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Travel blogOde to NYC: My Shopping Stomping Ground
As a tribute to one of the most stylish cities in the world, I will leave you with some of my favorite shopping haunts that I''ve frequented over the years that have helped to shape my closet from season to season. Hopstop Helps You Negotiate the Subways
The site also includes bus connections. Make sure to check out the cool itinerary feature, which shows you how to get from one destination to another. My favorite feature: The Rate It! Read my comment about the B Line in Boston! Mount Fuji: Big in Japan
© Chika If you fancy climbing Mount Fuji, the best time is on a week day during the first two weeks in July. At this time the weather should be fair and you avoid the crowds. You're advised to climb part of the way on your first day and then sleep overnight in one of the mountain huts, rising very early the next morning to reach the summit by around 05:00 for sunrise. It's not supposed to be a really challenging climb but altitude sickness can affect some would be climbers. If that all sounds a bit too arduous, Mount Fuji is surrounded by five lakes, the most popular of which is Lake Kawaguchi. Relaxing in the hot spring baths by the lake while admiring views of Mount Fuji sounds more alluring to me. Checked Baggage Fees At American Airlines
© alex-s Now? Not anymore. American Airlines is going to charge for checked baggage! The fee for the first checked bag marks the first time that an airline will charge for a service that has always been included in the airfare. Passengers will be charged $15 for their first piece of luggage. The airline, blaming high fuel costs, also plans other fee hikes, domestic flight cutbacks and layoffs. What has the world become, why is this happening??? Yup. Blame it on the gas and tax! Well....gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "traveling light", don't you think? Shocks. Canon's National Parks Digital Photo Contest
I took the one above in Zion National Park during early November, 2006. I haven't been to many National Parks because I caught on to them too late in life; but the ones I've visited have provided me with all the "photo ops" I could have hoped for. Because of various medical problems, I haven't been able to get to the better parts of many parks so I know there's even more to be explored, a lot more. Now, Canon Digital Cameras is making a trip to a National Park even more inviting by giving you a chance to enter a digital photo you took in a National Park in their, "Photography In The Parks Photo Contest", and win some great prizes. Here's the link to the government's National Parks website. Have fun and good luck, and remember to take a camera with you whenever possible. Look around, you'll find a picture somewhere. Source:www.jimippolito.com Everything Washington DC
© My Alternative Photos Recently I have been reading two blogs about Washington DC: The DC Traveler and Starked DC. There's nothing like reading bloggers living in the very city that they blog about. The personal accounts are fabulous, making you feel like you are being given a personal tour of their city. Check them out, folks. Soul Beach Festival Aruba
© cristina.m Aruba lies in the southern Caribbean only 15 miles from the South American coastline. It's a small island 20 miles long and 6 miles across at the widest point. Aruba has the nighest number of repeat visitors of any island in the Caribbean. Have you attended any of the previous Soul Beach festivals? Have you visited Aruba? Bangkok: First Impressions
Bangkok is an almost ironic combination of the ultra ancient and the ultra modern. Its design is obviously urban, however, since the taller buildings are interspersed at visually attractive intervals, at first glance, it may also seem to be urbane. At night, if you glance out your window at the colored lights, you might think that Bangkok is a cross between Las Vegas and a movie set from the Fritz Lang movie, Metropolis. Bangkok's first impressions can also be deceiving. As you watch the small boats sail the Chao Praya River, you might believe that the city moves at a mellow and gentle pace. This is not the case. The streets are crowded, the traffic is terrifying and the heat and pollution are unbearable. Should you skip it? Not on you life! While you may not be able to see it all, you really need to see some of it. The trick is to balance your day so that you are not visiting all of the temples at once. More details will be featured in the days to come. Dangerous PathwayThe 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 the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway. (thanks Russell) citizenM concept hotels
