Check out our story about why Americans love Costa Rica so much. It was that day in Tortuguero, Costa Rica when, from our small flat-bottomed boat we saw spider and white-throated capuchin monkeys, three species of toucans, iridescent iguanas, walk-on-water Jesus Christ lizards, Day-Glo butterflies with wingspans wide as your head, several large caimans, frogs…
Exactly 60 years ago tonight – New Year’s Eve, 1944 – Lt. John McLaughlin was piloting a bomber called Andy’s Dandy’s in a group of 18 four-engine B-17s on a run over Germany. Target: Hamburg. Suddenly the sky went black with German fighters. McLaughlin estimated some 100 Messerschmitt 109s coming fast at 12 o’clock high….
The major U.S. airlines are struggling to stay afloat; personnel, routes, and frequencies are still being cut. At the same time, the “budget” carriers are expanding and multiplying. Although they do not offer any senior flight discounts, we’ve included these new no-frill airlines because their rates are so reasonable. Take a look at the best…
I don’t know whether it was my second or third trip driving through Sendai, Japan in the 1950s. It was then that I noticed two old Nipponese women sitting on a bench outside one of the local train stations. There Goes the Bride, Groom, Kids I was an analyst for an Army Intelligence operation in…
As formerly full-service airlines add coach seats to airplanes, discount carriers now offer the most legroom. Struggling higher-cost airlines have cut their service so deeply that low-fare carriers offer superior services such as in-flight entertainment and leather seats. The turnabout now extends to legroom, as discounters like JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines offer more than…
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