Maid of the Mist to return to Niagara Falls

Yes, this is good news.  Maid of the Mist to return to Niagara Falls this year, despite loss of contract. Operators of the Maid of the Mist say the popular tour boats will be back in the water this year on both sides of the Niagara River Gorge.

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The news comes after the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company — which lost the contract to run the boats after 165 years — had warned the attraction might not open this year.

What to Avoid while in Cairo ~ EGYPT

Don't get me wrong with my title because I still love Egypt - and, the people.

No one can generalize an impression of any country as all these can happen and might happen anywhere in the world.

Locals & Tourists

I remember a friend once told me, "Don't compare and don't convert.  Each place has its own character and I consider it disrespectful, particularly to its people, to compare one to another.  They can never be equal. One will stand out or one will fall short of the other.  Same is true for money matters.  The value of a currency varies from one country to another. Once you start converting a foreign price to your own home currency, either you'd end up buying a lot or none at all", Aida Gregorio says.

Richmond, BC wants to pay a Blogger $50K to Eat Everyday for a Year

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Vancouver is a mecca for foodies and locals know Richmond, the rapidly developing suburb just south of the Fraser River from the city, also holds its share of culinary delights.

Now Richmond's tourism bureau is ready to put its money where our mouths are. It's ready to pay $50,000 to a food blogger to spend a year eating at a different Richmond restaurant every day for a year. The city has more than 800 eateries.

Crippled Costa Allegra Cruise Ship towed to Seychelles

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Karsten

A crippled cruise ship owned by the company whose giant liner the Costa Concordia was wrecked off Italy last month is being towed by a French tuna boat to the main island in the Seychelles, its owners said on Tuesday.

 

An engine room fire on the Costa Allegra knocked out the ship’s main power supply in the Indian Ocean on Monday, leaving it adrift with more than a thousand people on board — including 13 Canadians — in

Southwest Airlines' pilot sends cabin into panic

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A pilot caused momentary panic on board a flight after wishing happy birthday to the mother of an air traffic controller.

The problem was he said there was a "mom on board" and many people on the flight thought he said there was a "bomb on board."

According to the New York Daily News, many of the passengers on the Southwest flight between Baltimore and Long Island went into a panic when they heard