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Everything You Need To Know About Flying With An Infant Turning 2

Everything You Need To Know About Flying With An Infant Turning 2 After flying with an infant to over a dozen countries and on nearly 50 flights in her 20 months, I figured I pretty much have baby travel down to a science, as much as you can call it "science" when dealing with a person who is often unpredictable and doesn't respond ...

Video Of The Day: Bear Grylls Safety Video (Behind The Scenes)

Air New Zealand doesn't let you down with videos; that's for sure. This video, "Behind the Scenes of the Bear Essentials," starring Bear Grylls, is just that: a behind the scenes video from "The Bear Essentials of Safety" video, which saw over two million views. Focusing ...

Can You Afford To Stay At A Celebrity-Owned Hotel?

Can You Afford To Stay At A Celebrity-Owned Hotel? Tennis star Andy Murray, one of the U.K.'s most famous athletes and the reigning Olympic gold medalist, recently purchased the Cromlix House Hotel near his hometown of Dunblane, Scotland. Now closed for renovations, the country manor is expected to reopen in the spring, ...

Photo Of The Day: Southern Cross Station

Photo Of The Day: Southern Cross Station Train stations around the world all have their own personality. Often, they are great works of architecture. This photo from pkorsmok gives a different view of the lines and design of Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia, capturing a quiet moment in a station ...

Photo Of The Day: Melbourne Alleyway

Photo Of The Day: Melbourne Alleyway This Photo of the Day, titled "Melbourne Alleyway," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member Peter Rood (aka pkorsmok) and was captured using a Sony NEX-5N. The image appears as part of Rood's Melbourne set on Flickr accompanied by the caption: "Found this cool alley ...

Meet In The Middle: Plan Group Travel With TripCommon

Meet In The Middle: Plan Group Travel With TripCommon Have a friend in Austria while you are in Austin and want to take a trip together this summer? How do you figure out where to meet? Do you choose a destination in the middle, or one with regular cheap flights from both of your destinations? A new website just launched in ...

Book Review: 'The Food Traveler's Handbook'

Book Review: 'The Food Traveler's Handbook' Full disclosure: I know Jodi Ettenberg, author of "The Food Traveler's Handbook." I've eaten with Jodi and explored cities with her; she's even inspected the spices in my Istanbul sublet apartment. Rather than let my friendship with her just guarantee a great review of her ...

Souvenir Of The Week: Australian Greeting Cards

Souvenir Of The Week: Australian Greeting Cards Just when you thought it was time to stop putting a bird on it, in fly these gorgeous greeting cards with collages made by the Australian design studio Inaluxe. Artists Kristina Sostarko and Jason Odd take their inspiration from botanicals and wildlife around their small ...

Video: Man Wrestles Shark On Australian Beach

Would you wrestle a shark? This British holidaymaker did when he spotted one close to some children on a beach in Queensland, Australia. Paul Marshallsea, 62, grabbed the two-meter-long dusky shark by the tail and dragged it away from shore. As soon as it got in ...

Trekking The Planet, Couple Passes 50,000 Mile Mark

Trekking The Planet, Couple Passes 50,000 Mile Mark About a year ago, California couple Darren and Sandy Van Soye started trekking the planet on a global tour to raise awareness about world geography and make the subject more accessible to children. To make efficient use of their time and set an eco-friendly travel ...

Video Of The Day: New Year's Celebrations Around The World

As the year comes to a close, here's a look back on how the world rang in 2012. From Sydney to Cape Town, these impressive fireworks displays highlight some of the most famous cities and landmarks throughout the world – whether that be the London Eye or the beaches ...

Voyage To Rapanui: 5,000 Miles Down With No GPS, Maps Or Compass

Voyage To Rapanui: 5,000 Miles Down With No GPS, Maps Or Compass How would you feel about sailing 10,000 nautical miles from Auckland, New Zealand, to Easter Island and back on a double-hulled canoe with no GPS or navigational equipment? In August, after reading a story my colleague wrote on the Waku Tapu Voyage to Rapanui Expedition, I ...

VIDEO: Merry Kiwi Christmas

Tis the season for holiday-themed marketing videos, but this one is so charming, it's already on heavy rotation in my household. Pauanesia, the wonderful Auckland shop featured in our New Zealand-made souvenirs story, has just released this "Night Before Christmas" video ...

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Australia's Indian Ocean Idyll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Australia's Indian Ocean Idyll The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are possibly the most beautiful place I have ever been. This is strange to admit, even embarrassing. Travel writers are not supposed to make such claims. We're supposed to give information, provide historical context and show how our ...

Trouble In Paradise: Cyclone Evan Hammers Samoa And Fiji (PHOTOS)

A powerful cyclone that left at least four dead as it ripped through Samoa late last week caused flooding and structural damage when it hammered Fiji on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph is reporting. The worst of Cyclone Evan, the first tropical cyclone of the season in ...

In The Lagoon, At Midnight

In The Lagoon, At Midnight The Pacific is inconstant and uncertain like the soul of man ... The trade wind gets into your blood and you are filled with an impatience for the unknown. – William Somerset Maugham It was the last place I expected to feel lonely: on a little coral atoll in ...

Photo Of The Day: Papua New Guinea Sing-Sing Preparation

Photo Of The Day: Papua New Guinea Sing-Sing Preparation The tribes of Papua New Guinea are renowned for their intricate and colorful Sing-sing rituals: gatherings of neighboring villages for the exchange of traditional dances and music. In today's photo, by Flickr user Susani2008, we have an intimate look at the elaborate ...

Avoiding Altitude Woes: What To Bring On Your Next Ski Trip

Avoiding Altitude Woes: What To Bring On Your Next Ski Trip There are few things that bum out a ski trip more than altitude issues. Even if your symptoms are just in the form of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) – headache, fatigue, dizziness, insomnia or nausea – it's often enough to make you wish you'd stayed at home. I ...

Traveler Visits Every Country In The World Without Boarding A Plane

Traveler Visits Every Country In The World Without Boarding A Plane A British man has accomplished what many world travelers have only dreamed of. Over the course of the past four years, he has managed to visit every country on the planet, which is a very impressive feat considering some of the places he had to go to in order to earn this ...

GeoEx iPad App Brings Travel Catalog Into The 21st Century

GeoEx iPad App Brings Travel Catalog Into The 21st Century For more than 30 years, Geographical Expeditions, or GeoEx as they are more commonly known, has been at the forefront of adventure travel. Since its founding in a tent on the Tibetan Plateau back in 1982, the company has been focused on providing the best travel experiences ...

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