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Pole Dancing In New York Subway
2008-01-10 00:00:00 Odd things have been know to happen in New York Subway trains, but I’ll bet you never expected this. According to a story in the Gothamist: In March, four limber women took to the subway in a quest to win $10,000 from DareJunkies.com. The website offered the prize to the best public pole dance. The ... More About: Dancing , Pole
Disneyland Monorails Upgraded
2008-01-10 00:00:00 According to Engadget Disneyland is doing an upgrade to their monorail system. The monorail system has had pretty much the same “futuristic look” for the last 50 years. The new cards will come in a variety of colors according to reports. The first in line will feature blue glass and red stripes that “change color ... More About: Graded
Early Birds Get a Free Travel Day With Eurail
2008-01-08 00:00:00 If you are one of those people who plan their life in advance, who is planning on going to Europe this year and likes to travel by train then you should know that Eurail has got a deal for you: Eurail Group announced today that it is offering an extra day of rail travel on all six-, ... More About: Travel , Free , Birds , Early
Baja Crime Scares Away Tourists
2008-01-07 00:00:00 A vacation can be stressful enough without adding masked gunman to the equation. But a rising crime in the Baja California of Mexico is apparently making that a more common occurrence. Assaults on American tourists have brought hard times to hotels and restaurants that dot Mexican beaches just south of the border from San Diego. Surfers and ... More About: Crime , Tourists , Ares
Lava Rocks!
2008-01-05 00:00:00 I have been following the adventures of Brian & Brooke at their travel blog “Brian & Brooke Against The World“, a young couple off to discover the world. Their latest adventure in Guatemala is worth repeating: People are constantly handing out flyers on the street for the various travel agencies they work for. Brian and I ... More About: Rocks , Lava
Travel Deals
2008-01-05 00:00:00 $75 off 4+ Nights, Flight and Hotel to Las Vegas when you use your MasterCard - COUPON CODE: 75VEGAS $150 off 6+ Nights, Flight and Hotel to Mexico when you use your MasterCard - COUPON CODE: 150MEXICO $75 off 3+ Nights, Flight and Hotel in Vancouver - COUPON CODE: VANCOUVER75 $100 off 4+ Nights, Flight and Hotel to ... More About: Travel
Kenya Tourism Industry At Risk Of Collapse
2008-01-04 00:00:00 Tourists with plans to go to Kenya can and should reconsider them with stories like this one from Reuter’s Africa coming out of Kenya: Tourists arriving in Mombasa on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast were expecting to find the usual colourful fruit and vegetable markets lining the streets. Instead, they found angry supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga ... More About: Collapse , Industry , Tourism , Risk
Panama Canal Trip Journal
2008-01-04 00:00:00 This journal covers a cruise to Panama on Holland America through Insight / Geek Cruises. The cruise was a Shakespeare cruise done in conjunction with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a Mac cruise done in conjunction with MacWorld. Friday November 2, San Jose to Florida The alarm goes off very early when you are trying to ... More About: Journal , Trip , Panama Canal , Canal
Did Over-booking A Flight Kill A Passenger?
2008-01-04 00:00:00 Is it time to rethink the common practice of over-booking airline flights? Airline’s routinely sell more seats on a plane than they have so that they can deal with business travelers who cancel flights at the last minute. These travelers pay more for their tickets for the flexibility of travel plans. But at what cost? ... More About: Flight , Kill , Booking
10 Best Travel Blogs
2007-12-31 00:00:00 People ask me occasionally where I find news for the Amateur Travel er podcast. I am a web 2.0 addict in a very serious way. I subscribe to about 100 podcasts (a future post), numerous social networks, 148 twitters, 558 blogs (or other RSS feeds). Since few people are this crazy I thought it would be ... More About: Blogs
Video - Tahiti - Feeding Sharks, Stingrays and Snorkeling
2007-12-31 00:00:00 Since this weeks episode of the Amateur Traveler podcast was on Tahiti I have been looking more into that destination. In my search I found this video diary of a trip to Tahiti. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2007%2F12% 2F31%2Fvideo-tahiti-feeding-sharks-stingr ays-and-snorkeling%2F'; addthis_title = 'Video +-+Tahiti+-+Feeding +Sharks%2C+Sting rays+and+Snorkeling'; addthis_pub = '';
Rules Change January 1 For FLying with Lithium Batteries in U.S.
