http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/travel-news-blog.html Travel news blog From worldvacation Fri, 09 May 2008 01:48:51 GMT en-us http://www.worldvacation.org/images/blogs/travel-news-blog-9020.jpg http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/travel-news-blog.html 100 66 http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/invitation-to-the-dance-movie-blog.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/invitation-to-the-dance-movie-blog.html Fri, 09 May 2008 01:48:51 GMT The curtain rises today on Marilyn Ferdinand''s week-long Invitation to the Dance Movie ......... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/manila-ups-the-ante.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/manila-ups-the-ante.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:42:36 GMT Everyone knows Manila. Some people can probably even find it on a map. But not many people have been there. The capital of the Philippines is a densely populated, sometimes dangerous place. While there is lots to do, especially if you are interested in shopping and sightseeing, it seems like Manila's tourist industry lives in the shadows of other Southeast Asian cities. Many visitors who are coming to the Philippines see Manila as a stop-off point before they head to the beach or outer islands. ......... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/online-viewing-tip-nyff45-1.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2007/online-viewing-tip-nyff45-1.html Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:30:31 GMT For the last couple of years, the best part of the New York Film Festival for anyone not in New York has been watching Jamie Stuart's essay-ish shorts; the first of this year's round has just gone up at ......... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2007/san-francisco-where-to-find-the-singles.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2007/san-francisco-where-to-find-the-singles.html Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:29:29 GMT Ever since I moved to San Francisco, I've always felt like it was a city for single people. There are a plethora of people there who are interested in dating, people who are young and vibrant. And there are plenty of places for them to go to meet each other and things for them to do together. It's a wonderful city. And it certainly doesn't hurt that the people who live there are generally open-minded folks who take a fun approach to dating and to finding a way to make the dating life work for ......... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2007/lessons-from-the-seat-of-a-bike.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2007/lessons-from-the-seat-of-a-bike.html Sun, 13 May 2007 21:38:53 GMT Less than half of the days in Cleveland are sunny and today there isn't a cloud in the sky - the sun is shining and the temps are a perfect 74 ......... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/1-2007/new-sucker-footed-bat-in-madagascar.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/1-2007/new-sucker-footed-bat-in-madagascar.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Researchers have discovered a new species of bat that has large flat adhesive organs, or suckers, attached to its thumbs and hind feet. This is a remarkable find because the new bat belongs to a Family of bats endemic to Madagascar--and one that was previously considered to include only one rare species. The new species, Myzopoda schliemanni, occurs only in the dry western forests of Madagascar, while the previously known species, Myzopoda aurita, occurs only in the humid eastern forests of Madagascar, as per new research recently published online in the journal Mammalian Biology. The new species is obviously different from the known species based on pelage coloration, external measurements and cranial characteristics, as per the researchers........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/santa-fe-in-new-mexico.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/santa-fe-in-new-mexico.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Santa Fe was once the capital of Spain's, and then Mexico's, territories north of the Rio Grande, but its visible history extends far back into time beyond the arrival of the Spanish; it is thought to have been the site of Puebloan villages that had already been long abandoned by the time the Spanish arrived in 1607. It became the state capital when the territory of New Mexico achieved statehood in 1912........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/rise-in-california-temperatures.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/rise-in-california-temperatures.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Increasing temperatures in California during the next 45 years could negatively affect the amount of almonds, walnuts, oranges, avocados and table grapes that Americans put on their tables. According to new research in the journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, production losses in some of California's most popular crops could be as high as 40 percent by mid-century........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/money-causes-changes-for-better-and-worse.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/money-causes-changes-for-better-and-worse.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Money changes everything, and that includes changing people's motivations for the better and their behavior toward others for the worse, according to a new study published in the international journal Science. Florida State University psychology graduate student Nicole Mead in Tallahassee, Fla was among a group of researchers who found that the concept of money brings about a state of self-sufficiency that allows people to work harder and more independently to achieve personal goals but makes them more socially insensitive in the process........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/silent-eco-friendly-plane.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/11-2006/silent-eco-friendly-plane.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT MIT and Cambridge University researchers will unveil the conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane at a press conference Monday, Nov. 6, at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. "Public concern about noise is a major constraint on expansion of aircraft operations. The 'silent aircraft' can help address this concern and thus aid in meeting the increasing passenger demand for air transport," said Edward M. Greitzer, the H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/laptops-will-link-global-learners.