CNN Travel News: 28 January 2009
January 29th, 2009 • CNN News, Travel
- Downturn drives massive Chinese migration
At Beijing’s East Train Station, some travelers are literally carrying their lives on their back. - Rich experiences a bargain in Costa Rica
If you consider new experiences and foreign cultures an investment, Costa Rica might be a better option than the stock market right now. - Stars’ favorite fish and chips are UK’s best
A Scottish fish and chip shop visited by Prince William, Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks has been crowned the best place in Britain to eat the national dish. - Ape takes flight — monkey business class
A baby bonobo ape born in the UK is settling into a new life in a German zoo after flying from Birmingham to Frankfurt — monkey business class. - Delta reports $1.4 billion loss
Read full story for latest details. - Where even a workaholic can relax
When I travel in Europe, I’m working. So when I take a vacation, I like to go elsewhere. I asked my friend Kurt Kutay, who runs Wildland Adventures, to set up the best possible eight-day Costa Rican vacation for a variety of experiences. This was a rare chance for our entire family to be together for the holidays. - Wide open in west Texas
On a bright big bend afternoon in far-west Texas, I steer myself along a high-desert, two-lane highway, tufts of dried-up tumbleweed thistle packed like snow against barbed-wire fences. The sky above opens up its cobalt tent; the space beneath stretches as far as an ocean. - Confessions of a hotel housekeeper
Allison Rupp worked at Yellowstone National Park’s historic Old Faithful Inn in 2004. - Temples, teahouses and towers
From the massive Great Wall to the tiny Feng Shui details of inner city architecture, iReporter Elisabeth Koch shares her favorite views of Beijing
