Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / February 2004

    New York City and Boston plus all of New Jersey is going to full of
people, busses, and trains. But not cars! That's right, NYC, Boston, and New
Jersey are going car-free! All streets in NYC and Boston are being converted
to pedestrian-and-bicycle-only streets and all freeways ...

Is the South Beach area the place to stay in when visiting Miami?  If so,
suggestions to hotels/motels would be greatly appreciated.
If not South Beach, what area do you suggest?  We're just going to visit the
area--sight see, etc.

A friend of ours is planning to fly into Whitehorse, pick up an RV or 4
x 4  vehicle to drive up the Alaskan Highway to Dawson City and on to
the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk.
If anybody has undertaken this trip would be glad to hear any advice or

Can anyone explain to me how this town in Quebec (east of Rivière du
Loup) got its name?

i wanna go to athens to see the olympics but am always embarassed to
see americans chanting usa! usa! at international events.
am also embarrassed hearing the whole world booing and hissing at
americans and the american flag.