2007 October

The Future of Airline Check-in: Cellphone-as-Ticket Technology

Like what you see? Subscribe to the full RSS feed.In a recent move that could save the airline industry half a billion dollars annually, the International Air Transport Association announced that it has successfully coaxed all of its 240 constituent airlines to move forward with “cellphone-as-ticket” technology. The International Herald Tribune is reporting that: The formats […]

Travel Movie Review: The Darjeeling Limited

Though Wes Anderson’s films are novel, quirky, artistic, interesting and original in the extreme, they seem to follow the same storyline: “oddball doesn’t fit in with general society due to family complications, and embarks on spiritual quest to discover self.”

Finding Unexpected Faces In Everyday Objects

Faces in Places is “a photographic collection of faces found in everyday places.” A few samples: And one of my own from a recent New Hampshire camping trip - Captain Pirate Rock: Found a face someplace? Just add it to this Flickr group to share it with the rest of the inanimate object loving world.

Win an Around-the-World Trip in 400 Words or Less

A Map for Saturday’s Brook Silva-Braga alerted me yesterday to an awesome contest that his company, Earthchild Productions, is running. I’ll let him explain the details: Want to see the world? You can follow in the footsteps of the travelers in “A Map for Saturday” on your own Big Trip. We’ll get you started with […]

Photo of the Moment: Tungurahua Volcano Erupts

Explained via the NASA website: Volcano Tungurahua erupted spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides of the 5,000-meter high Tungurahua, while a cloud of dark ash is seen being ejected toward the left. Wispy white clouds flow around the lava-lit peak, while a star-lit sky shines in […]

Stunning Underwater Photography … in Black & White

Via David Doubilet Photography. Who knew black and white underwater photography could be so cool? I think I have a new man crush.

In or Out: How to Pack for a Month-Long Trip

It’s easy to pack for a weekend away - throw every outfit you’ll need in your backpack, then one more “just in case”. But if you’re going to be on the road for a few weeks, the process gets a bit trickier.

It’s Official: Carmen Sandiego Has Been Found

Carmen Sandiego - last seen here in a 1995 photo taken by a hidden surveillance camera: … went missing for nearly a decade. Kotaku reports that she’s just recently surfaced: She couldn’t stay hidden forever. Sooner or later she was going to get sloppy enough, or old enough, for someone to find her. Now somebody has. […]

Bizarre Schoolyard Rhymes from Around the World

The always hilarious TheSneeze.com brings us bizarre children’s schoolyard rhymes from around the world with more here. My favorites: FRANCE: Grosse tête Petit cul Quand tu pète, on te vois plus! English translation: Huge head Tiny ass When you fart, you disappear! … and: DENMARK Bennys bukser brændte Børge råbte “Åh!” Børge havde nemlig Bennys bukser på English translation: Bennys pants were burning Børge yelled “Oh!” Because Børge was in fact Wearing Benny’s pants What more reason do […]

TSA’s Latest Security Tool Fails to Get Off the Ground

A GE-produced explosives scanner intended to allow members of the Clear registered traveler program has been ditched by executives of the Transport Security Administration for failing to meet the minimum requirements for substance detection. The deal was supposed to be simple: pay a nominal annual fee and you can hit the fast lane during your security […]

Big Fish, Little Boat: Extreme Kayak Shark Fishing

File this under: Things I’d Never Do #9726726. Right after glacial surfing. It seems the big new fishing experience doesn’t involve an outboard motor. Yes, hardy rowing folk have decided it might be fun to start hunting sharks … from fiberglass kayaks. No word on whether they also find it fun to […]

Photos Of The Moment: 32 Amazing Bridges from Around the World

32 positively beautiful bridge shots from around the world. I just wish they were captioned to indicate where each one was taken.

