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Essential Hawaii Tourist: You must protect yourself on holiday

 There it was in the Honolulu newspaper recently, the same sad story written by a visitor to Hawaii. I see this same letter several times a year. The story is almost exactly the same. The only difference is author.The visitors came to Hawaii, for a memorable Hawaiian vacation, they had a wonderful time, the people were great, the weather was fantastic, they were really aloha spirit. Then: disaster. They got ripped off. They lost everything. Their luggage, their cameras, their wallets, their money, their valuables. All gone in blink eye.It is the same sad story, again and again.The saddest part of the story is this disaster was totally preventable. Completely and completely.Let me explain: in the latest version of the letter was the tourists just finished a wonderful vacation. They had a late flight and decided to stop at Ala Moana (a major shopping center), for a late night dinner before their departure.They just locked up their rental car and went to enjoy a quick dinner before they boarded their flight. They were away from the rental car for less than one hour.Here was what happened when they ate dinner: a thief broke into their car and took everything.Needless say the family was devastated. They were both saddened and shocked. The author goes on to explain, the whole family will never return to Hawaii. They will also deter others from holidays in Hawaii.I really angry and frustrated that no one from the rental car agent to her hotel clerk to anyone they met, said Hawaii's dirty little secret: it is a very small but extremely dangerous group of local people , whose full time job is to steal from someone they can.I live in Hawaii and I follow this rule: I never leave anything valuable in my car. Never.Don not get me wrong I do not think Hawaii is different from any other place. You'll find the same small group of dangerous rip-off artists were you go.but, just because you're on holiday in one of the most beautiful places on earth does not mean there are not criminals here.Listen: these creeps know that the only person who would drive a hire car, is a tourist. These crooks know the make and model of all the rent cars.Believe me, send your car into a model for would be criminals who say, "Steal from this car." It's like there is a flashing light and an arrow in the air pointing directly at your car. "..! Beep Beep flash valuables inside to steal from this car now, "Listen: There are literally thousands of cars parked at Ala Moana at any given time. What do you think the odds are that these Bozo selected a random car to break into? There was no random act. This was planned and calculated. The car was there less than an hour. This was a crime of opportunity. And unfortunately, this resort is awarded these cockroaches with new luggage, clothes and souvenirs. So the next time they see a tourist rental car, they will break in again.Sure, I agree that there must be better security and more police patrols and tougher penalties for criminals.But the best you can do is follow this advice : Never, never, never leave anything of value in a rental car.Never ever.This is one of those times when an ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure. Be proactive. Be smart. You have to outwit the bad guys before they act.This one bit of advice will save you lots of heart-ache. Had these recent victims took their luggage with them, the food court was a rogue has broken into an empty car. Or they could easily have checked-in baggage, and eaten for airport.So If you come to Hawaii, most importantly, do not turn our backs on the sea. And never ever leave anything of value in a rental car. This includes going to the beach, go shopping or even stop somewhere for a plate lunch. Just do not do that! So now you know. If my rant save a small tourist from being cheated: I will be elated!

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Magic Cusco Travel Guide, Peru

