| Where to Travel for Thanksgiving This Year |
 If there's one responsible thing you do over Labor Day weekend, let it be solidifying your Thanksgiving plans. We know it's difficult to think ahead to the next big holiday while you're still working on taking advantage of the current one, but we hear from our friends at Hipmunk that airfare is expected to rise significantly after the holiday. If you don't already have a destination in mind, consider some of our favorites for Thanksgiving.Charleston, SC Get ready for some Southern charm in Charleston, best known for its plantation homes and haunted tours. Its historical architecture creates a cozy atmosphere, and the culinary scene is foodie-approved. Plus, you'll find one of the ShermansTravel staff's favorite under-rated beach two hours north, and sleepy Hilton Head two hours south, just in case you need a little more seclusion. While hotel rates in town easily reach $400 per night on busy weekends, you can easily find options in the $200-$300 range over Thanksgiving. Rooms at King Charles Inn, a historic AAA three-diamond property, for example, currently start at $212. For East Coasters, these prices make the moderate airfare worth it -- we found round-trip flights from NYC from $481 leaving Wednesday and returning Sunday on United, and from $431 leaving Wednesday and returning Saturday on JetBlue. Oaxaca, Mexico For an international getaway, this southern Mexico destination is fairly affordable to reach from both coasts as well as the Midwest. For a Wednesday to Sunday trip, roundtrip fares start from $450 from Chicago, $656 from New York, and $612 from San Diego, all on Aeromexico. November is somewhat of a sweet spot here, just after the summer rains have ended but before the cold descends -- and you know you can plan for some beach time when Puerto Escondido holds its big surf competition mid-month. The laid-back beach town is also home to well-priced lodging, with rates running from under $100 per night for more simplistic inns to $200 per night for fancier boutiques. In nearby Huatulco, you'll find the same slow pace, with plenty of wildlife and gorgeous churches to admire. Whichever you choose, you'll be able to indulge in mole and mezcal without the crowds of Oaxaca's flashier neighbors. |
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Hurricane Marie kicks up surf in Newport Beach, California By Web Staff Published: August 27, 2014, 7:38 am
Hurricane Marie kicks up surf in Newport Beach, California
NEWPORT BEACH, CA (Surfline.com/CNN) — Surf’s up along the California coastline as Hurricane Marie makes its way through the Pacific Ocean.
People stood on the shoreline in Newport Beach to watch the massive waves.
Waves could swell to 30-feet by later Wednesday.
The National Weather Service warned swimmers and surfers that Southern California beaches will have large waves and rip currents.
Image Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response
Help us in our little diveshop in the beautiful Mazunte Workaway My name is Alejandro and I am from Mexico City. I always wanted to have my own little diving school and one year ago I came to Mazunte to open my ...
| Help us in our little diveshop in the beautiful Mazunte
My name is Alejandro and I am from Mexico City. I always wanted to have my own little diving school and one year ago I came to Mazunte to open my ...
 Help us in our little diveshop in the beautiful MazunteDescription
My name is Alejandro and I am from Mexico City. I always wanted to have my own little diving school and one year ago I came to Mazunte to open my dive school and shop. I am very happy here, because the life here is different and we can do what we really like. Every day when we go down we can find different sealife, new species and it is always an adventure. The coast of Oaxaca is still very virgin and for that there is a lot to see and to explore. The wildlife is very active here. We are also the only dive school in the whole region (zipolite, puerto angel, san agustinillo and mazunte).
Area
Oaxaca
Type of helpTeaching,Help with Computers / internet, Other, Helping with Tourists Help
We are looking for a person who loves the sea and its wildlife and who is openminded and likes working with people. You don't need any experience but it would be perfect if you are interested in diving or if you want to learn it.
The idea is that our volunteer can help us in the diveshop, selling tours and equipment and also if you speak various languages you could help us translating some of the tours. If you have a divers license you can also help with the diving. We could also need a person who likes onlinemarketing and can help us to spread the word of our school. Languages spoken
Spanish, a bit of English
Accommodation
I offer a private room with private bathroom and food. ( 2 meals a day). And there is the opportunity to earn commissions for selling our tours.
If you want to make a diving course with me I offer you a discount and you will have an exellent teacher. :) What else ...
