Show Sarxjard-Examine- r Travel Travel bargains London Spain and Puerto Rico trips among reasonably-price- d trips bargains open new for life enable people of means to make tnps about which previous generations could only dream And the recent bargains emerging from various travel companies have been especially exciting in fact virtually unprecedented as low in price as one can ever remember y London for $257 round-trimarvel! Throughout an the late fall and winter to come from November till the end of March Destination Europe (a subsidiary of the Auto Europe) phone (800) will offer round-tri- p flights between New York or Boston and London on American Airlines for that amazing S257 figure - about $40 less than it now costs to take a round-tri- p air shuttle between nearby US Travel and that's a bargain p: air-fa- 5 cities Spain's Mediterranean Coast for $499: an exotic wonder A arm of the upstart carrier Air Europa will take you to the famed Costa del Sol flying from New York to Malaga with six Hotel nights at the Siroco in Benalmadena for only $499 per person including round-tri- p air fare The fare is valid from Nov to Dec 19 and again from Jan 4 to March 19 You'll also receive round-tri- p transfers daily breakfast and all hotel taxes and tour-operati- trans-Atlant- ic 240-roo- trans-Atlant- ic 1 Once in London you can book guesthouse rooms in for as little as $35 and $40 per person per night (double 9 gratuities Phone (888) for more details or to book 772-469- San Juan for $589: the tropics for less The bargains from Puerto Rico are pouring forth w ith 90 percent of its hotels having reopened as good as ever before after Hurricane Georges Best I've seen is the price of $589 including round-tri- p air fare for a full seven nights (now through at the modest Hotel Tanama two blocks from Condado Beach and therefore only steps away from the torrid nightlife and gaming of the larger Condado properties That $589 is the rate using TWA from New York Boston Philadelphia Washington DC Hanford or Baltimore From Cleveland or Chicago add $55 From Denver Los Angeles or San Francisco add $299 Departures are weekdays only with a surcharge of $25 each way for weekend travel Amazingly the price goes up to only $699 per person again including round-tri- p air fare from Jan 3 to March 31 with no Februaiy e surcharges But the same surcharges apply from other air-far- Great prices are to be had this fall Go on a Disney cruise or head for Club Med London Spain or San Juan 837-165- A Disney cruise for $795: a boon we didn't expect After months of insisting that it would never discount its rates the elegant colorful cruise ship known as the Disney Magic has bowed to the inevitable (slow sales) and lowered its rates by about 30 percent at least for “selected dates” from Jan 1 through March 12 Its “Sunshine Getaways" will cost as little as $795 per adult $399 per child for a seven-nigpackage consisting of three or four nights in Disney World followed by four or three nights on the Disney Magic sailing to and from the Bahamas If a family of four succeeds in ht Repasts By The for weekend departures between now and Dec 12 (except for the Thanksgiving week) of only $799 from Los Angeles or San Francisco $849 from Chicago or New York and $1043 from Washington DC or Boston The pnee includes round-tri- p air fare seven nights of accommodations all three meals daily unlimited wine or beer with meals unlimited sports and entertainment Adults only Phone (800) CLUB-ME- Has travel gotten cheaper than staying at home? 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repast Cruise fir Travel Masters 'Europe Experts' Phone: 800264-0557 Lisbon will run about $394 but if you have the same meal in Copenhagen expect to part about $8 "Whether traveling or living abroad knowing beforehand what your costs will be can make the difference between a pleasant stay or a disaster” says Michael Ray consultant to Runzheimer International which tracks such costs “The strength of the US dollar against a particular foreign currency such as the Japanese yen French franc or Mexican peso plays a large role in determining how far you can stretch your dollar” in with Check the Web for rail passes COLUMBUS Ohio - If you've ever had difficulty nailing down the railroad pass you want you might check out the new consolidated Web site of Rail Pass Express a major handler of the passes The new address wwwrailpasscom replaces wwweurailpasscom which the company says was too product-specifi- c for the variety of passes it handles Cruise lines court the disabled NEW YORK -- Cruise lines have gone the extra mile to accommodate passengers with special needs says WE a new lifestyle magazine for people with disabilities The September-Octobe- r isue includes the magazine's assessment of cruise lines’ efforts for the disabled e5nlH0LLYW00D:&lBAlSrCRUISE:PKGl Dan Miller UP THEIR ACT: Hindus believe that bathing Varanasi's bathing ghats each day crowd pilgrims CLEANING India From IE my thighs and yelling at the top of my voice But the Taj was like a breath of fresh air in the exhaust-choke- d skies So many make the pilgrimage to this monument to love Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan heartbroken over the death of his wife Mumtaz Mahal (with whom he had 14 children) built the elaborate mausoleum in Agra after her death around 1631 Twenty-thousan- d workers from as far away as central Asia labored on the monument for over 20 years chiseling tons of white marble and red sandstone and carving flowers inlaid with camelian mother-of-peamalachite and coral Saris cool the body as well as the eye And like a cool raita that soothes the mouth after spicy foods the Taj Mahal was a refreshing pause during the dusty weeks we spent in India I was struck by the luminosity of Indian clothing Saris the color of spices warm from the sun and rl in photo 2 night stay at the Historic Hollywood Roosevelt or Wilshire Royale Hotels (wwwhotelroyalecom) the Ganges River will cleanse them of sin Hundreds of ground by hand - cumin chili saffron cloves turmeric That the colors should remind me of food is no surprise to me I was a vegetarian in paradise Food was plentiful and cheap from crunchy peppery pappadam to India's creamy comfort food - palek paneer -with spinach and cheese But every color could also symbolize something unpleasant - cinnamon or rust straw or excrement garnet or blood And so the Taj came to remind me of all those good things that I wanted to remember about India as well as that which I hoped to forget I wasn't prepared for how dirty India was that the puddles in the street were urine not water And that the picturesque sight of dark bodies squatting in a brown field weren't diligent farm workers but villagers relieving themselves I learned not to watch too closely and I hid behind sunglasses But everyone else stared usually while standing two feet in front of me Or they asked for something I saw my share of rude tourists complain about the heat or the sun crowding wooden boats at dawn to gawk at the ritual bathing ghats along the holy Ganges River in Varanasi For me they spoiled the delicate time and moment Tourists could also be sneaky Although we were told not to take photographs of the cremation ghats along the Ganges two of my companions clicked away while pretending to fiddle with their camera controls “Oh no! 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