Topic: Destinations In The Americas
Flood-damaged railway to famed Incan citadel at Machu Picchu to be fully restored JulyPeruRail says train service to the famed Machu Picchu ruins will be fully restored July 1. The popular 68-mile rail line from Cuzco is the only land route to ...
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Police in the popular Mexican beach resort of Cancun found the bodies of 12 people on Friday with signs they were tortured and killed by drug gang members. Police recovered the bodies of nine men and three women ...
Group says purchase of Montana claims wraps up New World Mine conservation effortA conservation group said Tuesday that it has finalized the purchase of mining claims north of Yellowstone National Park, a deal that wraps up the effort to protect the area ...
Peru withdraws fraud, conspiracy claims against Yale in lawsuit over Machu Picchu artifactsPeru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - While most travelers can only dream of getting an Oscar or being on the silver screen, anyone can pretend to be star at U.S. hotels where countless movie scenes have been shot. Travel firm TripAdvisor (http://www.tripadvisor.com) has ...
Tourism minister: Peru hopes to reopen Machu Picchu to visitors by April 1Peru is hoping to reopen Machu Picchu to tourists by April 1 after landslides and flooding cut off access to the Incan citadel perched in the Andes. Officials are trying ...
Peru was Tuesday conducting an airlift evacuation of more than 2,500 foreign tourists trapped in and around its famed Machu Picchu ruins by rain and mudslides that killed at least seven people. The operation, which began Monday, had rescued 125 of the ...
Yale seeks dismissal of lawsuit by Peru over Inca artifacts acquired nearly a century agoYale University says a lawsuit by Peru seeking the return of thousands of Inca artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago should be ...
Adventurer's niece saddened by renaming of Venezuela's Angel FallsThe niece of adventurer Jimmie Angel says she is saddened that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez wants to go back to using the indigenous name for the world's tallest waterfall. The waterfall, known as Angel ...
Canada, Mexico, South Africa among destinations on top travel lists at year's endHere are some top destination lists for travel as 2009 ends and 2010 begins. Lonely Planet's U.S. staff's top picks for 2010: U.S., Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, Cuba, Italy, ...