Feb 27th, 2009 at 6:30PM: First, Tynan and Todd are off on their Pan Panama Road Trip with a new video update to prove it. Also, throughout the week, there have been more installations on Gadling's Budget Travel Series: Mexico; Seattle; Boston; and Ft. Lauderdale.
To keep in line with the budget angle, in Recession vacations: do more with less, Tom wrote about those cities that are seeing more visitors with the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadling Take FIVE--Week of Feb. 21-Feb. 27
Feb 27th, 2009 at 6:30PM: First, Tynan and Todd are off on their Pan Panama Road Trip with a new video update to prove it. Also, throughout the week, there have been more installations on Gadling's Budget Travel Series: Mexico; Seattle; Boston; and Ft. Lauderdale.
To keep in line with the budget angle, in Recession vacations: do more with less, Tom wrote about those cities that are seeing more visitors with the ...Laid off? Take off with Intrepid Travel
Feb 27th, 2009 at 4:30PM: Lost your job and need to get away for a bit? Intrepid Travel understands. So, you can get a 15 percent discount if you've been laid off recently ... and you can use it one trips to more than 100 countries. While it's easy to see today's economic conditions as all doom and gloom, bookings for some of Intrepid Travel's overland trips have increased this year. Sales for trips between Kenya and Cape ...South Africa on the Cheap
Feb 22nd, 2009 at 9:00AM: Earlier this week we learned how 2009 is shaping up to be the most affordable year to visit Africa ever and now it seems the New York Times agrees, saying that Cape Town has plenty of bargains to offer travelers willing to make the trip. Cape Town, South Africa is amongst the more unique and interesting cities in the world. The city of 3.5 million people is a thriving modern metropolis, ...History's Most Famous Travel Adventures
Feb 20th, 2009 at 8:32AM: There is no doubt that history has a level of influence on the places that many of us visit. We read about far off places and exotic adventures, and it fires our own imaginations, sometimes compelling us to take a journey of our own, and experience the things that we've dreamed about. Forbes Traveler has put together an excellent list of the greatest travel adventures from history, not only ...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 ...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 ...Irishman Runs Seven Marathons on Seven Continents, in Six Days
Feb 8th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Irish endurance runner Richard Donovan completed an impressive series of runs a few days back when he completed his seventh marathon in just six days. Even more impressive than that however, is that each of those marathons was run on a different continent. The World Marathon Challenge got underway on January 31st when Donvan ran a marathon in Antarctica, covering the 26.2 miles n 4 hours, 39 ...Tour d'Afrique Off and Running!
Jan 15th, 2009 at 8:30AM: The 2009 edition of the Tour d'Afrique got underway last Sunday, with cyclists setting out from Cairo, Egypt on a 7317 mile long race to Cape Town, South Africa. In between they'll pass through the Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia, fostering international goodwill along the way, while raising funds for environmental protection and promoting cycling in Africa. ...A Self Indulgent Interview with Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa
Jan 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
I won't interview just anyone. I'm Mike Barish, after all. I like to speak with dynamic, interesting, foward-thinking people who fascinate me. In the past, I interviewed Mike Lee, head of one of the country's most exciting and up-and-coming underground eating clubs.
This time around, I scored a major coup. Well, maybe coup isn't the right word given the position of my subject. I had the great ...Fly in South Africa - and pay by the minute
Jan 8th, 2009 at 2:30PM: An upstart airline in South Africa is working hard to find somewhere to rent their planes and clear regulatory hurdles for their planned routes. Of course, upstart airlines are nothing new, they appear (and disappear) every month. Airtime Airlines is different though, and grabbed our attention thanks to an innovative new pricing method. The airline has taken a cue from the mobile phone industry, ...2010 World Cup will not be moved from South Africa
Dec 16th, 2008 at 12:30PM: It could have ended quite badly for South Africa. The first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup almost didn't get the chance. Earlier this year, FIFA prez Sepp Blatter, the most powerful man in soccer, told the media that his organization had an alternative plan should South Africa not be ready to host in 2010. He cited concerns about security, infrastructure, and construction projects as ...South Africa Gearing Up for World Cup...Maybe.
Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:30PM: In a little less than 2 years, South Africa will become the only country on its continent to ever host the FIFA World Cup. That is, unless FIFA decides that the country is unprepared and moves the world's most watched soccer tournament to one of the alternate locations it has already selected. There are concerns about stadiums and infrastructure projects being completed on time. South Africa has ...Golfing in Greenland and other crazy courses
Mar 3rd, 2008 at 7:45PM: Could you imagine going to Greenland to Golf. Wait, scratch that. Can you imagine going to Greenland for any reason? Ok, that was mean of me, but what can I say -- being a Canadian and subject to 10 months of winter, I tend to favour warm-weather destinations. But I digress. Forbes Traveler recently listed their picks for the top 10 craziest golf courses, and, not surprisingly, Greenland's World ...Mexico Named Best Place To Retire
Sep 26th, 2007 at 5:46PM:
Been to Mexico? I have a few times and I love it. It's not just the hot weather and the gorgeous beaches -- Mexico is a really friendly, vibrant place with a lot of energy and culture. At least what I've seen of it. Anyway, I digress. The point of this post is to write about how Mexico was named the best place to retire by an annual retirement index in International Living magazine. It used to be ...The Top 100 Hotels in the World
Jul 16th, 2007 at 5:30PM: As odd as it was to have some of the most extreme poverty I'd ever witnessed co-existing with the most grandiose luxury, it was no coincidence that the nicest hotel I'd ever been to was in India. I didn't have the privilege of staying at the JW Marriot on Mumbai's Juhu Beach (I was there for a wedding reception), but I did spend plenty of time getting lost in the lavishly decorated hallways ...Robbers Super Glue Naked Man to Exercise Bike
May 17th, 2007 at 3:02PM: South Africa can be a dangerous place. According to a survey compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "South Africa was ranked second for assault and murder (by all means) per capita," while the U.S. Department of State urges foreign visitors "to be vigilant and avoid any large gathering, particularly protests and demonstrations." However, things are evolving in the world of South ...Detour Worth Making: Nieu Bethesda's Owl House
Feb 15th, 2007 at 5:28PM: Of all the side trips I've taken, the most interesting was a visit to Helen Martins' Owl House. Born in 1897, "Miss Helen" suffered through a failed marriage, the death of her parents, and then, in her 40s or 50s, found herself alone in the dry, dusty, desolate Klein Karoo of central South Africa. Surrounded entirely by brown, Miss Helen decided to transform her environment. She hired local ...Delta to South Africa
Feb 10th, 2006 at 11:00AM: A quick bit of news that might be
of interest to folks out there...and I post this partly, too, because a buddy of mine is headed to South Africa,
literally, today. Delta Airlines is proposing a new service from Atlanta to Africa, with routes to Dakar, Senegal, and
Johannesburg, South Africa. They still need approval from the Department of Transportation, but if they get it then
Delta would thus ...
