Don't let the sinking dollar keep you from a fun vacation
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The dollar's fall against the world's currencies mean it's more expensive to travel almost anywhere, including Canada, where the "loonie," as the Canadian dollar is called, has been hovering at par or slightly above the U.S. dollar. TravelSmart offers these tips:
— www.travelsmartnewsletter.com
FROM VANCOUVER
AIR CANADA OFFERS WEEKLY NONSTOP SERVICE TO KONA
Air Canada has resumed its weekly, nonstop seasonal winter service between Vancouver and Kona through mid-April. Flights depart every Saturday from Vancouver at 6:10 p.m., landing in Kona at 10:25 p.m. Return overnight flights depart Kona at 11:50 p.m. and arrive in Vancouver on Sunday mornings at 7:25. Reservations: www.aircanada.com, 888-247-2262.
BIG ISLAND
PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO CELEBRATE YEAR OF THE PANIOLO
In 1908, Hawai'i's most famous paniolo, Ikua Purdy, competed in the Frontier Days World Championship in Wyoming. Purdy won the weeklong competition, and two other paniolo, Archie Ka'au'a and Jack Low, won third and sixth place, earning paniolo the respect of cowboys worldwide.
To honor paniolo statewide, the Big Island celebrates 2008 as the Year of the Paniolo, a legacy that began in 1792, when Capt. George Vancouver brought cattle to Hawai'i Island as gifts for King Kamehameha I.
In January, Parker Ranch's Visitor Center & Museum hosts the "Paniolo Hall of Fame" display; the annual Cherry Blossom Festival on Feb. 2 will honor the island's cowboys of Japanese descent. And in April, John Palmer Parker, founder of the Big Island's Parker Ranch, will be inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Westerners in Oklahoma City. www.paniolo preservation.com, www.parkerranch.com, 808-885-5433.
— Advertiser Staff
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