hotspot and as such is the only arid hotspot in the world. It contains more than 6 000 plant species, 250 species of birds, 78 species of mammals, 132 species of reptiles and amphibians and an unknown number of insects, making it the world's most diverse, arid environment. More than 40% of these species are found nowhere else on Earth.
The world's largest forests of quiver trees or kokerbome - Aloe dichotoma - lie outside Loeriesfontein, Kenhardt and Onseepkans. Owing its name to the San, who used the trunk, branches and its bark to make quivers, the aloe grows to four metres, stores water in its trunk, resists drought and lives for up to 400 years.

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Summer hotel rates inch lower, Travelocity says
Travel services company Travelocity says its latest pricing report shows that while summer airfare rates have increased slightly, hotel rates have actually declined.

Pilots To End Strike Against Spirit Airlines
Walkout had grounded all flights.

20,000 Acres of Open Space Gifted to Orange County
SeeTheGlobe.com Travel Article :: LA Times (Irvine Co. gives 20,000 acres of open space to Orange County) ran a most interesting story a few days ago regarding a donation of 20,000 acres of open space and parkland to Orange County. The gift comes from the Irvine Company which owns and manages large swaths of land in this part of Southern California. This action doubles the park space available in Orange County. Most of this property is located at the foot of the Cleveland National Forest. Together with other protected bordering areas, it creates a large uninterrupted natural environment. A very welcome gift for the crowded Southern California landscape.

Spirit Airlines Cancels Flights Ahead of Expected Strike
Pilots threatened to walk out this weekend.

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