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Top 10

Most searched honeymoon destinations

1 Mexico

2 Italy

3 Hawaii

4 Puerto Rico

5 France

6 Spain

7 Costa Rica

8 Greece

9 Paris

10 The Bahamas

Source: Ask.com

Quote

Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

ALDOUS HUXLEY

Travel reading

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City

By Greg Witt,

282-page paperback,

$16.95, Menasha Ridge Press

While there are a number of hiking guides for the Wasatch Front, this one offers a slightly different format, suggesting 60 hikes within a 60-mile radius of Salt Lake City as the title suggests. The guidebook lists hikes in Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, Tooele and Summit counties. One handy item at the front of the book offers the Author's Picks for best hikes, hikes from one to three, three to six, six to nine, and more than nine miles in the book. There is also a list of steep hikes, hikes near streams and rivers, hikes with lakes, high-altitude hikes, trails for mountain biking, climbing trails, historical hikes, kids hikes and treks with dogs. Each hike includes a map, at-a-glance information, GPS trailhead coordinates and detailed directions. All things considered, this is quite a useful hiking guide.

On the Web

Romantic getaways

New couples planning their honeymoons or longtime spouses looking for a romantic getaway should visit www.honeymoon.com, which offers a variety of packages and suggestions.

World Currency

What your dollar buys

Rates paid domestically for each dollar changed. These figures are intended only as a guide. Rates may be more favorable abroad (As of Wednesday.)

Argentina (peso) 3.1

Australia (dollar) 1.0

Brazil (real) 1.6

Canada (dollar) 1.0

Chile (peso) 489

Czech Rep. (koruna) 16.0

Denmark (krone) 4.8

Egypt (pound) 5.3

European (euro) 0.65

(Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain)

Great Britain (pound) 0.51

Hong Kong (dollar) 7.8

India (rupee) 43

Indonesia (rupiah) 9,313

Israel (shekel) 3.3

Japan (yen) 105

Mexico (peso) 10.3

New Zealand (dollar) 1.3

Norway (krone) 5.2

Philippines (peso) 44

Poland (zloty) 2.2

Russia (ruble) 24

Singapore (dollar) 1.4

South Africa (rand) 8

South Korea (won) 1,019.3

Sweden (krona) 6

Switzerland (franc) 1

Taiwan (dollar) 30.3

Thailand (baht) 32.7

Venezuela (bolivar) 2,147.5

Source: Yahoo! Finance