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Celebrating 30 years of independence

January 4, 2002

 

Road rules

Driving? Some
things to think
about

if you are driving to your Spring
Break destination, here are a few
tips:

oPrepare your vehicle. Have a
trusted mechanic check it out.
When departing, consider leaving
a day earlier. When returning.
consider leaving a day later to
avoid heavy traffic.

-Consider an overnight stay along
the way.

Source: AAA

Staying here?

it isn't Cancun, but Kentucky isn't
a horrible place spend a week off
from school. Just think, you could
be in New Jersey. Here are a few
day trip ideas for those stuck in
the Bluegrass.

-Louisville Slugger Museum,
Louisville. See the world's largest
bat. www.5iuggermuseum.com
Mammoth Cave National Park.
near Cave City. Mammoth Cave is
the longest known cave system in
the world.

-Newport Aquarium, Newport. A
state-of-the-art aquarium with
11,000 animals and millions of gal-
lons of water.
www.newportaquarium.com
-Hationai Corvette Museum.
Bowling Green. A tribute to
America's sports car.
www.corvettemuseum.com

Don't get
scammed

Students should be alert to these
“red flags" that may signal fraud-
ulent travel promotions:

-Be wary of "great deals" and
low-priced offers. Few legitimate
businesses can afford to give
away products or services of real
value or substantially.

-Post card promotional mailings
that say you have won a prize but
must take a weekend trip to a
resort and attend a sales presen-
tation or require you to pay a fee
in order to claim the prize.

-Low rates on air travel that
require you to purchase an addi-
tional ticket for a companion.
-0ffers by companies attempting
to dodge postal authorities by
requiring a messenger. or courier,
to deliver the travel package to
you in exchange for your pay-
ment.

-Most states do not require regis-
tration or licensing for travel
offers. The exceptions are Florida
and California. Any Florida compa-
ny offering a vacation package,
irregardless of where it is being
offered, is required to register
with the Sellers of Travel Division
of the Florida Department of
Agriculture. To verify that a com-
pany has complied with Florida
requirements, call (850) 488-
222i.

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Aspen, Colo.

Driving time: 25 hours

Avg. airfare: $500-$l,000

Avg. March temp.: 20 degrees

Things to do: For those who prefer snow
to sand, Aspen is perfect. Spend the day
on the slopes and your nights Indoors.
catching a concert at the Wheeler Opera
House or at one of the town's many
watering holes.

 

Vacation abroad
A Kernel

photographer's
experience in Wales

http: www.kykernei. corn

' Break loose: The beach isn't the only spring break option;
Check out these cities before making your travel plans

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Las Vegas, Nev.

Driving time: 35 hours

Avg. airfare: $300-$500

Avg. March temp.: 56 degrees

Things to do: Keeneland lovers will be in
hog-heaven in the casinos of Las Vegas.
Visit Caesar's Palace, see magician
Lance Burton or Sigfried and Roy.

Ho trip to Las Vegas would be complete,
though, without the musical stylings of
Wayne Newton.

 

Chicago

Driving time: 6 hours

Avg. airfare: $300-$500

Avg. March temp.: 38 degrees

Things to do: Chicago isn't the warmest
place to spend Spring Break, but the
pizza is great. Visit the Magnificent Mile
and Navy Pier. Catch an taping of Oprah
during the day and check out the jazz
and blues clubs at night.

 

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Driving time. 9 hours

Avg. airfare. $400

Avg. March temp.: 40 degrees

Things to do: Feeling patriotic? Washing-
ton D.C. is the place to be. Be sure to
visit the Holocaust Museum during your
tour of D.C.'s many monuments and
museums. At night, hang out in bars and
restaurants in the Dupont Circle,
Georgetown and Adams Morgan districts.

 

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Driving time: 39 hours
Avg. airfare: 5400- $800

Avg. March temp.: 58 degrees

Things to do: Drive cross-country to the
city of angels. Los Angeles boasts
Mann's Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood
Wax Museum. Rodeo Drive, the Museum
of Television and Radio. and the happiest
place on earth -Dlsney Land. Visit
Venice Beach and take a walk on the
promenade.

