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Do you annoy people with your travel tales?

Do you annoy people with your travel tales?Jun 18th, 2009 at 3:30PM: It's not uncommon for people who live overseas to complain about people back home who don't want to hear about their journeys. They recount the eye rolls and vacant looks. A woman I know once lamented that she just couldn't get excited hearing about one of her relative's new deck or window treatments whenever she returned to the U.S. After all, she'd just been on a run past cows in the streets of ...

World Laughter Day

World Laughter DayMay 4th, 2009 at 6:30PM: Why didn't someone tell me that World Laughter Day is on the first Sunday of May (yesterday)? Had I known this, I would have reminded myself to laugh at my ills rather than to cry/complain/worry about them as I did yesterday. Either way, yesterday marked the eleventh year of celebrating World Laughter Day, which was first celebrated in January 1998 in Mumbai, India. It was a happy day for many ...

Continental's Restaurant Week could increase revenue

Continental's Restaurant Week could increase revenueMay 1st, 2009 at 8:00AM: On its face, Continental Airlines' participation in International Restaurant Week seems like just another promotion. Think harder, though, and you'll see that it's really a way for the airline to bring in a little extra cash. Since passengers with a bit of extra girth may be charged for an extra seat, it only makes sense to fatten up fliers and reap the rewards. A dozen New York restaurants ...

Adventure travel in India: Rafting

Adventure travel in India: RaftingApr 26th, 2009 at 11:00AM: One could say that any travel in India is an adventure and that could be accurate--even if you have loads of cash and are sticking close to swank establishments. If you head out of the mainstream, adventure is guaranteed. One option to add some thrills into your trip is to take in a rafting trip. Arthur Max's article published in The Columbus Dispatch gives details about his six-day rafting trip ...

Model's boyfriend puts the "bang" in Bangalore

Model's boyfriend puts the Apr 6th, 2009 at 1:30PM: It always starts with a drunken model. Always. Cover girl Sarah Hannon was beyond furious when awaking to find her boyfriend, Daniel Melia, engaged in a "sex act" with the woman next to him. It sounds like he had a middle seat and liked it! Hannon fell asleep on a nine-hour flight from Bangalore to London, as anyone would hope to do on such a long flight. Oh, and having bent elbows with boyfriend ...

Seven Endangered Species You Can Still See in the Wild

Seven Endangered Species You Can Still See in the WildMar 30th, 2009 at 8:00AM: There is no doubt that we are fascinated with wildlife. We love to watch diverse and interesting animals, preferably in their natural habitats, and we're often willing to travel to remote places, sometimes at great expense, to see them. If you enjoy the kind of travel that allows for these kinds of animal encounters, they you'll want to check out BootsnAll's list of the Seven Endangered Species ...

Amazing Destinations That Can't Be Reached By Car

Amazing Destinations That Can't Be Reached By CarMar 25th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Modern transportation has made it extremely easy for travelers to get to just about any place in the world. Each day there are international flights that can take us to the four corners of the globe and modern roads and trains will deliver us to the best sights and monuments to be found at our destination, before whisking us back to a comfy hotel, complete with hot and cold running water, room ...

Multisport Adventure Destinations From Around the Globe

Multisport Adventure Destinations From Around the GlobeMar 24th, 2009 at 8:00AM: When most people go on vacation they like to visit someplace relaxing, maybe spend some time on the beach or hop a cruise ship and spend their days in a deck chair. Others prefer something a bit more active, preferring to hike, bike, and paddle their way across the destination of their choice. For those active travelers, Backpacker Magazine has put together a list of the best multisport ...

Amazing Race 14 recap 5: Jaipur, India brings some to tears

Amazing Race 14 recap 5: Jaipur, India brings some to tearsMar 23rd, 2009 at 3:30PM: If you took two places and put them on a spectrum to show a contrast between opposites, you could do no better than Siberia, Russia and Jaipur, India. Icy, white snow switched for dry, yellowish dirt--frigid cold for scorching heat, and organized traffic patterns for chaos. This week's Amazing Race 14 took teams from one end of this spectrum to another. Because the teams were all on the same ...

Book give-a-way and travel read: The Open Road, the Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama

Book give-a-way and travel read: The Open Road, the Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama Mar 22nd, 2009 at 10:30AM: When Pico Iyer was growing up, his father was a friend of the Dalai Lama. That was the beginning of Iyer's own relationship with a person that many seek out as a spiritual rock star of sorts. In his book The Open Road, The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Iyer gives insight into what it's like inside the Dalai Lama's circle, as well as, what it's like being inside Iyer's life. When ...