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/laptops-will-link-global-learners.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT The real star at an Oct. 19 lecture by Nicholas Negroponte was not the Media Lab co-founder and computer-aided design pioneer himself but what he brought to the Department of Architecture classroom at MIT--a model from his One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. After Negroponte finished outlining plans for creating and distributing the inexpensive computer to children in developing nations, the audience crowded the podium to examine the cheerful green-and-white 2B1 model. While Negroponte apologized for bringing a model, not a prototype, his audience still wanted a closer look. They turned and twisted the screen and the wi-fi antennas. They pressed fingers to the kid-size keypad. They weighed it in their hands........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/ext-still-the-stupid-of-trucks.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/ext-still-the-stupid-of-trucks.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT The Detroit News reports: EXT still the Cadillac of trucks. We're well aware how dim we are, but isn't calling an item "The Cadillac of (whatever)" supposed to mean it's the best at what it is meant for? As in, "The new MacBook is the Cadillac of laptops" or "Google is the Cadillac of search engines" or "Alison Krauss is so smokin' hot we'd fake our own death, move to Tennessee, and change our name to be with her"........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/solio-universal-hybrid-charger.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/solio-universal-hybrid-charger.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Solio, the Universal "Hybrid" Charger , can charge all of your handheld electronic products, even if you've been relocated to Antarctica. It works by absorbing power from the sun and storing the energy within the Solio's own internal battery (charging Solio's internal battery takes 8-10 hours of direct sunlight). If your igloo comes with a wall socket, you can also plug it in to charge it........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/seek-adventure.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/seek-adventure.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Stand in front of world famous architecture with 25HoursTravel. Everywhere on this amazing planet habitat over the centuries has left it's footprint. Take pleasure in the creative genius that built your most inspiring visual. Next to nature the craft of humankind offers so much too experience. Start now! www.charismatravel.net for all your ground arrangements. Moscow's best!....... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/cars-of-the-future.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/cars-of-the-future.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT They looked incongruous as they pulled past the Chevrolets and Toyotas in East lot--an antique Stanley Steamer, a yellow-striped city bus, a motorcycle with a passenger seat made from a diner's counter stool, a tanker with a bucolic scene painted on the side and dozens more. In they rolled, horns honking amid the occasional deep "ooooh-gah" of the steam car's Klaxon........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/zermatt.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/zermatt.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT There is this very nice hotel across the street from our campground in Zermatt that has a Wi-Fi LAN for their guests. Nice of them to not have any security on it, so I can mooch off of them. This will frankly be the first e-mail I have written where I haven't felt rushed, because there is a clock ticking, and I have to feed the machine another Euro (or Franc) lest I loose my work........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/island-ferries-take-on-role.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/island-ferries-take-on-role.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Ferries that connect Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are taking on another role - research vessels. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) biologist Scott Gallager and his colleagues have installed a package of sensors on the 235-foot freight ferry Katama to measure water quality and to photograph plankton as the ferry crisscrosses the western side of Nantucket Sound year-round, several times daily........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/souther-tip-of-africa---cape-town.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/souther-tip-of-africa---cape-town.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Cape Town is one of the largest cities in South Africa and located in the Western Cape Province. It is located in the south-west corner of the country near the Cape of Good Hope, and is the most southern city in Africa. It is a stone's throw from South Africa's world-famous Cape Winelands around Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek........ ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/pyramid-shaped-watermelons.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/pyramid-shaped-watermelons.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Pink Tentacle has translated an article from the Asahi Shinbun reporting on pyramid shaped watermelons being cultivated in Nara. Everybody's seen the ridiculously overpriced square watermelons ($100 US), so now you can add pyramids to the scheme. As per the article, the grower plans to try shaping "gourds and bottles" out of watermelon next year. Can I put in a request for a car-shaped watermelon?....... ]]> http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/gasholt.html http://www.worldvacation.org/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/gasholt.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT As my photography collection continues to grow, I sought a better way to organize them. I combined this with my own desire to start keeping a record of all of the places I've been. After a few afternoons of tinkering, this is what I ended up with! Red links represent flight connections. Click on a region to zoom in and investigate destionations, as well as explore any related photo albums........ ]]>