AFP Friday, Aug 03, 2012 AsiaOne.com TAIPEI – Taiwan started to clean up on Friday after Typhoon Saola lashed the island with powerful winds and downpours that killed six people, flooded villages and damaged roads, officials said. The central weather bureau on Friday lifted a warning for the slow-moving typhoon that left at least six […]
Accuweather.com: Tropical Storm Ernesto, despite a ragged appearance, continues to move westward, impacting the Windward Islands and on a path for the Caribbean over the weekend. Tropical Storm Ernesto will produce winds in excess of 40 mph, a storm surge of 1 to 3 feet and heavy, flooding rains as it approaches the Windward Islands […]
I recently had the good fortune of being able to take a wonderful sojourn throughout Europe, traveling Around Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, and France, via Rail Europe. We took 12 trains throughout our entire journey, with only one delayed a significant amount of time, which amounted to what I would describe as an overall very positive […]
I was recently able to take a Mediterranean cruise vacation with my family aboard the Celebrity Cruises ship The Sotisce. We flew Air Canada direct both ways to and from Barcelona, and utilised transfers purchased directly from the cruise line. Service was both great and efficient in both directions, really making our vacation much more […]
CHINA on high alert as river surges Travelinfo.ca NEARLY 30,000 people in central China have been called up to guard a riverside city as the biggest flood peak in nine years is surging down the Yangtze, a popular river cruise destination. The official Xinhua news agency said tens of thousands of people have been summoned […]