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1/6/04

CONTENTS

Extreme Vacation of the Week
Different, But not so Extreme Vacation of the Week

Five Fabulous Travel Deals
Travel News

Fun Events
Joke of the Week

EXTREME VACATION OF THE WEEK

Why should the Mars Rover have all the fun? No, we can’t send you to Mars. Neither are we going to feature a $10 million trip to the space station, although that’s at least possible if you have the bucks. This bargain basement Cosmonaut Adventure can be yours for only $2950. You get a full day of training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia. You’ll use the same simulators used to train for actual space flight. Learn how to navigate and dock your craft and see the hydrolab, a tank used to train for space walks. Maybe you’ll like it so much that you’ll sign up for the $10 million ride, or better yet, win the $10 million X Prize (http://www.xprize.org/) and have your space craft to boot.

http://www.incredible-adventures.com/star_city.html

DIFFERENT, BUT NOT SO EXTREME VACATION OF THE WEEK

Since you may not get the opportunity to explore the martian surface anytime soon, why not explore a bit of the surface of the earth, on a horse? Colorado’s Bear Basin is an hour and a half southwest of Colorado Springs. This pack company will set you up with a horse and equipment for anything from a half day to full week. Depending on the trip you choose you can explore mountains, valleys, meadows, or even the largest sand dunes in the hemisphere. The rates seem good too.
http://www.bearbasinpacktrips.com/programs/threeday.html

FIVE FABULOUS TRAVEL DEALS

8 day Southern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Spirit, BALCONY from $569

http://cs.cruisebase.com/cs/Forms/CruiseDeals.aspx?ClientID=1&Sailings=40503

London winter supersaver, 6 nights and RT air from $369

http://www.europeexpress.com/site/PKG_Detail_Template.asp?iCode=6963&iRating=0

London from $99 one way on Virgin

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/promotion.view.do?flash=true&id=2220

Fly and drive Italy from $489

http://www.gotoday.com/IT_FGFL.ASP

Coast to coast on US Airways from $198

http://www.usair.com/pro/specials/best_west.htm

More deals at TravelDispatch.com

TRAVEL NEWS

20 Secret San Francisco bargains

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3081197/

Thai islands good for stress

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/01/04/thai.islands.reut/index.html

Affordable safaris

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3341816/

Cure for jetlag?

http://www.anitavacation.com/articles/health/jetlagquiet100903.shtml

New resort for Atlantic City

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A59642-2003Nov18&notFound=true

FUN EVENTS

Sundance Film Festival

Park City, Utah

Jan. 15-25, 2004

The Sundance Festival in Park City, Utah is one of the most celebrated and talked-about film festivals in the world - a must-see for film-industry professionals, a film-buff's dream, and the ultimate opportunity for new filmmakers to have their shot at the big-time.

http://www.sundance.org/

Sydney Festival

Sydney, Australia

Jan. 8-26, 2004

Australia's leading cultural festival, the Sydney Festival has been a force to be reckoned with since 1976. Welcoming the world's best theatre, music, art and dance, running throughout the height of the Sydney summer and always ending on Australia Day, the festival starts each New Year off with an avalanche of artistic activity.

http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/

Winter Restaurant Week

New York, New York

Jan. 26-30, Feb. 2-6, 2004

It may be icy cold out on the streets, but New York City is blessed with thousands of enticing restaurants. French, Italian, Japanese, Scandinavian, Brazilian and American, it's all here and over the course of these two wintery weekends some of the very best offer lunches and dinners at greatly discounted prices.

http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=241

Super Bowl

Houston, TX

Feb. 1, 2004

All eyes are on Houston's Reliant Stadium as it hosts Super Bowl XXXVIII, the climax of the NFL season and one of the world's great sporting occasions.

https://www.superbowlxxxviii.org/main-a.asp

JOKE OF THE WEEK

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