2007-12-29 00:00:00 According to safetravel.dot.gov: Effective January 1, 2008, the following rules apply to the spare lithium batteries you carry with you in case the battery in a device runs low: Spare batteries are the batteries you carry separately from the devices they power. When batteries are installed in a device, they are not considered spare batteries. You may not ... More About: Batteries , Change , Flying , Rules
From Snow To Sun And Sand
2007-12-28 00:00:00 With much of the Northern Hemisphere dealing with true Winter (not like here in California) I liked this video from Lisa (a blogger at MostlyLisa.com) who fled the Canadian cold for a Sand als resort on the beach in Jamaica. Maybe this will give you and idea as well for someplace warm to go this Winter. ... More About: Snow
How Big Is Your Entourage?
2007-12-27 00:00:00 And you thought you packed too much when you went on a trip. Boing Boing had a blog post recently about President Bush’s Travel Entourage . Once you decide to take 250 secret service agents, 150 national security advisors, 200 other representatives from the executive branch, 50 aids, 15 dog sniffer teams, and 5 cooks, you ...
A Look At the USA Through Different Eyes
2007-12-27 00:00:00 I received an email from Robin Sparks, a friend, travel writer and ex-pat who lives in Istanbul. She gave me permission to share this story. Here’s a small piece from this corner of the world: Last Thursday I was at Ataturk Airport to help a friend who works for the U.N., process 30 Iraqi and Iranian refugees ... More About: Eyes , Diff
See Your Name On The Disneyland Sign
2007-12-26 00:00:00 If you have ever been disappointed to driven up to Disneyland and been disappointed that they are welcoming the Shriners but not your family then the Disneyland Sign Generator is for you. You can send your family and friends photographic evidence that your name was up in lights. Of course… f you do lie about ...
World?s Largest Guide to Public Toilets, Restrooms, Bathrooms, and Loos
2007-12-26 00:00:00 I am not sure what traumatic experiences someone might have had as a child or as a traveller to create a website like TheBathroomDiaries.com that focuses just on public restrooms but whatever it was it lead to the creation of a useful site for travelers. It focuses on the practical information like where public restrooms, ... More About: World , Public , Toilets , Guide , Largest
Curtains For Travel Lust
2007-12-25 00:00:00 The Geekly Travel er spotted shower curtains for people with travel lust. They cost $35 from a company called Loft Party. So if you want a view of Venice, Rome, Vegas, Egypt , etc you can pick up one of these for much less than a plane ticket. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2007%2F12% 2F24%2Fcurtains-for-travel-lust%2F'; ... More About: Lust
Video - Tomato ?Fight? in Spain
2007-12-25 00:00:00 In the Spanish town of Bunol (in the Valencia region) they hold what amounts to the largest food fight every year. 30,000 people gather to throw 240,000 pounds of over-ripe tomatoes at each other. ‘The Tomatina‘ started in 1945 in a brawl that started near a vegetable stall. At around 10 a.m., the first event of ... More About: Video , Spain , Fight , Tomato
Video - Snorkel Trip in Curacao
2007-12-25 00:00:00 Visit Curacao (Curaçao) with the Amateur Traveler: This video is from a snorkeling excursion with a snorkeling trip with Bounty Adventures and their sailing sloop the Bounty. CHEAP CARIBBEAN VACATIONS addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2007%2F12% 2F25%2Fvideo-snorkel-trip-in-curacao%2F'; addthis_title = 'Video +-+Snorkel+Trip +in+Curacao'; addthis_pub = '';
Video - Buddhist Temple near Chiang Mai Northern Thailand
2007-12-24 00:00:00 A video of the Doi Suthep temple in Northern Thailand . addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2007%2F12% 2F23%2Fvideo-buddhist-temple-near-chiang- mai-northern-thailand%2F'; addthis_title = 'Video +-+Buddhist+Temple +near+Chiang+Mai+ Northern+Thailand'; addthis_pub = ''; More About: Chiang Mai
7 Outrageous Predictions for Travel in 2008