Visitors are encouraged to sign up as citizenMs to receive special offers, contribute their favourite city tips and "proclaim themselves smart and adventurous" (I think that would be enough to put me off signing up). There are free rooms on offer if you sign up and if you submit a tip. I did notice that it won't only be citizens' tips which are included but there will be corporate contributions too. I think it would be better if it was only citizens, as that would give the impression of more authenticity than possible corporate sales blurb intermingled with citizens input. I tried using the book a room facility to check out the prices but couldn't get availability and price to appear. The only clue to prices were 3 price bands displayed at the side, low up to 100 euros, medium 100 - 120 euros and high over 120 euros. I think that the success of the brand will hinge greatly on the attitude of staff, whether they can embody the core values and enhance the guest experience. It also depends on adoption of the brand values by the citizens and I'm not convinced that travellers want to be branded, even to a supposedly hip, modern brand. What's your opinion of the citizenM brand? Summer Fare Hikes
1. Choose the right day for travel. Tuesday and Wednesday are the least expensive. 2. You can save up to $350 by traveling in May or September 3. Timing is everything! To get the best fares to Europe, either book three months in advance, or wait for late summer deals. These are usually announced in late July. In the meantime, travel experts have found that airfare predictions by Farecast have a 74% accuracy rate. Book this site for your future travel plans! Meanwhile, your best proactive defense against the rising price of air travel is a Frequent Flyer Program Hostel: Carbisdale Castle
Did I mention it's totally affordable, too? Hot Hotel: Bellevue, Dubrovnik
Take a chance to explore neighboring islands Lokrum and the Elaphiti with a private guide, and then lounge in your luxury room decorated with two featured artists, Fedor Džamonja and Željko Senečić. Resting after a hard day's sightseeing has never been so stylish. Visit Hotel Bellevue's site for slick accommodations, dining & leisure features, and featured events. Notch
It so happened that when Rachel was here a few weeks ago, she and Libby started “scrapbooking” and brought up boxes of “scrap” from the basement. Then one morning I found an envelope beside my computer. Within it were the photos of the dam construction. Memory is a funny thing. In my memory I had taken impressive pix showing in instructive detail all of the important stages of the dam construction. Perhaps I should have continued to live in my memory. Not only are there fewer of these pix than I remembered, but they are all pretty miserable as photos. Take that down a generation or two as they go from print to scan to pdf to jpeg to here and you get a sad reduction in quality. Still, this photo will give you some sense of the construction of the dam. I took this shot standing in what would become the pecan plantation. I’m looking to the west, and what you see is the notch in the dam before it was filled in. This notch was a route the dozer man used to go in and out of the lake bed. It is also where he laid the drain pipe so that it would be at the lowest part of the lake bed before he buried it with the rest of the dam atop it. Curiously, this part of the dam is water tight. I would have expected it to leak, but I suppose the part of the dam built here is no different from the other parts of the dam (well, expect for the parts that do leak). You can see one of the burn piles to the right. That’s all gone; I have a photo of it I will share with you that merits a little discussion. Missouri calendar:
Night on the Town
John Hawks has a superb series of Hall of Human Originson H. floresiensis. Top photo by Hall of Human Origins. The Pictures Speak For Themselves
Really, she can be pretty persuasive when she wants to be. After five years of marriage you know someone pretty well and know their weak spots. If aimed correctly, an argument, for or against something, can really knock a person over if their defenses are breached, and breach my defenses she did. Back when we were in Croatia, Kel had brought up the African Safari Argument for, I believe, the third time. Unlike the other times she was greatly successful. Previous to this infamous discussion, Kel's attempts at getting me on the long flight to South Africa had been complete failures. This time was completely different because of one key argument:........ 13 Beautiful Gardens From Around The World
13 Beautiful Gardens from Around the World. (via corsinet) The Louis Vuitton Mumbai Travel Notebook
Travel light
I will confess that the back seat of the truck was filled as well, but that was mostly with spare clothes and other soft items. Missouri calendar:
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