 The Incas considered Cusco (Cuzco) the core of the Inca empire, which stretched from Colombia to Chile. In 1534, the Spaniards entered Cuzco, the transformation of Inca palaces and temples in houses and colonial churches. Gradually, the city became a symbol of colonialism, not only the architecture but culturally.1The 1650 earthquake reduced the city and its surroundings in ruins, but under the direction of Bishop Molinedo, the city was reconstructed with more emphasis on wood carvings, paintings, and modern architecture of the period. Today these antiques around the pretty town of Cusco.1Cusco was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983 and is a major tourist destination in the South and America.Geography ClimateLocated to 11,100 ft, benefits from Cusco a semi-dry, cold climate, with maximum temperatures of 67.3 F and a minimum of 39.6F. The rainy season is from November to late March, and June-July are the coldest months, with occasional snow falls, and yet, now is the time of the year during a hike Inca Trail is the most popular. We visited during the month of June, and while daytime temperatures were at 45-50F, the nights were bitterly cold.Why visit Cusco? The province of Cusco offers visitors the opportunity to experience the culture of the Incas. The city retains much of the Inca architecture which has been integrated into modern structures. The huge stones used by the Incas come together so well that even a razor blade can be inserted between them.Cusco is rich in history and traditions, and there are many impressive churches, monasteries, museums, archaeological sites, and neighborhoods not to be missed. The Cathedral of Cusco is a Renaissance building whose interior is mainly composed of wood carvings of cedar and alder, here we find a chorus and impressive pulpit. Another fine example of colonial architecture is the Templo de la Compania de Jesus, originally built in 1571 and rebuilt in 1688. The design and the front are excellent examples of the Andean Baroque. Important work of arts are exhibited in this church. picturesque areas abound, and San Blas is one of the most beautiful of Cusco. The region is characterized by narrow streets and beautiful colonial houses;. The area is also known as the architect "neighborhood" church of San Blas, built in 1560 has a head carved Baroque pulpit, built by an indigenous artist.For. more information, please visit Cusco www.peru.info.comBeyond If time allows, the visitor must visit other important sites Inca located just one hour from Cusco Of notable interest is Sacsayhuaman, which contains the largest stones extracted in the world, how these huge blocks of stone were carved and moved, remains a mystery. Other locations include the Inca ruins of nearby Qenko, and Pucapucara Tambomachay, and requiring a day trip, the Sacred Valley, which should include a visit by India's traditional market in Pisac, the beautiful village of Ollantaytambo and the small village of Chinchero located high in the mountains for more information and ideas, visit: .. http://www.peru.info/en/where-to-go-7- 2Machu Picchu seems that the reason most tourists visit Machu Picchu Cusco is a perfectly preserved Inca city located on a mountaintop. This ancient city provides breathtaking views of the mountains hanging over the valleys, rivers and glistening under the sun of the Andes. The Inca Trail is part of the Inca road syst1em, and one of the roads the most important South American trek, many visitors hike the Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu Otherwise, visitors can take the easy way to Machu Picchu, the town of Aguas. . Calientes, located at the base of Machu Picchu Transfer to a sawtooth path of the village, and you put on the archaeological site in 30 minutes from Cusco is easily accessible by air from Lima, the capital of Peru. Flights are approximately 1.5 hours duration. ConclusionObviously ago in Cusco that sites listed here. The city has much to offer, like the colorful festivals, markets, fascinating history, culture and scenery so captivating that one must see when visiting Cusco photographs taken on other Peru.For our trip Peru, please visit: my photo album at: http://travel.webshots.com/album/571196183RfFRTT----------------1 Reference from: http://worldfacts.us/Peru-Cusco.htm

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Business & Vacation Travel for People with Disabilities

