Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
It's the first Monday of October -- and you know what that means, right? FALL is here. It's time to hike and check out the fall foliage! There are some other great travel reads for this Monday, so let's get started!
Some people like traveling to find strange or unique architecture, so why not tour the world's upside-down houses? [via Been-Seen]
One of my old students is traveling in ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadlinks for Monday 10.5.09
Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
It's the first Monday of October -- and you know what that means, right? FALL is here. It's time to hike and check out the fall foliage! There are some other great travel reads for this Monday, so let's get started!
Some people like traveling to find strange or unique architecture, so why not tour the world's upside-down houses? [via Been-Seen]
One of my old students is traveling in ...Gadlinks for Monday 9.28.09
Sep 28th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Happy Monday! There's a whole slew of great travel reads to jump start your week, so let's get going!
Heading to the Dominican Republic? Here are a few things you can do that don't involve the beach. [via CNN Travel]
Are you interested in heading somewhere that will lift your spirits? Check out these happy places. [via Brave New Traveler]
Summer may be coming to an end, but that doesn't ...Pilot for Dutch low cost carrier arrested for his role in Argentine "death flights"
Sep 23rd, 2009 at 3:00PM: We've heard of pilots being removed from their plane because they were drunk, but today's news is slightly more disturbing.
Pilot Juan Alberto Poch was about to fly back to Amsterdam when Spanish police removed him from his Transavia plane because of his involvement in the Argentine "dirty war" between 1976 and 1983.
An Argentine court had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Poch, and he'll be ...Galley Gossip: Swine flu on the airplane (a few things you can do)
Apr 29th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Today I'm flying from Los Angeles to New York to start my reserve rotation for May. I'm bringing my son along with me. He's two. Because my husband travels on business often and I'll be on-call, my son will be spending eight days with grandma and grandpa. Oh sure I'll take the train out to see him in-between trips. That's not the problem. The problem is with all this talk about swine flu, I ...Top 10 wine spots, none in U.S.
Apr 12th, 2009 at 4:00PM: I realize that, on the world stage, our homeland isn't exactly the most popular place right now. Part of it stems from eight years of political buffoonery, and a healthy dose comes from traditional "old world" bias against the United States. Like most of us, I've learned to adjust for a touch of this when I read international news coverage. To a certain extent, I understand it ... we're more like ...Argentine Doctors Study the Effects of Altitude While on the Mountain
Feb 24th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Two Argentine doctors have conducted a unique medical study to examine the effects of altitude on the human body by taking their test subjects to a unique laboratory, the 6739 meter (22,109 feet) tall volcano named Mount Llullaillaco located in the Atacama Desert along the border of Argentina and Chile. Dr. Leandro Seoane and Dr. Rolando Nervi took a team of climbers to Llullaillaco on January ...Antarctic Cruise Ship Runs Aground
Feb 18th, 2009 at 11:00AM: The Antarctic cruise ship the M/V Ocean Nova has run aground in Marguerite Bay, near the Antarctic Peninsula, with 106 passengers and crew aboard. According to this story, from The Guardian, there is no immediate threat to anyone on board the vessel. Quark Expeditions, the tour operator running the Ocean Nova, is posting updates for the press on their website, and reports that ship is not leaking ...The Very Best Foreign National Parks
Feb 13th, 2009 at 10:00AM: The Coalition of National Park Services Retirees (yeah, I didn't know they existed either) put out a press release yesterday listing the organizations favorite national parks from around the globe. The list was compiled by the more than 700 members of the CNPSR, who voted on their favorite places to visit while traveling abroad. Each of those members is a former employee of the U.S. National Park ...12 Amazing Crater Lakes
Feb 11th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Environmental Graffiti, the same website that brought us those amazing views from the tops of the Seven Summits last week, returns with even more great images. The subject of their latest story is the 12 Most Incredible Crater Lakes on Earth. These amazing natural wonders are created not from the impact of a meteorite, but instead they are formed when the collapsed cone of a volcano fills up with ...2009 Dakar Rally