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Driving time: 11 hours

Avg. airfare: $500-$600

Avg. March temp.: 60 degrees

Things to do: Few cities do St. Patrick's
Day like Savannah. The city celebrates
its lrish heritage with a crazy weekend-
long party. Plus, this year's Southeast-
ern Conference men's basketball tourna-
ment is In Atlanta and falls during the
break, so Savannah is a fitting location
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Driving time: 14 hours

Avg. airfare: $350-$650

Avg. March temp.: 70 degrees

Things to do: The classic Spring Break
getaway, Panama City Beach is the spot
for those who wanting to spend the day
by the ocean and the night at the bar.
Check out Spinnaker and Club La Vela.
Beware of thongs, STD's and alcohol poi-
soning.

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Driving time: 12 hours

Avg. airfare: $500-$600

Avg. March temp.: 4i degrees

Things to do: The city has opened four
viewing platforms near Ground Zero so
Manhattan residents and visitors can see
the destruction of Sept. ii and the clean-
up process. Experience the Mew York of
the movies: Fifth Avenue, Times Square,
Broadway, Rockafeller Center, the Stat-
ue of Liberty and Empire State Building.

 

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Driving time: to hours

Avg. airfare: $300-$500

Avg. March temp.: 40 degrees

Things to do: Milton S. Hershey built his
chocolate factory in Central Pennsylva-
nia in 1905 and began building a model
town. In 1907, he opened Hershey Park
for his employees. How the park is a
full-fledged amusement park with eight
rollercoasters. The entire town is a
shrine to chocolate. The spa at the Hotel
Hershey offers a whipped cocoa bath.

 

 

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Driving time: 23 hours

Avg. airfare: $600-$700

Avg. March temp.: 73 degrees

Things to do: Jimmy Buffet loves Key
West, one of five islands off the Florida
coast. in addition to the beautiful
beaches and crystal waters, you'll find
the home of Ernest Hemingway, palm-
lined streets, sidewalk cafes and open-
air bars.

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Secret spots: Travel agent says Punta Cana
a quiet, inexpensive Spring Break alternative

cording to "Dr. Beach."

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2. St. Peninsula State
Park.o Cape San Bias,

3. iiaanapali, Hawaii

4. Hanalei Beach, Hawaii

5. Caladesi island State Park.
Dunedin. Fla.

6. Fort DeSoto Park. Tierra
Verde. Fla.

7. Harnoa Beach. Hawaii

8. Ocracoke island, H. C.

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ASSISTANY NEWS EDIYOR

Puma Cana may
more like a phrase from a song

in The Lion King than
a tropical island in
the Caribbean. but
one travel agent said
it's inexpenswe.
beautiful and less
crowded during
Spring Break than
traditional places like
Cancun.

“It‘s a very quiet
area and a great val-
ue." said Nancy
Tussey. a travel agent
at AAA. of the Span-
ish-speaking island
located on the eastern
shore of the Domini-
can Republic.

Tussey said the
island is known for
its solitude and splen-
dor and has room
available for guests
looking for a relaxing
place to vacation.

Despite all of its
welcoming aspects.
Tussey said the is2

land remains an undiscovered ture."

sound

the Florida coast.

Much like usual.

Tussey

said it seems that Cancun is the

The
United
States is
starting to
know a
little bit
about it
it‘s a very
quiet area
at a great
value."

- Nancy
Tussev.

AAA travel
agent

paradise during Spring Break

because most students com
mute to places like Cancun and

most popular place to vacation
this year With prices including

air fare. hotel and food
for seven nights rang-
ing from 31.200 to
$1.400 per person

And while most ac
rommodations in Can»
run and Florida are al-
ready booked for
Spring Break. a yaca
tion to Punta (Sana can
still be arranged.
Tussey said.

A stay in Punta
(”‘ana for seven nights
and the three-hour
flight would rank“
from $900 to $1.2m per
person.

Just 60 years ago.
there were no bUild
ings or tourism of any
kind along the beach,
she said,

But now. there are
mainly five and six
star resorts and a num-
ber of buildings

“Everything is
low-rise to go With na

Tussey said
While most

Puma Cana's beaches are Euro

pean. Tussey said more Ameri

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(Above) More than 40 miles of
beaches encompass the island at
Punta Cana, a Spanish-speaking
land on the eastern shore of the
Dominican Republic. (Right) Stu-
dents celebrating at one of the
many resorts and hotels located on
the island of Punta Cana.

cans are starting to discover
the island

"The L' S is starting to
know a little bit about it ” she-
said

But the main thing to know
about Puma (Tana is that it is
not meant for partying, said
Tiissey

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"Because the train was so horribly
late, I have missed the evening light
and have walked to Lower Solva to The
Harbour Inn for six quid to eat lasagna
verdi. This is the most lovely place I've
ever seen," so begins my travel journal
for a weekend to St. David's in Wales
this past May.

