City Silhouettes: refle...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Photos , Europe , United Kingdom If you have ever been in a city building, preferably a very tall one, you might have looked out the window once. Maybe twice. Maybe more. And if the light was just right, streaming in at just the right angle, you might have...

Mexico’s safest d...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Hiking , Surfing , Festivals and Events , Mexico , Travel Health , Central America , Travel Security Crime in Mexico has kept travelers away from some parts of the country that are riddled with the results of drug cartel operations. Everything from murder...

The Importance of An Ai...

I’m still hanging out, getting to know my son, so here’s another guest post for you. This time it’s an interesting look at airports and their names. —- The name of an airport: we see it when we book reservations, on billboards as we cruise down the highway, on...

Lack of snow brings rar...

Filed under: Hiking , North America , United States The calendar may say that its winter in the U.S., but you wouldn’t know it based on the weather. Large portions of the country have experienced warmer than normal temperatures, and snowfall across the western states has been...
Photographs of the people of China via Erin Drewitz

Photographs of the peop...

Filed under: Photos , Asia , China Our dear graphic designer and occasional photographer Erin Drewitz had a busy 2011, romping between San Francisco , Dallas , China and the far reaches of the planet. Her most recent series, collected between Hong Kong , Shenzen, Changsha and Zhangjiajie...

Epic Pass holders can s...

Filed under: Skiing , North America , United States , Hotels and Accommodations The Epic Season Pass is an amazing deal for avid skiers. For one fee, it allows unlimited skiing and snowboarding in some of the best resorts in Colorado and the Tahoe region, including Vail, Breckenridge,...

Belarus internet ban ta...

Filed under: Activism , Business , Europe , Belarus , Internet Tools , News A new internet ban in the former Soviet country Belarus will make the usage or browsing of many foreign websites illegal and punishable by a fine of up to $125. The Library of Congress reports that all Belarusian...

A Traveler in the Forei...

Filed under: Europe , Macedonia The first thing I noticed about Macedonia was the Marlboro man and a group of short men smoking cheap alternatives. Six months after being handed the country’s distinctive yellow and orange flag, signifying a two year assignment to the American...

Go ice climbing in Cody...

Filed under: Climbing , Festivals and Events , North America , United States For the first time ever, the National Forest Service has issued permits for commercially guided ice climbing expeditions into the Shoshone National Forest , located near Cody, Wyoming . Those permits open up the...

News and Deals: Decembe...

Free Wi-Fi at major airports from Skype ‎Los Angeles Times Internet communications company Skype is offering an hour of free Wi-Fi for travelers at New York’s JFK and La Guardia airports and Chicago O’Hare. Los Angeles and John Wayne airports are not available for free...

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