Jan 14th, 2009 at 10:30AM: After taking a year off thanks to security concerns, the Dakar Rally is back, and well underway, just not where you would traditionally expect the iconic off-road race to be. The 2009 edition is the 30th running of the famous long distance, endurance race that has historically run from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal, but this year finds itself on an entirely different continent, racing through ...Tourists will have to tango with inflation or worse in Argentina
Nov 4th, 2008 at 1:00PM: It is starting to look like deja vu for Argentina. The country came out of a terrible financial crisis only a few years ago. The 2001 slide seems like a distant memory for residents of Buenos Aires, who crowd into restaurants and spend their money freely. The government has been busy spending too. They are in debt after revamping the country with new schools and other civic projects. And, unlike ...The sounds of travel 1: Great Lake Swimmers
Talking travel with PBS travel host Rudy Maxa
Jul 14th, 2008 at 9:30AM: I'm here with Rudy Maxa, PBS's "Savvy Traveler" and host of the awards-winning series Rudy Maxa's World. His sixth season is currently airing, featuring locales such as Estonia, Argentina, and Thailand (he's already done a whopping 65 episodes). He began as an investigative journalist at the Washington Post and then became the "Savvy Traveler" 15 years ago for public radio. He's now a contributing ...Photo of the day (02/04/08)
Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:00PM:
Whenever I travel, I always come back with a few door pictures. I don't know what it is about doors that I find so fascinating. I would get into some metaphysical thing about spaces behind closed doors, but I will spare you.
This is a photo by tysonwilliams, taken in Buenos Aires. I like the kitschy yellow job on the door. I never know how these things are done. Do you first make the photo ...It takes $60-80 to tango in Argentina
Feb 1st, 2008 at 9:20AM: Argentina is seeing a comeback of tango, according to the International Herald Tribune. The so-called tango economy is growing 25 percent a year, which experts attribute to the jump in tourism to Argentina after a deep economic slowdown in 2002. Because the peso currency plummeted, travel to Argentina suddenly became cheap.
When tourists visit Buenos Aires, they want to see tango. That is the ...Photo of the Day (12-25-07)
Dec 25th, 2007 at 11:00AM: Merry Christmas, Gadling Readers! To you, I give this beautiful photo, taken by Morrissey at the Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Looks kind of like an ad for an airline, doesn't it? Want to get your photo featured on Gadling? Enter them into our Gadling Flickr Pool. ...BA 747 narrowly escapes a mid-air collision
Nov 8th, 2007 at 1:00PM: I'm constantly extolling the virtues of flying, telling my fearful friends how safe it is -- much more so than driving, suntanning, crossing the street, etc. So I always cringe a bit when I hear stories about plane crashes or near crashes. Like this one: A British Airways 747, bound for Johannesburg, narrowly missed crashing into a Argentinian747 in the airspace over Marseilles, France, much to ...One for the Road: The Practical Nomad
Nov 4th, 2007 at 10:30AM: Ed Hasbrouck is a seasoned world traveler and expert on international airfares and travel technology. His Practical Nomad website and blog are loaded with resources about passports and the latest on RFID chips, making changes to airline flights or tickets, and important facts about travel insurance. He learned the business during his 15 years working full-time as a travel agent. But Hasbrouck ...One for the Road: Frommer's Expands Guides for South America
Nov 2nd, 2007 at 1:14PM: As travel to South America continues to grow in popularity, so do the guidebooks! Earlier this year Frommer's released new versions of guides that were formerly combined in one book. Frommer's Argentina and Frommer's Chile & Easter Island are two first edition guidebooks, that were previously packaged together. Both books are organized by regions, and include a practical planning section and ...Gay Soccer invades Latin America
Sep 25th, 2007 at 5:56PM: This week, Buenos Aires is hosting a unique and no doubt fun event -- the gay 'World Cup' of soccer. Nine teams from the US will compete against five teams from the UK, four from Argentina and one each from Chile, Uruguay and Mexico. There are also a number of city squads teams from around the world -- The New York Ramblers, Vancouver's Out for Kicks and the Sydney Rangers for instance. Even ...