While studying abroad, my photog-
raphy instructor sent me there on a
quest for solitude and good light. to a
place where I would feel safe, renewed.
Where I could still see cows and sheep
that weren’t being slaughtered due to foot and mouth disease.

The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park was only one of the
national parks open during the foot and mouth crisis.

St. David's, named for Wales's patron saint. lies on the
peninsula of western Wales, enclaved by Cardigan Bay and the
Bristol Channell. It is the United Kingdom's smallest city,
renowned for its cathederal begun in 1180 AD.

The bed and breakfast (Yn-y-Coed, 202, Solva) I stayed at my
first weekend in Wales lies on the old pilgrim road across the
street from Whitchurch (pictured above). The early pilgrim
church rises tall against the background of tilled farmland and
narrow, wending lanes that are lined with a yellow prickly
"flower" called gorse. '

Why traispe 3,000 miles across the pond for spring break?
Because you're tired of drunken orgies in Aruba and the endless
stench of puke in third-rate hotel rooms in South Beach. St.
David's is a peaceful village where the wind blows freely from
across the ocean and Welsh generosity abounds.

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es 70-80 feet below and narrow bays. St. David’s is a hiker’s
dream. From Lower Solva to St. David’s Head, the coastal path
winds through fields, cliffs and a small church, St. Non’s. One of
England‘s best beaches, Whitesands, also lies along the path.

I came back to St. David’s twice more during my stay in
England. I came back because I met a wonderful young woman.
Roya, on my train ride. who wanted to come to America to be
with her sister in Dallas. I came back because I shared a taxi
with four other traveler's (Roya included) and because my host
met me at the bus stop and told me all the local news. something
not even the best hotels in America can rival.

Maybe it was just for a magical moment, before the crisis of
Sept. 11, that l was able to enjoy the hospitality and the generos-
ity of strangers united by a common place. The magic of travel-
ing unhindered by fear may be over. Maybe the next time I am
in Wales, I will not be offered rides by tilt? has of the place I am
staying, or by the Jehovah’s Witnesses tl .at pith 1‘. me up on the
road from Whitesands after I‘d walked :1 mill - , ‘coastal path
and couldn’t walk another step.

“You were sihouletted by the setting sun,“ the woman told
me when I was seated in their station wagon. I still think of that
setting sun. glowering pink. blue and purple over the sea. For
them, I must have been a picture-perfect moment.

This is what [want you to experience. It may be, in this
post-Sept. 11 world, that traveling becomes a victim to the fear
of violence.

I want you to know, that somewhere in this world, there is a
place where peace still reigns, where people are friendly to oth-
er humans, and because at the end of the day, the same sun
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Hostels an inexpensive option for rooms

Got culture.: Hostels
provide safe, clean
places to stay in U.S.
and abroad

Si RIF‘PS HOWARIV NEWS Still/1ft

Hostels ean he an inexpeir
sive and eiiriehing way to
spend a yaeatioii.

"I’eople meet here and form
friendships that last a lifetime."
said Mirhael Moran. general
manager of Hostelling Internav
tional‘s Washington. Ill.
youth hostel ”That is what we
are all about ”

Like the mission statement
of Hostelling International-
Aineriean Youth Hostels (HIV
AYH). “to help people. espeeial»
ly the young. gain a greater un»
derstand of the world and its
people through hostelling." sug
gests. most nights the eoninioii
areas of youth hostels through
out the world sei've as eultural
exehange eenters where
strangers front every corner of
the Earth eoine together and
share their ideas and stories.

Ill-AYH is a nonprofit or
ganization that networks 11:3
youth hostels in the [hired
States and tom hostels in 7o
other eoiintries

Although mate;
"hostellers" are attraeted to the
less expenstve aet'onunoda
tioi‘is. whleli are $8 to $2?» a
night. Tohy I’yle, puhlie rela’
tions manager for HIAYH.
said. “We are more than just a
t‘heap sleep " The hostels pro
vide many programs for the
travelers as well as the eonnnu
nities surrounding them

The HIAYH youth hostel in
New York i‘ity offers visitors
an all day walking tour ot the
eity highlights, For the Fourth
ofJuly the one in Washington.
DC. just a few lilotfks li‘om the
White House. hosts a tradition
al Ameriean eookout. Iii l‘hit‘a
go the hostel started a "eultural
kitchen.” whieh invites
hostellers to eook for and meet
the surrounding r-ommunity.