Next to diving all kind of watersports are very popular here. There is surfing, bodyboarding, boogy boarding, snorkelling, fishing tours, kayaks etc. There is whale season from October to March and you can make a tour with a local fisher man for 200 pesos mexicanos (16$).
In Mazunte you will find a turtle conservation center, you can visit La Ventanilla, where you will see wild crocodiles. You can walk to Punta Cometa, which is a special place with a lot of energy. Some more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Volunteering hours expected
5
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Agencia EFE August 25, 2014 8:19am Hurricane Marie affects 10,000 families, leaves 3 missing in Mexico 1 0 1 Municipalities of Mexico•Oaxaca Placard ENLARGE (Globalpost/GlobalPost) Mexico City, Aug 25 (EFE).- Hurricane Marie, a Category 5 storm, affected 10,000 families in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, while three fishermen were reported missing in Baja California Sur state, officials said. The storm damaged roads, triggered landslides, caused rivers to overflow their banks and flooded houses, the Oaxaca state government said, adding that Juquila and Pochutla were the two worst-hit districts. The federal Government Secretariat will be asked on Monday to declare a state of emergency and disaster in 10 cities affected by the storm so 10,000 families can receive assistance, Oaxaca officials said. A boat carrying seven fishermen capsized on Sunday in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, emergency management chief Wenceslao Petit Jacinto said. "I have been informed that four of the seven fishermen were able to swim to shore. Unfortunately, we have three fishermen missing," Petit told reporters. Search teams are trying to find the missing fishermen, Petit said.
Agencia EFE August 25, 2014 8:19am
Hurricane Marie affects 10,000 families, leaves 3 missing in Mexico
Mexico City, Aug 25 (EFE).- Hurricane Marie, a Category 5 storm, affected 10,000 families in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, while three fishermen were reported missing in Baja California Sur state, officials said.
The storm damaged roads, triggered landslides, caused rivers to overflow their banks and flooded houses, the Oaxaca state government said, adding that Juquila and Pochutla were the two worst-hit districts.
The federal Government Secretariat will be asked on Monday to declare a state of emergency and disaster in 10 cities affected by the storm so 10,000 families can receive assistance, Oaxaca officials said.
A boat carrying seven fishermen capsized on Sunday in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, emergency management chief Wenceslao Petit Jacinto said.
"I have been informed that four of the seven fishermen were able to swim to shore. Unfortunately, we have three fishermen missing," Petit told reporters.
Search teams are trying to find the missing fishermen, Petit said.
august 24, 2014 • 22:21 • updated at 22:38 Hurricane "Marie" leaving 10,000 people affected in Oaxaca
august 24, 2014 • 22:21 • updated at 22:38
Hurricane "Marie" leaving 10,000
people affected in Oaxaca
This Monday will ask the Interior Ministry Emergency declarations
for the 10 municipalities affected by the hydrometeorological
phenomenon.
Sunday afternoon, the National Water Commission reported that the hurricane "Marie" reached category 5 in the Pacific Ocean
Photo: AFP
The Government of Oaxaca that Hurricane "Marie" left around 10,000 homeless
families, on their way through the state.
He announced that tomorrow ask the Interior Ministry Emergency declarations
for the 10 municipalities affected by the hydrometeorological phenomenon.
The state administration indicated that these locations are Nopala Santos Reyes,
San Gabriel Mixtepec Juquila Santa Catarina, San Juan Lachao, Quiahije
San Juan, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Tataltepec Valdez, Loxicha Candelaria,
San Agustin and San Bartolomé Loxicha Loxicha.
The Director General of the State Institute of Civil Protection, Felipe
Reyna Romero, said that the main damage is landslides, overflowing rivers
and flooding homes.
Stressed damaged roads are rural, but there incommunicado populations.
On the other hand, the state official said that only one person was injured
in a landslide.
Mrs. Inés Velasco Ramirez suffered an invoice in the left foot, hip and
chest pain caused by a landslide in Rancho Nuevo Cuixtla Agency.
This afternoon, the National Water Commission reported that the hurricane
"Marie" reached category 5 in the Pacific Ocean.
Gallery: Hurricane "Marie" left severe damages in Colima
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Hurricane Marie against Colima coast spas leave severe damage to this town and Tecomán, especially
in shelters, which are quantified by state and municipal authorities
Photo: NOTIMEX
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