Travel News
Looking Back And Looking Ahead: TheExpeditioner Contributor Luke Armstrong
Happy New Year Everyone! In the midst of all the “2009 Travel Trends” articles, “Best Destinations of 2010” previews, and “The Past Decade in Travel,” it’s hard not to feel a bit nostalgic this time of year. All of us at TheExpeditioner.com put our collective heads together and decided to add our versions of these articles to the onslaught. […]
11 Amazing Pictures Of The Burj
Check out these 11 amazing pictures from Spiegel of the newly-opened Burj, “Dubai’s newest symbol of megalomaniacal opulence [that] can be seen from Bedouin oases in the desert up to 100 kilometers away.” I like picture #4 which describes how the so-called “Chimney Effect” would work on the massive tower: The tower is so tall […]
Where To Go For Ethical Travel In 2010
Other than checking out the Vancouver Olympics, there are some ideas kicking around for what to do in the New Year. If your resolution happens to be traveling to places where your conscience remains intact, then check out this article from The Star of the Top Ten Ethical Places to travel compiled by the group, […]
Hands Down, The Best Views In The World
It’s the cliché, “pictures don’t do it justice” phenomenon, yet, it may be true. What gets me is how these invoke your curiosity. It leads me to wonder what, and where, is possible in the world. I will never forget when I rounded a corner along the Parks Highway in Alaska (just about where the […]
The World’s Best Job Winner Has A Brush With Death
… or should that read, “So-called” World’s Best Job Winner? Ben Southall, the winner of that hyped Barrier Island caretaker gig off the coast of Queensland, Austraila, was jet skiing with some friends when he had a little run in with 5 millimeters of venomous fury, otherwise known as the deadly irukandji jellyfish. According to […]
Where Are The Top 5 Biggest New Year’s Eve Parties Around The World?
Not content with listing the best New Year’s parties in the world (everyone knows this occurs at TheExpeditioner.com’s annual New Year’s party where we break out the bottles of Boone’s Farm and Twister for a rockin’ evening), I decided to find out where the biggest parties in the world take place. 1) RIO DE JANEIRO […]
Tips To Quench That Olympic Fever- There’s Still Time!
Don’t ask why, but I randomly searched to see if there were still tickets for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics coming up in February. Surprisingly, there were, and I gave a fist pump when I saw “available” next to men’s freestyle skiing. That got me thinking, “bet I’m not the only one.” A tornado of mouse […]
Frommer’s (Almost) Top Ten Destinations for 2010
The ‘09 is wrapping up, a phenomenal year for TheExpeditioner and, well, travel in general (when is it not?). I think my eyes are actually welling up. Reflection aside, we look to the future. Where are your top spots you’d like to get to in 2010? Frommer’s offers their top ten destinations around the globe. […]
Budget Travel Still In Business
As is being reported today, Budget Travel magazine will not be closing down (rumors we reported on a couple weeks ago), but instead is being sold off by the Washington Post to private investment firm Fletcher Asset Management Inc. And layoffs? Fletcher has reportedly “agreed to keep almost all of Budget Travel’s employees.” Good news […]
Zimbabwe Getting Back On The Map
The political unrest that dictated Zimbabwe of late doesn’t seem to be affecting the number of people heading there; more than doubling the amount from last year (I should note Wanderlust mentioned this stat was unconfirmed). With the adoption of the U.S. dollar making currency scams less likely, and the rumors of the political scene […]