There seems to have been a bipolar choice of two topics in the travel stories published this weekend: creepy, Halloween-themed tales of haunted inns, resurrected neighborhoods, and the end of the road for lost luggage, or serious newspapers (the WaPo, the NYT) trying a fresh take on the quintessential vacation land of the sunny Caribbean.
Los Alamos, CA’s Creepy Inn
The perfect hotel for Halloween (SF Chronicle)
Europe’s Catacombs and Ossuaries
SKULL AND BONES: Continent chock-full of skeletal stashes you can visit (SF Chronicle)
Macabre London
The London prowl (LA Times)
The Afterlife of Lost Luggage
When you and your bags part ways (LA Times)
City of Night of the Living Dead Back from the Dead
Pittsburgh’s South Side, Resurrected (Washington Post)
The Caribbean
Antigua
Intimate Caribbean (Washington Post)
All-Inclusive Resorts
Caribbean Resorts With Infinity Pools, Golf Courses and Sandcastle U. (NYT)
Caribbean Boutique Hotels
Upscale and High Design Hotels in the Caribbean (NYT)
Jost Van Dyke
Jost Van Dyke, a ‘Somewhere’ Barely on the Map Island in the British Virgin Islands (NYT)
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic Offers a New Place in the Sun (NYT)
Puerto Rico
36 Hours: San Juan (NYT)
(Images via ant468hyde and matt.ohara’s photostreams)
Posted on Oct 30, 2006 03:17 PM by kristin
