Travel nightmares: Cockroaches, sinking ships and the unexpected 2008-10-29 - Jim Conran of Orinda is finally all smiles as he prepares to board his plane from Guyana to Suriname after a lengthy overnight delay. Long security lines at the airport, a smoky smell in a hotel room and a rental-car gas gauge hovering on empty seem...
25th Research Team Arrives at Zhongshan Station 2008-11-19 - 28 inland researchers will travel over 1300 kilometers to Dome A, where they will set up china's third base on Antarctica, Kunlun Station....
Literary calendar for the week of Nov. 16-22. 2008-11-16 - East Bay A Great Good Place for Books -- 6120 La Salle Ave., Montclair Village, Oakland. 510-339-8210. Events are at 7 p.m. unless noted. Monday: "Edgewise," Jan...
Don't overtax 2008-11-18 - You can travel with the Ackermans from Antarctica to Zimbabwe on a myriad of adventures. Their travel adventures cover 50 years of travel to 120 countries,...