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New York’s other Chinatown: Flushing, Queens

AP Photo -- A waitress serves congee to a family enjoying dim sum at Gala Manor, in Flushing, Queens in New York, Dec. 29, 2009.
March 8, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) — For many visitors to New York, a trip to Chinatown means heading to Lower Manhattan. But the city has another Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, not as well-known, but just as vibrant. It’s a fun place to spend a day exploring, shopping, and above all, eating. Getting to Flushing from Manhattan is a snap. Just take the No. 7 train from Times Square, Fifth Avenue or Grand Central to the last stop, Main Street. You’ll emerge from the subway into the heart of downtown Flushing at one of New York City’s busiest intersections. ‘‘If you come on a weekend, there’s barely space to walk,’’ said Shawn Choi, external affairs associate at Flushing Town Hall, a cultural center at 137-35 Northern Blvd. that sponsors performances, exhibits and educational programs. Flushing’s largest ethnic group is Chinese, with Koreans next. The first Asian-American elected to citywide office, John Liu, grew up in Flushing after immigrating from Taiwan as a child with his family.

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Online games, quizzes to test your travel IQ

March 8, 2010

(AP) — Do you know how many islands make up Hong Kong? I didn’t, and I had never heard of the Eritrean currency Nakfa, either, until I started taking travel quizzes online.

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Gliding through the Florida Everglades

March 1, 2010

COOPERTOWN, Fla. (AP) — Jesse Kennon’s day begins at 6:30 a.m., as he opens up Coopertown’s only bait and tackle shop. He heads to the only restaurant, where the lunch menu includes alligator tail and frog legs, to make sure the kitchen is ready.

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Valley of Fire

February 21, 2010

OVERTON, Nev. (AP) — You’ve done your time in Las Vegas. You’ve given generously to the casinos, gorged on their food and overdosed on their glitz.

You need an escape from the Strip. The Grand Canyon is too far.

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Preserving El Morrow

January 31, 2010

EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT, N.M. (AP) — For centuries, Spanish explorers, U.S. Army troops, wagon train emigrants and railroad surveyors carved their names on a huge sandstone outcrop in what’s now a national monument famed for those inscriptions.

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Migrating raptors take flight

December 20, 2009

KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Peering through binoculars, Arlene Koch spies something tiny and dark on the horizon.

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