Whether you are in a wheelchair, are hearing or seeing impaired, suffering from Parkinson's disease, epilepsy or other disabilities, planning and enjoying a holiday in the United States or abroad, just a call away! Hotels, Motels, Travel Agents, Airlines, Cruise lines, theme parks, tour operators, restaurants, conference centers and chambers of the Congress all over the world now offer the accessibility, accommodation and discount travel opportunities for senior citizens and disabled people everywhere.Every since passage of the American with Disabilities Act in 1990 have tremendous progress in the United States and elsewhere have been made in the provision of complete public access for people with disabilities. In fact, any person with disabilities routinely travel almost anywhere in the world, and in a very low cost and restricted-free way. But before you rush out and grab the next ship or plane, there are a few things you should know about and decisions you make in planning your trip.DECIDING WHEN to Travel, and where and HOWConsider must " not at any time is the best time "to visit the wild, wild fogging of the Mississippi River, enjoy a nice cruise through the Caribbean or Flying Down to Cancun, Mexico for the weekend. Most resorts, including accommodation and sightseeing tours, seasonal and often require reservations, which for many months in advance for your stay. While Hawaii and the West Indiesmay full of fun throughout the year to places like London, England, and can Nome, Alaska, in winter hard and not as a tourist-friendly in certain months of the year. Some airlines and hotels offer discounted rates only and board - for the disabled - during the autumn and winter months. And how do they make reservations, cruise lines often try for travelers travel.Here Middle-of-the-week holiday and abroad, many transport companies, airlines and cruise ships now offer access to people in wheelchairs and with other disabilities. That travel to this is the most important factor in choosing where companies such as Global Access (a great online travel resource for people with disabilities) provide detailed information for disabled people who bring a guide dog needs, hearing apparatus, oxygen or dialysis devices as well as walkers, wheelchairs and other aids pedestrian zone. Your age, health and disability are unique in the decision to travel to where it and book a room vital, and when is the best time to get your trip.If take your journey is local or cross-country, should travel by train or bus or even car-pooling. A number of companies are to travel in the following for you to decide the best time and even help just listed. You have access to databases worldwide and provide information on all year for travel and accommodation, and the list of other accommodations and facilities available topeople with disabilities. The best time to visit any place, if it is open to visitors, the most accessible to disable, and is visiting at the lowest cost. Becoming well-informed and planning ahead will almost guarantee a successful journey! Decide who remember MIT YOUWhen selection of the best travel TAKE, you have to decide who should accompany you. Is not it a business trip, of course, you should want to bring your spouse. That is, if you are married! In that case, if you can afford it, it can be a wonderful experience to be your long awaited vacation with the children. Regardless of your unique disability but it is always advisable to not travel alone.If you are single, consider a relative, friend or attendant to accompany you, especially if you travel by boat or plane and leave the country. Because no matter how accessible buildings and facilities become everywhere, Travel and Getting out-and-about during the holidays can sometimes be a difficult and lonely experience - particularly if you are disabled and know the importance of a companion. To take someone with you. Can share the costs, and those who enjoy it with good memories! What do you bring YOUMedication, vitamins, bath accessories, clothes, books, keys, money, credit cards, travel brochures, glasses, binoculars, camera, film are, wallet, and a telephone address book most of the important elements you need to take with you to take, of course. But when traveling abroad, you need to get a passport and a visa for each country in your itinerary. And depending on where and when you travel, you may need extra clothes for extremely hot or cold weather packing. In general, remember to not overpack bring only what you need and know you will use. Finally, bring what you can only do and make some room in your bags for souvenirs to collect all you can be sure, while on vacation! Your rights as DISABLED PERSONYour rights as a disabled person is under the ADA guaranteed and defined, you receive equal access to all forms of transit as well as walkways, ramps, street crossings, public buildings, parking and transit access areas and other facilities in the U.S. also Web sites must be public participation activities and the information presented will be accessible to persons with disabilities.Across the globe almost every nation has joined the United States access to people with disabilities, and in most towns and cities within its borders inaccessibility for the disabled a thing of the past. Before traveling abroad, but you should check to make contact with one or more of the following resources, listed in order to plan your trip accordingly. So what are you waiting for? Get ready, go! Next stop: everywhere you want!

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Flying in the Antarctic: Adventures on the frozen continent

