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Exclusive Video Of The Final Minutes Of The Costa Concordia [Video]
The first documentary about the sinking of the Costa Concordia, featuring video shot by passengers themselves as they attempt to flee the ship, airs this Sunday, February 12 at 7 p.m. on the Nat Geo Channel. The above clip shows passengers as they confusedly wait then rush forward to board the lifeboats as workers instruct […]
It Snowed In Rome? [Videos]
If you hadn’t heard, Rome — that bastion of Mediterranean sun — was hit by its first snowstorm in 26 years (8 inches to be exact), causing schools to be closed, taxi drivers to stay home and videographers to take to the streets to catch the rare site of snow falling on the Coloseum and […]
If You Were An Airliner, Which Would You Be?
If you hadn’t noticed, JetBlue recently introduced a redesign of their site, dispensing with the overload of graphics and vibrant colors, and limiting the amount of text on the home page. They also introduced a new script-based dropdown navigation menu (fancy!) and put a new emphasis on their frequent flier program TrueBlue. Personally, JetBlue can […]
The Costa Concordia Was Actually Bigger Than The Titanic
With the recent sinking of the Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, many people couldn’t help but draw parallels between this disaster and the Titanic, which coincidentally enough suffered a similar fate exactly 100 years ago. And just in case you think the Concordia comparisons to the Titanic are overdone, keep this in mind: […]
Amateur Traveler Reviews The Expeditioner’s Guide To The World
Thanks to Amateur Traveler for their review of The Expeditioner’s Guide to the World at their site this week. Many of you are probably active listeners to Chris Christensen’s Amateur Traveler podcast, which at last look was the number five podcast in iTunes’ “People and Places” category (damn Rick Steves was just ahead at number 4). In her mostly […]
India Opens New Floating Lake Palace To Visitors
You may recognize the famous Lake Palace of Jaipur, Rajasthan — the ornate, seemingly floating palace turned hotel located in the middle (you read that right) of Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India — from such shows as No Reservations or the movie Octopussy. But Rajasthan has another notable “floating” palace opening up to visitors in the […]
Frommer Watch: Travel In India Is Really Cheap Right Now
India has always been a cheap country to travel through, but it’s now cheaper than ever. As the galavanting guru Arthur Frommer points out in a recent blog post, the exchange rate of the Indian Rupee is at a historical low as compared to the U.S. dollar, with each greenback returning about 53 rupees. As […]
I Wish Annoying Tourists Would Leave The Tsukiji Fish Market Alone
I’m crazy for pictures. You put a picture of a cheeseburger in the menu of a five-star restaurant and that’s what I’m ordering. Screw the caviar, unless there’s a picture, it’s losing out to the photo option. Apparently, my quirkiness also works for travel. In particular, I recently came across a photo essay of Tokyo’s […]
Kayak To Google Flight Search: Drop Dead
Notice anything different this month when you searched for airfares on Google? Try typing in “New York to Los Angeles,” and you’ll notice that Google’s Flight Search service now pops up at the top of results — below several advertisements, but prominently “above the fold” (industry term for the part of your screen you can […]
How Widespread Is Violence In Mexico Really?
I’m not one for taking to heart the warnings of danger when traveling. From the overblown threat of pickpocketers in Barcelona to the unfounded warnings of imminent kidnapping the second one steps off the plane in Colombia, I often wonder whether these rumors of danger are often nothing more than a classic fear of the […]