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Tourists flocking to discover a place lost in time: Myanmar

Tourists flocking to discover a place lost in time: Myanmar

BAGAN, Myanmar - The rising sun streaked a light blanket of fog with pink and yellow.
A non-digital solution to navigating Bangkok's confusing streets: Hand-held paper maps

A non-digital solution to navigating Bangkok's confusing streets: Hand-held paper maps

BANGKOK - Navigating the streets of Bangkok can challenge even the most seasoned of travellers. Roads wind into each other instead of running parallel. Narrow alleyways loop into dead-ends.

5 free things to do in the Salt Lake City area, from the Mormon temple to contemporary art

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's internationally-acclaimed ski resorts are the main reason people visit Salt Lake City in the winter, but there are plenty of fun, free and interesting things to do in Salt Lake City while in the area and other times of year.

Feds: Former Washington travel agent stole nearly 3.7M airline miles from high-end clients

SEATTLE - A former agent at a Washington travel company was charged with stealing nearly 3.7 million airline miles from high-end clients, then using them to buy plane tickets for herself and her family.
Nearly 800 people set out to hunt invasive snakes during 'python challenge' in Fla. Everglades

Nearly 800 people set out to hunt invasive snakes during 'python challenge' in Fla. Everglades

BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Fla. - An armed mob set out into the Florida Everglades on Saturday to flush out a scaly invader.
Questions and answers about traditions, festivities for President Obama's second inauguration

Questions and answers about traditions, festivities for President Obama's second inauguration

WASHINGTON - With his wife and two daughters at his side, President Barack Obama will raise his right hand and place his left on two stacked Bibles as he takes the oath of office for another four-year term.

Vatican surprised by Bank of Italy nix on credit card payments; tourist ticketing affected

VATICAN CITY - A senior Vatican official says he is "truly surprised" that the Bank of Italy ordered credit card payments suspended in the tiny city-state and insists the Vatican has taken adequate measures to fight money laundering.
Survivors, relatives of 32 dead mark anniversary of Concordia shipwreck with memorials, Mass

Survivors, relatives of 32 dead mark anniversary of Concordia shipwreck with memorials, Mass

GIGLIO, Italy - Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and relatives of the 32 people who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday with the unveiling of memorials to the victims, a tearful Mass in their honour and a minute of sil

Illinois transportation agency to sue United; says it runs 'sham' business to avoid fuel taxes

CHICAGO - A transportation agency plans to file a lawsuit Monday alleging that United Airlines is falsely claiming to buy huge amounts of jet fuel out of a small, rural Illinois office that doesn't even have a computer to avoid paying tens of million
Rick Steves' Europe: Austerity takes toll on U.K. tourist offices

Rick Steves' Europe: Austerity takes toll on U.K. tourist offices

Great Britain will likely be taking a deep breath (and perhaps a sigh of relief) this year as it recovers from a busy summer, when it hosted both the Olympics and Queen Elizabeth鈥檚 Diamond Jubilee.