http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/travel-blog.html Travel blog From Tripzs Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:06:29 GMT en-us http://www.tripzs.com/images/blogs/travel-blog-38910.jpg http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/travel-blog.html 120 90 http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2008/ode-to-nyc-my-shopping-stomping-ground.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2008/ode-to-nyc-my-shopping-stomping-ground.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:06:29 GMT Alas, the time for me to leave New York City has arrived. With a move to sunny Southern California in the works for next month, I am totally excited to explore a new city and to have access to incredible beaches and to bask in perpetual nice weather.....but it''s no secret that there are a list full of things that I will dearly miss from the place I''ve called home over the past eight years. Great food, great friends.....and yes, of course, great ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/hopstop-helps-you-negotiate-the-subways.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/hopstop-helps-you-negotiate-the-subways.html Sat, 24 May 2008 23:38:57 GMT The most economical way to explore a big city is to use their local transit system. Unfortunately, people may avoid doing this, for fear that they will get lost or confused. Now, HopStop.com provides a thread through the labyrinth of the subway systems of New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington DC. Long Island, Metro North and New Jersey are still in ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/mount-fuji-big-in-japan.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/mount-fuji-big-in-japan.html Sat, 24 May 2008 23:32:52 GMT Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, standing at 3776 metres. It's a volcano which last erupted in 1707. ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/checked-baggage-fees-at-american-airlines.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/checked-baggage-fees-at-american-airlines.html Sat, 24 May 2008 22:29:23 GMT The "norm" in air travel is that, each passenger has an allowable weight for checked-in baggages for free. If you exceed that weight, you pay for the excess. That is true anywhere, in all airlines. ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/canons-national-parks-digital-photo-contest.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/canons-national-parks-digital-photo-contest.html Fri, 09 May 2008 01:53:06 GMT If you love outdoor photography, and you've never visited any of the USA's National Parks, then there's a treasure trove of photo opportunities waiting for ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/everything-washington-dc.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/everything-washington-dc.html Fri, 09 May 2008 01:33:04 GMT Next to New York, the other place in the U.S. I am most interested in visiting is Washington DC. ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/soul-beach-festival-aruba.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/soul-beach-festival-aruba.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:33:03 GMT The 8th annual Soul Beach Festival will be held in Aruba from 21 - 26 May 2008. What a location for a music festival and what a line up. Topping the bill are Wyclef Jean, Sinbadn, Ledisi and Brandon T Jackson. You can party all day and night with daytime and evening concert events and night club parties until 4am. Single concert tickets are priced at $65 or you can purchase the $180 ticket ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/bangkok-first-impressions.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/bangkok-first-impressions.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:12:43 GMT We arrived in Bangkok in the middle of the evening. To describe it, I can only use a phrase that I have not used since the 1970s: Mind Blowing. To a Westerner, Bangkok seems like an alternate reality. I'd say that it is up there with Cairo, Luxor and Aswan as one of the most unique places in the world. It is also a budget traveler's paradise. Food, lodging and transportation are dirt ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/dangerous-pathway.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/dangerous-pathway.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:11:23 GMT El Caminito del Rey (The King''s pathway, often shortened to El Camino del Rey) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Alora in Spain.

The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall.

Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/citizenm-concept-hotels.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/citizenm-concept-hotels.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:25:36 GMT citizenM is a new brand of concept hotels whose aim is to build a strong brand personality which is approachable, down to earth, friendly and worldly wise offering affordable luxury. The concept revolves around "a mobile citizen of the world", an independent, frequent traveller. At the moment there is only one hotel at Schipol in Amsterdam. The hotels are constructed in a modular form. I'm not sure I like the idea of the open plan bedroom with no separate bathroom but maybe I'm too much of a ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/summer-fare-hikes.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/summer-fare-hikes.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:58:45 GMT According to an article on MSNBC, this summer, travelers to Europe will be faced with fare increases, fuel cost surcharges and poor exchange rate on the euro. However, if you had your heart set on a European vacation, here are some strategies suggested by ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2008/hostel-carbisdale-castle.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2008/hostel-carbisdale-castle.html Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:47:28 GMT Are you in that backpacking phase of your life? Or are you looking for some cheap-but-not-so-gritty places to stay while you're around Europe? One perfect place to go is the Carbisdale Castle. A past home to top nobles including a duchess, a prince, and a king give you the double satisfaction of steeping yourself in history where you sleep. Unlike grottier hostels, the Carbisdale even hosts a bevy of cool facts, including the fact that there are 365 windows, one for each day of the year, and the castle itself is home to art dating back to 1680. Oh yeah, and it even has a secret door that ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2008/hot-hotel-bellevue-dubrovnik.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2008/hot-hotel-bellevue-dubrovnik.html Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:13:17 GMT The view from Hotel Bellevue is to-die-for. If you're looking for a way to cliff-hang without the danger, get a room in the Bellevue, which miraculously manages to hang straight out over the Adriatic (and the crystal-clear ocean, mind you) and still be close to the city center and galleries, cafes, museums, and ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2007/notch.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2007/notch.html Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:03:00 GMT I knew that somewhere around the house there was an envelope of photos I had taken of the dam being built. These were in the (my) pre-digital age, but I knew they could be scanned and presented for your entertainment and edification. If only I could find them. I looked in all of the usual places, but they eluded ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/night-on-the-town.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/night-on-the-town.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:10:54 GMT Friday night a couple of friends and I received an after-hours tour of one of my favorite places in the world, the American Museum of Natural History. It''s really nice to tour the museum when there are no screaming kids running around. One of the highlights was a trip to the roof where we had a view much like the one above (I was kicking myself for not bringing my camera). The other highlight was viewing the hominan phylogeny now including the purported newest member, Homo floresiensis in the Hall of Human Origins. Since the first Hall of Human Origins of the little man; Hall of Human ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/the-pictures-speak-for-themselves.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/the-pictures-speak-for-themselves.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:03:38 GMT It seemed like a crazy thing to even consider this late in our trip. Here we had spent almost 5 months straight in Europe and the surrounding area and were getting on a plane to head as far south in Africa as we could get. As we left our hotel in Barcelona, at 6pm on Tuesday, I wondered how I had let Kel talk me into a crazy trip a quarter of the way around the world........ ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/13-beautiful-gardens-from-around-the-world.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/13-beautiful-gardens-from-around-the-world.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:03:38 GMT They may not be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but they sure are an amazing sight.

13 Beautiful Gardens from Around the World.

(via corsinet) ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/the-louis-vuitton-mumbai-travel-notebook.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/the-louis-vuitton-mumbai-travel-notebook.html Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:06:11 GMT Price: $85 ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/travel-light.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/travel-light.html Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:28:19 GMT This was the bed of my truck in the pre-dawn of our last (overnight) trip to Roundrock. Here’s the ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/26-amazing-castles-from-around-the-world.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/26-amazing-castles-from-around-the-world.html Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:45:47 GMT 26 Amazing castles from around the world. ]]>