Posted on May 29th, 2008 in Travel News
The gigantoid multiple-hotel development, known as CityCenter and located between Bellagio and the Monte Carlo on the strip, finally has a name: Aria. [The Informed Traveler]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 in Travel News
Want to see London without ever having to leave the Big Apple? As of today (thru June 15th), thanks to a 37-foot tall, 11-foot wide telescope called the Telectroscope, those with their feet firmly planted on Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn will be able to see as far as the Thames.
Curbed has photos […]
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Posted on May 12th, 2008 in Travel News
1) Make travel a part of your life’s education
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
2) Keep a travel journal, at sea or on land
It […]
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Posted on May 12th, 2008 in Travel News
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Man Drives From New York City to Los Angeles in 31 Hours
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For Sale: World’s Smallest Island Nation
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How To: Dig Dim Sum in Hong Kong
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Ask Rolf: Can I Have Meaningful Experiences Abroad if I Don’t Speak the Language?
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‘European-Style’ Topless Swimming Pools in Las Vegas
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The Woman in the Kuffiya
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Ask Rolf: […]
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Posted on May 12th, 2008 in Travel News
Since we started World Hum in 2001, we’ve tried to explore travel in all its facets and publish compelling travel stories. It’s been enormously fun and gratifying, yet there’s so much more we’ve wanted to do with the site. Juggling day jobs, we just haven’t had the time or resources.
Now we will. We’re delighted to […]
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Travel News
Not a good weekend for the Lonely Planet empire. One of its writers has admitted to plagiarising large sections of his books and to dealing drugs to supplement poor pay.
Thomas Kohnstamm, who worked on several Lonely Planet guidebooks including Brazil, Colombia, the
Caribbean, South America, Venezuela and Chile, revealed all to an Australian newspaper […]
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Travel News
Oasis Hong Kong Airline’s CEO, Stephen Miller, told a press conference this afternoon that Oasis has suspended its flights and that liquidators will seek new investors.
Miller said: “It is with great regret that Oasis Hong Kong Airlines has today voluntarily applied to the Hong Kong courts to appoint a liquidator.”
The airline shut down today, […]
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Travel News
Budget carrier, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, is said to be ceasing operations from today. According to reports, the airline has suffered heavy losses since it began flights in October 2006.
“We have no comment for the time being,” Oasis CEO Stephen Miller told
Reuters.
The Hong Kong Economic Times today quotes unidentified sources saying that the […]
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