Travel Book Review: Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo

Were I perusing the stacks at my local Borders, Beth Whitman’s Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo (aff) would be the last book I’d think to pick up. And to think Mama always told me never to judge a book by it’s cover. But can you blame me? […]

One Year of Spanish: Linguistic Laws of Attraction

1000 Wines points us to One Year of Spanish: “Nothing impresses the senoritas like a well-conjugated verb.” Indeed.

How To Survive If You Fall Into A Cesspool

I think we can all agree that there are two kinds of people in this world: those who’ve fallen into a cesspool and those who will someday. Will you be prepared when it happens to you? Thankfully, that’s why I’m hear to dispense such potential life-saving advice. Another gem from my Worst Case Scenario: […]

Maya Angelou on Blogging

Via WhyGo: You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you. - Maya Angelou If there’s one golden rule of successful blogging, this is it. And of course, that’s […]

The World’s Largest (Fake) Fish Tank

When it comes to electronics, architecture and all-around cool geekery, Asia doesn’t screw around. During the construction of a new mall in Beijing, planners decided to construct the world’s largest fake fish tank. Via Gizmodo: A 250m by 30m LED screen has been installed in the ceiling of a new mall in Beijing. That’s an impressive 7,500 […]

Leaving Lost Vegas: Your Hotel’s Lost and Found is Very Revealing

We’ve all done it; the taxi is hitting the horn, you’ve still got sleep in your eyes, you force the zipper closed on your bags, take one last look around the room for anything left behind, and you leave…. ….Only to remember, once you’re halfway to the departure lounge, that you left your toiletry bag in […]

Photo of the Moment: Melting Blue Cow of Budapest

Cow-sicle anyone? © loungerie

African-Style Steel Cage Death Match: Giraffes Kickin’ Some Giraffe Ass

I’m willing to bet that five out of five hardcore travelers list “African Safari” pretty high on their lifetime to-do list. But this is certainly something you wouldn’t expect to see: Who knew giraffes were so violent?

Elevators Around The World: The Big, The Badass and The Just Plain Cool

A few wild elevator photos from around the world.

From Recycled Japanese Train Tickets to Fine Art

In Osaka, Japan, Takashimaya department store employees have taken over 320,000 recycled train tickets and recreated four iconic works of fine art. Via PinkTentacle.com: The works, which include renditions of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (2.3 x 1.6 meters) and the Birth of Venus, as well as Renoir’s Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, consist of “pixels” […]

Yet Another Lovely Way To Flip The TSA The Bird In Style

Not content to thumb your nose at TSA baggage screeners with these “Have fun rifling through my underwear!” luggage tags? Perhaps these X-ray bags from ThinkGeek.com are brazen enough for you: … [S]how the world exactly what you’re carrying, even if what you’re showing is only a reasonable facsimile. The X-Ray tote and shoulder bags, […]

The World’s Largest Swimming Pool

GoogleSightseeing.com brings us: the World’s Largest Swimming pool. Located in Chile, this massive manmade monstrosity is 1 kilometer long - more than 80,000 square meters - and contains 250,000 cubic meters of water. And, to further solidify itself in the “Completely Unnecessary” category, it’s immediately adjacent to … wait for it … the sea. Hat tip: […]

Vagabondish Is Evolving

Lately I’ve been hashing out a few ways to evolve this blog with specific issues and goals in mind …

Pilot Gets A Crash Course in Crash Landing

Photo AP Rob Robertson is a little confused right now. He has a few reasons to be cheerful, a few reasons to be depressed and one hell of a story to tell at cocktail parties. Reason to be cheerful: He has a pilot license and flies small planes out of Florida to and from the beautiful, tropical […]

Photo of the Moment: An Impossible Monastery

So I just go in the “side” door? © Culture.gr

Photo of the Moment: Floating On A Glacier

7 Great Rules Of Airline Travel Etiquette

The Best of Craigslist has some real gems written by honest, anonymous folks usually with something to get off their chest. RANT: Airline Travel Etiquette makes some great points: Rule #3 - Bitch. If I’m unfortunate enough to ride bitch (aka, the middle seat) then I automatically get both armrests. It’s called making the best […]

Travel Magazines For Real People

Tired of the uber-glossy, four figure, shrink-wrapped vacations touted in Travel + Leisure, et. al.? Via Smarter Traveler’s Ed Perkins: Do you sometimes feel that most of the travel information you see is aimed at someone who has three times as much free time as you and five times the money? Certainly today’s slick travel magazines aim […]

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