Jun 22nd, 2009 at 10:00AM: After the Perfume River in Hoi An and the souks of Marrakech, Zanzibar rounds out the trio of 'most-exotic' places on the globe that I've long wanted to spend not days, but weeks. While these are very real places - crowded, often hot, occasionally dirty – they have each set themselves up in my mind, mostly through books, as mysterious, romantic. Now I've officially spent time in each. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Bowermaster's Adventures -- Zanzibar
Jun 22nd, 2009 at 10:00AM: After the Perfume River in Hoi An and the souks of Marrakech, Zanzibar rounds out the trio of 'most-exotic' places on the globe that I've long wanted to spend not days, but weeks. While these are very real places - crowded, often hot, occasionally dirty – they have each set themselves up in my mind, mostly through books, as mysterious, romantic. Now I've officially spent time in each. ...French Airline signs deal for 840 passenger A380 superjumbo
Jan 16th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Airlines placing an order for new planes is normally not really newsworthy, but a memorandum of understanding signed yesterday between French airline Air Austral and Airbus for 2 A380's is something special. Air Austral will be the first airline to order the A380 with seating designed to its fullest capacity. That means a whopping 840 passengers spread out between the double decks of this ...Woman smuggled monkey into the U.S. from Thailand under her shirt
Dec 11th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Not long ago,a woman was arrested in New Zealand for trying to smuggle three banana plants in her underwear. Here's another smuggling story, but this woman almost got away with it.
In November 2007, the woman, looking to make money, smuggled a rhesus monkey into the U.S. from Thailand. She wasn't arrested right then. Instead, she breezed right through U.S. customs without anyone noticing that ...Talking travel with Patricia Schultz, author of "1000 Places to See" (part 2, plus book giveaway)
Jun 27th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Patricia Schultz is a well-traveled woman. She single-handedly launched the mini-industry of travel list books with her 2003 #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Workman), which has sold more than 2.8 million copies and translated into 28 languages. Since then, she's written a sequel, 1,000 Places to see in the USA and Canada Before You Die, ...Cyclone Ivan and Madagascar
Feb 23rd, 2008 at 10:00AM: The Island of Madagascar, east of Africa, has been hit pretty hard by Cyclone Ivan. Madagascar has been a popular traveler's destination due to its natural beauty and unique wildlife. The fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species.
Cyclone Ivan made landfall on the island Februrary 18th, and 28 deaths have already been confirmed. The death ...Tropical Sunsets
Nov 17th, 2006 at 12:00PM: As the days keep getting shorter and colder here in Prague, I find myself thinking more and more about travel to the tropics. And, of course, one of the best reasons to visit the tropics is to watch the sunset, lying in a hammock next to a loved one, with drink in hand. Now, sunsets in Prague are nothing to sneeze at, with the rosy light settling on the beautiful buildings, but it's hard to beat ...