Improve the technology and the world becomes smaller, the world's unexplored places become less and less, but on the contrary, given the wild places more accessible. Antarctica remains one of the few wilderness on Earth, a desolate continent, a landscape of ice and rock, beautiful to look at, difficult to reach.If you're a tourist and you are from Bangkok and Jamaica and the French Riviera, then tired a visit to Antarctica could add some spice to your travels.The easiest way to Antarctica to visit is a cruise, you will be held at the edges of the continent to join and leave the ice and play at the margins among the penguins and seals. But Antarctica is a large continent, and in the interior reach the only practical option for tourists is to go through the air and through the air, the only people you can go with go, Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions, or ALE. ALE is the descendant of ANI, Adventure Network International, the firm of Giles Kershaw founded in 1984. Giles was an experienced pilot Antarctica (in five seasons for the British Antarctic Survey flown and then the support Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton in the R 1979-1982 Transglobe Expedition), when he spoke of two mountain climbers, reaching to the highest peak on the scale wanted was approached Antarctica, the Vinson Massif. They succeeded, and was from then on Kershaw in the Antarctic tourism business. They found a place on aircraft wheels, a distance of blue ice, free of soft snow in the course of a mountain called Patriot Hills, where they could build a base and from where they are the rest of the continent by skiplane, Giles Kershaw was able to reach the country died carried out in a gyrocopter crash in 1990, but his wife Anne on the work until the company was sold to Grand Expeditions in 2003. In their inexperience Grand Expeditions could not do the things, and she announced that there are no flights to Antarctica for the 2003-2004 season. That was a disaster for the people who were planning expeditions. Stepping into the breach was a group of former employees of the ANI, is gaining the expertise of Mike Sharp. ALE ANI later bought by Grand Expeditions and now they run the company as the package-tour subsidiary.ALE you can visit the South Pole or climb Vinson. I would recommend against these tours. Vinson is usually a three-day, very cold, walking uphill and most of the time you'll be waiting for the weather, so clear that you can fly out and back from Patriot Hills Vinson.The South Pole is an industrial site on the polar plateau . Science is very interesting, but the landscape is very boring, it's mind-numbing cold, and a spot on the polar plateau is much like any other. If you are interested in wildlife but go to the emperor penguin colony at the Dawson-Lambton Glacier, with a professional ornithologists. ALE you get there at the peak of the breeding season. At the time of sea ice has moved enough for cruise ships to the penguin colonies reach penguin chicks are half-grown, and much of the Antarctic colony dispersed.The other activity I can recommend is the one-week ski tour around the Ellsworth Mountains. This would give you a good experience of the Antarctic, camping cooking on 'night' and sledging rations of frozen food in your tent and ski, with "day" with spectacular mountains and icy valleys.If you fly to the Antarctic with ALE, you 'll Thurs decide as from Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in Chile, on the Strait of Magellan. While you're there, you might want the penguin colony at Seno Otway, or visit the Torres del Paine, a fantastic series of peaks.You may have to do this because the weather in Antarctica is often not conducive to flying, and it is often enough the wind on the wrong runway, or too much snow, or it is too cloudy. But the people of ALE is a constant view of the weather, and when the conditions are right, the flight is called.At the airport Punta Arenas you board an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft will be operated by a Russian crew. These aircraft are used for heavy-lift operations throughout the world, and the teams have to be picked up thousands of hours of experience in the type.You'll take the bus from the hotel, and you will be dressed in your cold weather gear, for there, where you left off does not always heated building.The airport accommodation on the aircraft are not as a passenger jet. It is a cargo plane, but designed to stay for 50 or so paratroopers have. There are a number of benches on each side of the plane, and you are probably with their feet next to the cargo, which will sit on the floor of the hold his seat belt. It is oxygen masks in relief, and life jackets and seat belts, just like on a normal passenger plane, but the procedure will be different, so pay attention to the instructions of the loadmaster.There is difficult to see much of in the hold of the aircraft, for the portholes high high on the sides of the aircraft, but if you have time, ask the loadmaster, if you could visit the navigator in the nose of the aircraft. It has windows on the ground, and one of the most beautiful views of the landscape below aircraft. However, do not be disappointed if you can not see anything, this part of the world is known for its bad weather known, and the chances are that you are only able to see a layer of clouds. If you are lucky you can be in a position Icebergs in the Drake Passage to see or, later, the sparkling white of the total Antarctic ice cap.During the flight of the staff of the ALE are preparing a fresh sandwich to eat for you and you are there could enjoy, as always taken from your hotel to the airport and the plane a few hours, and every meal you have had a long-forgotten memories. The flight takes about four hours, so if you eat, relax, read a book, or try to get some sleep. Perhaps even find a soft spot for the freight for your nap.For you end up strapped into the seat again, so will not be able to see something. (Sitting in the nose, is prohibited and is not recommended because it is only made of glass and is a death trap in the event of a crash.) The plane is landing on the ice, which offers very little friction to the wheels of the carriage will be, and such as the aircraft loses airspeed and can not be controlled by the rudder, the movement could become a little choppy, as the pilots flying the plane by differential thrust of the engines. Then there is a long period of roles, such as the aircraft returns from the end of the runway at the discharge position. Be patient and stay seated. The ice on which you is not roll smoothly, and a bump could easily throw you off your feet. Finally, the airplane is stalled, and opens the doors. It is light outside, says no matter what time your watch it is because you would have crossed during a flight over the Antarctic Circle, and you are now in the land of the midnight sun. The weather will be good, because if it does not fly you would not. You will be met by the ALE staff, and is on the back of the area as a guide to the cargo ramp, and on the ice. You will be the cold, inhale cold air, you will feel your eyes from the glare of the ice squint, the snow crunching under their feet, and you know you're having an adventure.