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A pirate's life for you!
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Mainstream (read: snooty) cruise passengers may label it the Kmart of
the
Caribbean or camping afloat. But a tall-ship voyage with Windjammer
Barefoot
Cruises is as close to a "Pirates of the Caribbean" fantasy as a
landlubber
can get.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-07-06-windjammer_x.htm
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These tours explore harsher side of reality
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Ever wonder what it's like for illegal immigrants crossing the border
from
Mexico? Now you can see for yourself on a Global Exchange "reality
tour" of
the region, one of a growing number of offerings from human rights
groups that
hope to show a more troubling side of globalization.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-07-06-reality-tours_x.htm
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Atlantic City is building a Las Vegas image
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Even as casino floors closed this week because of a lack of government
monitors, this long down-at-the-heels gambling mecca welcomed two more
glitzy,
Las Vegas-style developments -- the latest in a three-year effort to
lure a
more upscale crowd.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-07-06-atlantic-city_x.htm
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When, place, show
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It's the USA's 230th birthday summer, and many notable art exhibits are
dominated by Americans. USA TODAY's Maria Puente looks at a few.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-07-06-american-art_x.htm
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D.C. monuments' point man
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They're part tour guide, traffic cop, medic and peacekeeper. And for
most
National Park Service rangers, summer is high season for crowd control.
USA
TODAY's Jayne Clark caught up with a 28-year park service veteran at
the
National World War II Memorial who rotates between the city's most
popular
attractions.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-07-06-monuments-point-
man_x.htm
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The Segway rolls into rural terrain
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Maybe you've seen squadrons of Segways, those upright scooters,
commandeering
city sidewalks as urban tours grow in popularity from Anchorage to
Washington.
Now, thanks to minor design modifications, the Segway has gone off-road
or
sidewalk, and tour operators are venturing into rougher terrain.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-07-06-rural-segway_x.htm
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Major U.S. airlines seeing full planes this summer
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Planes operated by major U.S. airlines are fuller than ever this
summer, and
the embattled carriers are seeing stronger revenues as a result,
analysts said
Wednesday.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-07-06-full-planes_x.htm
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