If you think your kitchen is cramped, try cooking on a sailing ship

Imagine cooking for 10 to 60 people three times a day in a kitchen the size of a small closet. Then imagine that sometimes your closet is tilted about 15 degrees and bucking large waves on the Great Lakes or the ocean. That's just a taste of the challenges of cooking on tall ships that still ply the world's waterways.

Exploring Ecuador — sans the Galapagos Islands

No offense against the Galapagos Islands. Home to giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies, marine iguanas and other exotic creatures, the archipelago off Ecuador's coast ranks for me — and many other travelers — among the top places to visit before I die.

Exploring Ecuador — sans the Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands are on many travelers' must-see list, but with only two weeks to spend in Ecuador, not including the archipelago might be a smart move.

Canada: Tamil migrants in good condition

Hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka spent a grueling three months at sea in a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship but arrived in fairly good condition, Canadian officials said Saturday.

Canada: Tamil migrants in good condition

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