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Gadlinks for Tuesday, 11-24-09
Welcome back to Gadlinks, your daily source for the best of the rest from the travel blogosphere. Here's what's going on today...
- Ever wondered what it's like to cruise down the Amazon? Check out these photos from National Geographic photographer Bob Krist.
- Bootsnall details 8 alternatives to spending the holidays at home.
- "When you travel abroad a strange thing happens: The tables are turned," writes Tom Swick in an article called "The Coolness of Strangers" over at World Hum. "The people you've always seen as outsiders-huddled with fellow immigrants, looking rather gauche-become the majority. Now it's they who know the rules-how to dress, how to act, what to order-and you who are suddenly at a loss."
- Upscale McDonald's in midtown Manhattan decorated with modern Danish furniture, super-sized flat-screen TV's.
- Los Angeles looking like North Korea.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gary Nov 25th 2009 11:14AM
I travel a lot for work, so I enjoy reading some of the articles here.
There was one a while back that hit on one of my pet peeves, people that stand up close to the baggage belt so that they are blocking access from anyone behind them. (These same folks always seem to have three family members with them so they stand shoulder to shoulder.)
Here are a couple of other ones for you.
The people that stop at the top or bottom of the escalator. Probably the same ones who stand in the middle of a high traffic area when they could easily step aside to answer their phone, or adjust their luggage, or gaze around with a befuddled look.
The people who are alone but take up three seats in the gate area because they have their luggage and breakfast and laptop spread out around them, while there are other standing because of the lack of open seats.
Thanks, I feel better now.