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July 31, 2009
DAY 2 — “The fish must hate us,” moans 13 year old Miles Singer. We are on the world-famous Kenai River in Alaska with one of the river’s best guides, Steve Fickes, who jokes that he’s been guiding “ever since
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Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Parks & Outdoors, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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July 30, 2009
DAY ONE (July 15, 2009) — Bears on the runway? “Routine,” says Gerry Winkler, the pilot of our six-passenger Cessna. Routine, that is, when you are going to land on the beach at an edge of the 4-million acre Lake
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July 26, 2009
Ignore those office emails, forget all about the economy and for an afternoon focus instead on what's really important, especially on vacation -- making memories with the kids at a place where you made your own childhood memories
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Destinations, Disney, Travel Topics, Weekly Column
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July 19, 2009
Visitors to New York have their pick of world-class and iconic sites...But there is a lot more to New York than the tourist track
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July 15, 2009
We hopped a short flight from Bora Bora to the French Polynesian island of Moorea that is spectacularly beautiful with its crystal clear lagoon and the green cliffs. This island is known less for its manicured resorts than for what there is to do here -- taking a hike, passing by ancient marae (ancient temples excavated by archeologists), checking out the spinner dolphins and humpback whales, playing with the stingrays in the crystal clear water.
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Beach Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Parks & Outdoors, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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July 14, 2009
We’re diving in an area called Muri Muri just north of the island of Bora Bora and nearly as soon as we get under the water, our dive master Benoit Gratas introduces us to a Hawksbill Sea Turtle (like Crush, the character in “Finding Nemo”), showing us how to feed him a piece of sea sponge. He’s so big -- more than two feet in diameter.
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July 13, 2009
I’m sitting in an over the water bungalow, the ceiling fan whirring, with a thatched roof and expansive deck with its own swimming dock and outdoor shower? Did I mention that gigantic tub big enough for two with views of the lagoon as well?
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Beach Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Parks & Outdoors, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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July 12, 2009
Maybe it’s the economy. Maybe it’s the need to reconnect with friends and family. At beach houses and on sailboats, city condos and mountain cabins, families and friends are joining forces on vacation
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Families & Groups, Last Minute Deals, Travel Topics, Weekly Column
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July 12, 2009
DAY 8 — Sad! It’s our last day on our Catamaran with our captain Turo Aritu, who for the past week has regaled the girls — and all of us — with his tales (mostly in French) of his four
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Cruises & All-Inclusive, Destinations, Getting There, Parks & Outdoors, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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July 11, 2009
DAY 7 — I’m face down on a massage table looking through glass at fish swimming in the lagoon as the Polynesian masseuse caresses me first with bags of seaweed and creams made from ground pearls and deep sea water.
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Beach Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Getting There, Lodging, Travel Diary
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