This Week in Offbeat Travel Links – April 14, 2007

by Mike Richard

The Tribewanted project is part Myspace, part reality-TV show Survivor. With over 1,100 inhabitants so-far, this unique social experiment seems to be working.
Shock your socks off and beat deep vein thrombosis with the Circulation Booster Mobile. Just weird.
Rolf Potts talks about solo traveling and getting drugged in Istanbul seven hazy years ago
TravelHappy serves up Seven Tips For Taking A Laptop Travelling – a topic that’s been discussed on travel forums and blogs alike since the dawn of man
Like jumping on the bed? You’re not alone and the offbeat BedJump.com blog proves it!
Leif over at KillingBatteries points us to this hilarious video comparing Italy to the rest of Europe (no malice meant on my part as I’ve never actually been to Italy, but I found the animation funny nonetheless)
NuNomad blog wraps up their three-part series on traveling with cell phones
Jaunted points us to one site that predicts whether airfare on a given route will rise/fall in the next few months and another site that predicts whether your flight will arrive or depart on time. Take that, Magic 8 Ball!
Find out why Travelistic’s chrisbernier is seeking revenge on peacock’s worldwide

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About the Author

Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.