Jul 3rd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Happy 4th of July a day early. This week we've welcomed another blogger Kendra Bailey Morris who will be enticing us with posts about food in her series The Accidental Chef Travels. Oh, how we love to eat at Gadling. We're hooked already.
Also Hotel Month has kicked off. Each day will bring a new angle to where to stay and helpful tips to make your slumber experiences good ones.
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Gadling Take FIVE: Week of June 27 to July 3
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Happy 4th of July a day early. This week we've welcomed another blogger Kendra Bailey Morris who will be enticing us with posts about food in her series The Accidental Chef Travels. Oh, how we love to eat at Gadling. We're hooked already.
Also Hotel Month has kicked off. Each day will bring a new angle to where to stay and helpful tips to make your slumber experiences good ones.
And here are ...Continental's Restaurant Week could increase revenue
May 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 ...Tourism's Impact on the Amazon
Mar 29th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Ecotourism has become quite a buzz word over the past few years, and with an increased awareness of global climate change, many of us are more acutely aware of the impact of our travels then ever before. This is especially true when we journey to remote, fragile ecosystems, such as Antarctica or the Amazon, the latter of which is the subject of an article in the The Guardian today. In the story, ...Photo of the Day (3.28.09)
Mar 28th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Talk about a gorgeous night skyline. The red hues of Skye Bar at the Hotel Unique in Sao Paulo are set perfectly against the looming gray urban night. There's something very alive about this photo, from the reflection of red lights in the pool to friends lingering under glowing umbrellas. Our Photo of the Day comes to us from wesleyrosenblum, who has some pretty awesome shots of sites all over ...Five-hundred-pound plane engine part falls from the sky
Mar 28th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Earlier there was the story of plane engine parts falling from the sky, scattering across a warehouse roof in Queens, and smashing windshields of cars parked in the warehouse's lot.
Here's another plane parts falling from the sky story--an even bigger one. Chicken Little would really have something to squawk about with this one. An Arrow Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10 freighter, on it's way from ...Ten Must See Monuments
Mar 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 ...Travel Read: The Lost City of Z
Mar 12th, 2009 at 10:00AM: If you've ever wondered whether an ancient civilization existed in the depths of the Amazon jungle in Brazil, then David Grann's quest to uncover the truth behind the deathly fascination over "The Lost City of Z" will captivate you and leave readers completely stunned by his discovery. Part memoir and part non-fiction, this book has several interesting layers -- the most important of which is the ...Brazil's Other Adventurous Side
Feb 27th, 2009 at 8:30AM: With Brazil's big party, Carnival, coming to an end a few days back, I thought that it was appropriate to look at the country's other adventurous side, far away from the beaches and party scene of Rio and the other major cities. Brazil has plenty to offer the traveler who is looking to get off the beaten path, and explore some of its more remote regions. One of the more famous of these attractions ...Five Places To See Before Climate Change Ruins Them Forever
Feb 18th, 2009 at 8:00AM: CNN.com has an interesting article naming the five places that everyone should see before they are forever altered by climate change, which is already having an indelible effect on our planet. This list was compiled by Bob Henson, the author of The Rough Guide To Climate Change, who wants to give travelers a heads up on the best places to visit in the near future, as they are also the most likely ...Travel gems and hidden secrets from Concierge.com
Feb 11th, 2009 at 1:30PM: The winners of Concierge.com's Million Mile Contest have been announced and their essays are posted on the website. Some essays offer a unique angle about a place where people might miss certain details if they didn't know where or how to look.
The winner, Elizabeth Dwoskin of Brooklyn, New York wrote about Parque Lage, a jungle park in the middle of Rio De Janeiro. Within the reserve is my kind ...Apparently you can't strip in airports
Feb 4th, 2009 at 1:30PM: You're late for a flight. Your clothes are wet and filthy. You have a change of clothes with you in the airport. What do you do? If you said, "find the closest restroom and put on your fresh duds," then you are well on your way to staying out of jail in Salvador, Brazil.
It seems that two German tourists decided to just strip down and change their clothes in the middle of the Salvador airport. The ...Cuba in the mix
Man Caught at Airport with 200 Birds in his Suitcase
Sep 30th, 2008 at 2:00PM: A man was arrested at the airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil after 200 canaries were found in his suitcase. The smuggler is a resident of Brazil and had just gotten off a flight from Peru. Over 60 of the birds were dead. The others are being returned to Peru by a more humane means of transport. The man has been charged with animal trafficking and is currently being held by police in Sao Paulo. The ...Airlines Touting Brazil as New Hotspot
Sep 29th, 2008 at 1:30PM: South America's destinations are hard to travel to. For people with samba fever outside of a few major hub cities (like Miami), a trip to Brazil means at least one connecting flight in the US. Anyone who plans to spend time outside of the major cities of Sao Paulo or Rio will have to catch another flight once they arrive in the metropolises. These extra flights can add up. Soon, it will be easier ...Orlando Gets Closer to Brazil
Sep 2nd, 2008 at 1:00PM: In the past, most people flying from Orlando to Brazil, or most other country in South America for that matter, had to first catch a connecting flight to Miami. Therefore, the recent announcement by Brazil's top airline, TAM, was a welcome one. The airline will provide a direct flight from Orlando to Sao Paulo. Given major airlines' current aversion to adding new flights, this is big news, ...Talking travel with the notorious Thomas Kohnstamm
Jun 22nd, 2008 at 9:00AM: Thomas Kohnstamm is the author of this year's most talked about (i.e. controversial) travel memoir, Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?,The book centers around his recent days as a Lonely Planet writer on assignment in Brazil--shortly after its release earlier this year, press reports surfaced all around the world that he supposedly admitted to plagiarizing large chunks of his Lonely Planet write-ups ...New luxury train: The Great Brazil Express
Apr 16th, 2008 at 12:00PM: You know a service is for rich Western tourists when: in a non-English speaking country the name of the service is in English, the website is only in English and prices start at $3,500. Their video-promo has nice imagery but is full of clichés and sounds like a monologue for retards. Welcome to Brazil's first luxury train service: The Great Brazil Express. The website still lacks ...Drug lord's personal items on sale in Brazil
Apr 10th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Talk about a fun auction!
Brazilians have been flocking to an auction of goods confiscated from Colombian drug baron Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, who was arrested in Sao Paulo last year and given a 30-year sentence last week. According to BBC, about 5000 people turned up for Tuesday's opening and 80% of the items had been sold within three hours.
As far as I know, no drugs were for sale, ...Outbreak of dengue hits Brazil
Apr 3rd, 2008 at 5:40PM: Seriously, are mosquitoes good for anything? I am a believer in the ecosystem and all that, but I could easily support a plan in which mosquitoes would be replaced with some nicer insects.
CNN reports today that Brazil has reported more than 55,000 cases of dengue, which can be a deadly mosquito-borne disease, in the past four months. Dengue has killed 67 people this year in Brazil's Rio de ...Brazilian busted for performing illegal plastic surgery
Mar 20th, 2008 at 12:00PM: Plastic surgery tourism has been thriving in many countries around the Globe, namely Brazil, Venezuela, Thailand, Hungary, Costa Rica, Czech Republic....really, anywhere healthcare is somewhat affordable.
A couple of months ago, Abha blogged about people going to Brazil both for the Carnival and for plastic surgery. Why go so far when you can get a Brazilian doctor perform one right in the comfort ...