2007-12-24 00:00:00 Bigger Cruise Ships - In a surprise move by cruise companies competing to make the largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean will buy the U.S.S. Hornet from the U.S. Navy and refit it as a cruise vessel. The flight deck will be converted into a 9 hole golf course and the catapult will be used to ... More About: Travel , Predictions , Outrageous , 2008
New Airbus Takes Flight, 470 More Passengers Than Wright Brothers
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Charlie Furnas was the first passenger on a fixed wing aircraft in 1908 when he took a flight on the Wright Brothers plane. (The Wright Brothers never flew together because they promised their father they would not). Almost 100 years later a the Airbus A380 took its first commercial flight today with somewhat more space ... More About: Flight , Passengers
Most Admired Airlines (by businesspeople)
2007-12-23 00:00:00 CNNMoney recently published a list of the most admired airlines according to a survey of businesspeople. The survey was not of travelers so your list may not be the same. Continental Airlines (score 8.20) Singapore Airlines (score 5.82) Lufthansa Group (score 5.53) British Airways (score 5.37) Air France-KLM Group (score 5.22) Japan Airlines (score 5.16) All Nippon Airways (score 5.15) AMR (score 5.10) Northwest ... More About: Sine , Admire
Returning to Vieques
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Saturday, July 8th Time to say hello to Vieques again after a nine year absence. We drove from San Juan to the Fajardo ferry terminal and parked in the long term parking ($40 for a week). We bought our tickets ($2 each) and waited for the ferry to arrive. Prior to boarding everyone lines up ...
Woman tries to open aircraft door midair
2007-12-23 00:00:00 An article in The Age will be scary reading for the nervous flyers out there. A flight in the US had to be diverted to Houston after a passenger tried to open an emergency door. The woman was unable to open the door on the American Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida, to Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas, and ... More About: Aircraft , Open , Woman , Door , Trie
Is Travel Safe?
2007-12-23 00:00:00 A number of headlines from various sources caught my eye recently: ‘Kurd attack’ kills 12 in Turkey Haleakala National Park Officials Call For Safe ty Summit For Bicyclists (In the past year, three bicyclists have died in Haleakala National Park while descending from the park’s summit). Fall Into Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Kills California Woman FBI Assists With ... More About: Travel
Podshow Holiday Gift Guide - Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 review
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Here is my review of the new Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 6MP Waterproof MPEG4 Camcorder which I recently purchased for use on my upcoming cruise. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2007%2F10% 2F28%2Fpodshow-holiday-gift-guide-sanyo-x acti-vpc-e1-review%2F'; addthis_title = 'Podshow+Holiday +Gift +Guide +-+Sanyo+Xacti +VPC-E1+review'; addthis_pub = ''; More About: Review
Chris on the Home Based Travel Agent podcast
2007-12-23 00:00:00 I was minding my own business on Friday when I got an impromptu invitation to go back on the Home Based Travel agent podcast. Home Based Travel Agent podcast - Podcast Number One-hundred-twenty-six The Amateur Traveler Show producer, Chris Christensen joins the show. Lorene is traveling to Barcelona Spain in a couple of weeks and Chris ...
The Union Oyster House - A Boston Tradition
More articles from this author:2007-12-23 00:00:00 The Union Oyster House is the oldest restaurant in continuous service in the United States. It is the earliest standing brick building in Boston . For more then 250 years it has stood sturdily on Union Street as a major local landmark. In 1742 the building housed importer Hopestill Capen ’s fancy dress ... More About: Tradition 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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