Top Flights: May 2014

Saturday, May 31, 2014

China's 'warriors' appear in Indy

If you want to see the 2,200-year-old Terra Cotta Warriors, your only choice usually is to travel to Xian, the city in east-central China where thousands of the sculptures that depict the army of China's first emperor were discovered in 1974.

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Friday, May 30, 2014

$59 Southwest fares really were too good to be true

The fares advertised by Southwest Airlines sounded too good to be true: $59 for flights from Atlanta to Los Angeles, Chicago or New York.

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At peace in Ojai

California hippie town is 90 miles and a world away from LA

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

More and more hotel rooms come with a bike

With hotels competing to offer ever-hipper incentives to attract guests and encourage loyalty, bikes are becoming a hot perk.

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Hawaiian adventures: Outdoor activites abound in Oahu

3 ways to energize an island vacation -- on water, under water and on foot

For someone approaching 60 years old, Joey Carroll is quite at home with the word "bro." And as a bronzed and lean Carroll led me through a Wednesday morning surf lesson on the waves off Waikiki, the word was welcome encouragement for a first-timer.

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Monday, May 19, 2014

In Baraboo, the circus is always in town

Step right up to Baraboo, Wis., where the Ringlings' legacy lives on

Let's begin with the obvious, and most pressing, question: How in the name of Jumbo the Elephant (he's real — look it up) did a south-central Wisconsin town of 12,000 become the circus capital of the world?