International Travel
LIVING LIKE LOCALS IN PUERTO VALLARTA The sun was rising and fresh snow blanketed Cheyenne Mountain as the airplane sped down the runway, winging us to a seaside escape in Mexico. Seven hours later, the sun was glistening on the Bay of Banderas as we landed in Puerto Vallarta. We stepped out into 75-degree weather - in February.
| SAN FELIPE TIME Throw away your watch and have another beer to embrace the laid-back feeling of this beach town
| Seven world wonders vote reaps participation maximus GENEVA, Switzerland - The Great Wall, the Colosseum and Machu Picchu are among the leading contenders to be the new seven wonders of the world as a massive poll enters its final month with votes already cast by more than 50 million people, organizers say.
| Road trip through Chile reveals new places, faces I've got 1,000 miles behind me and 3,000 to
go. It's the middle of the night in the middle of the Atacama Desert,
along a stretch of haunted ground called the Pampa del Indio Muerto. I don't
speak Spanish but I get the idea: "the prairie of the dead Indian.”
This is the land that rain forgot.
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