Memorable moment: At best, a design exhibition combines theory, aesthetics and products in a way that makes you pay more attention to the objects you encounter in everyday life. So it is with the stellar Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006 currently at New York’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Amid...

Does anyone have any recommendations on travel books about Africa. I’m geared towards budeget traveling. Is there a book out there that encompasses the whole of Africa? Something similiar to the “Let’s Go Europe” book? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Cheryl Original post...

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY COUNTRIES IN AFRICA BESIDES SOUTH AFRICA THAT US CITIZENS CAN TRAVEL TO WITHOUT HAVING A VISA? I’D LIKE TO TRAVEL IN MARCH/APRIL (LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY) SO I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET A VISA FOR KENYA OR TANZANIA. THANKS CHERYL Original post by TravelPod: Africa...

Memorable moment: Taking in the view of downtown Kansas City from atop the 217-foot Liberty Memorial, the nation’s only museum and monument dedicated exclusively to World War I. The venue – which includes both the soaring Memorial Tower and a fantastic interactive museum – will entertain both history...

Iwill shortly be moving to the USA from the UK and before I do, I want to travel one last time. The flights to Africa from the states are just way too high and I’ve found a really cheap flight to the Gambia. I’ll only be spending a week there but does anyone have any information about what...

Memorable experience: When my sister suggested celebrating the holidays with a Caribbean cruise, I cringed. Load up on hand sanitizers to spend Christmas surrounded by throngs of sugar-fueled tots and sunburned boozers at a poolside hairy chest contest? Bah, humbug. But a last-minute deal of $475 per...