HI-AYH also organizes
"teaches" where visitors go to
area middle sehools and talk
about their homeland and ad
ventures. Last year. in Wash
ington, l).t‘.. an Alaskan ex
plained the Northern Lights
and a traveler from Hong Kong
showed eurreney from all over
the world to the students.

"You can have a cultural
exchange with someone from
Alaska if you have never left
DC." Pyle said.

Many hostels in this net-
work are unique. varying from

three lighthouses in (‘alifornia
and upstate New York to five
hostels in federal parks. In the
Ill :\H)t‘l'l It. Lester Memorial
Hostel. near the White Moun-
tains National Forest in (‘on
way. N H. is not your typieal
hostel either it is a “sustain
ahle lying renter "

Named after a teaeher who
toyed to travel hv hieyele and
was killed by a drunken driver
in 1992. this hostel was eonvert
ed from a fartiihoiise and re-
itlliii in lotto entirely oitt of re-
tyeled materials, The hathrooiii
floor is made of reeyeled jet
windshields. The lights turn on
=uitoniatit'ally hy sensors. and
the hostel reeyt'les extensively.
has a eontpost pile and a veg-
etahle garden.

“Mo -t of the people think it
is really tool when they get
here." said Ilaiiny Barksdale. a
fulltime liveiii statf member.
To help the guests. there is even
an audio tour ayailahle explain
ing eaeh
rooms reey
eled materials
and energy
t onservation
machines.

A typical
HI-AYH has
kitt‘heii spares
with eookware worked. no to
available. In- www.hostels.c
tei‘iiet aeeess. a om
teiey ision
room and oth
er eonunon ar
eas The hed
rooms r'an hold tour to 12 peo-
ple. sometimes with loekers for
valuahles. although hostelling
revolves heavily around trust
and eaniaraderie. There are of-
ten ride hoards that allow peo
pie to team up with others tray
ehng to the same destination,

Although a membership is
not required to stay at a HI»
AYH. those with a niemhership
($25 a year; ret-eive less expert
siye nightly rates and priority
on waiting lists for full hostels

There are thousands of hos

To find out
more informa-
tion and loca-
tions ot youth
hostels, both
independent
and net-

Travelers
at the
lll-AYAH
New York
hostel.
The New
York hos-
tel ls the
largest
hostel in
the world
wlth 624
beds.

tels throughout the world not
associated with Hostelling In
ternational. Most are either as
socialed With other hostels.
such as Federation l'nie (les
.-\uherges de .li'timt'ss‘t‘ iii
Franee and other nationalixed
hostel networks, or indepen
dently run and operated They
do not require memberships.

l‘nlike the HlAYH. where
12 pereent of members are se
niors. independent hostels are
usually full of younger travel»
ers.

“I really like working here
herause I get to know mam
people from many eountries.‘
said Nandor (lerehet'z. an in
tern at the independei‘it
Simkin‘s‘ Bed and Breakfast
Hostel in the distriet‘s Iiupont
(‘irele “I like il‘ft‘.'t‘lt‘l‘\. The‘.
are (men-minded, easy going
and interested in people "

Adam Johnson. who has
worked at Washington Interna
tional Baekpar-kers indepen
dent hostel in Washington.
l).(‘.. for two years, has notii'ed
that in reeent years, more
Amerieans are attempting to
“hostel." mainly heeause ofthe
eost and the information es
t‘hauge on the Internet

.laniie Morse a guest. said.
“It is thee to he ahle to travel
and find a Cheap plat-e- if I did
ii‘t have this option. I eouldn‘t
do it."

"Hostelling [( ulture‘, is de
elining." .lohnsor. lte‘izeyes
"You get a lot of people who
don‘t know about hostel leui
turel." He estimates that in the
past the people who used 'nos
tels were about 8!) pereent
haekpaekers and aetiye parts of
the hostel community Now he
feels that only 30 pereent of the
hostel population believes in
the cultural exchange.

Hostelling is not for every
one. Grant Marrhalson. a tray
eler from New Zealand. who
was staying at Sinikin‘s sazrl
he does not use hostels regular
1y

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