Ten Must See Monuments

Ten Must See MonumentsMar 21st, 2009 at 8:30AM: BootsnAll brings us another excellent list, with the intention of adding yet more destinations to our ever expanding "life lists". This time it's their selection of ten magnificent monuments, amazing structures from around the globe, that inspire us to travel thousands of miles just so we can take them in ourselves. Some of the selections on the list are centuries old, such as the Nubian monuments ...

Talking Travel with Pico Iyer and a book give-away

Talking Travel with Pico Iyer and a book give-awayMar 16th, 2009 at 11:00AM: When I first read Pico Iyer's book Video Night in Kathmandu, I was hooked. Reading Iyer's words is a trip down streets that you may have traveled before but have not found the words to describe. When you read his prose, the tendency is to say, "Yes, that's it." For places one hasn't been, he draws you into the scenes as if you are there looking at the world through his perceptive eyes. Seven ...

Happy Holi: Another version of India than Slumdog Millionaire's

Happy Holi: Another version of India than Slumdog Millionaire'sMar 11th, 2009 at 7:00PM: As the big win of Slumdog Millionaire has moved out of the top story category, here's another version of India, one that I experienced, but without all the choreography and singing. Today is Holi, a holiday celebrating the triumph of good over evil. I forgot about it until being reminded by this Intelligent Travel post. Here's a happy Holi experience for you. If you watched Season 13 of the ...

China Exiles the Dalai Lama - Again!

China Exiles the Dalai Lama - Again!Mar 10th, 2009 at 8:00AM: A few weeks back we reported on China closing Tibet to travelers in preparation for potential unrest in the country as the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama fleeing into exile grew near. Today marks that anniversary, and and in a attempted display of nationalism, Chinese President Hu has called for a "Great Wall against separatism" that would protect the unity of the "motherland" and ensure that ...

Gadling Take FIVE- Week of Feb. 28--March 5

Gadling Take FIVE- Week of Feb. 28--March 5Mar 6th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Yes, yes, yes. It's 70 degrees where I'm sitting. People have seemed to be feeling chipper in Columbus everywhere I've gone today. I'm ready to head outside again, but before I do, here are some Gadling gems that you might have missed. Brenda's post Eddie Aikau and the Hokule'a voyage gives the back story to the term "Eddie Would Go" and news of the upcoming 'round the world voyage of the ...

Touring the Taj

Touring the TajMar 5th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Built in 1648 by Shah Jahan as a monument to his third wife, who died giving birth to their 14th child, the Taj Mahal still stands as one of the greatest man made structures anywhere in the world. Attracting upwards of 4 million visitors per year, the Taj is India's top tourist spot, with many foreigners now being inspired to make the journey thanks to the success of Slumdog Millionaire. Recently ...

Heathrow annoying, Americans rude according to some social network

Heathrow annoying, Americans rude according to some social networkFeb 22nd, 2009 at 5:00PM: The members of social network Where Are you Now? have spoken! Heathrow is the worst airport in the world, according to voters, thanks to passport control lines and baggage problems. The Brits don't get all the glory, though. JFK in New York and Los Angeles picked up spots #2 and #3, respectively. The good news, for Heathrow and JFK, at least, is that both were at the top of the list for security. ...

Slumdog Millionaire: Not too crazy about it

Slumdog Millionaire: Not too crazy about itFeb 21st, 2009 at 9:30AM: Spoiler alert. Oscar season is here. I've seen all the movies in the major categories and some. At the risk of sounding crabby and uncool--not with it, I wasn't enamored with Slumdog Millionaire. Yes, yes, yes, I know the movie is considered mighty fine, and a shoo in to bring home Oscar on Sunday, but at times when asked what I thought about it, I've declared, "I hated it." That's not true. I ...

Where To Go To Truly Get Away From It All

Where To Go To Truly Get Away From It AllFeb 16th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Everyone has different reasons for why they like to travel, and their destinations of choice vary just as much. Some love to visit noisy, bustling foreign cities, others prefer the quiet tranquility of a secluded beach. Then of course, there are the travelers who truly like to get away from it all. They prefer to visit remote wilderness places, far off the beaten path, with few, if any, amenities. ...

United Airlines bringing 165 call center jobs back home

United Airlines bringing 165 call center jobs back homeFeb 11th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Here is a bit of feel good news from the travel world - hidden between all the bad news was an announcement from United Airlines that they were going to move 165 call center positions from their International Call Center back to the USA. The new jobs will be added to their existing centers in Chicago and Honolulu. This news is great for several reasons - it creates new (and badly needed) jobs ...

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