According to predictions, about 24 million people are expected to cram at airports this coming Thanksgiving. Chances are you might be one of them. Here are experts’ advise, to make your travel easy if not bearable. 1. Details, details, details. Flights get changed or rescheduled. Often than not, without the customers’ know how. When airlines [...]
Director of the Center for Radiological Research, Professor David Brenner of Columbia University, an expert in radiation biophysics, warned that frequent fliers, pilots, children and young travelers who have more sensitive skin than adults, are under significant risk of skin cancer due to influence of ionizing, coming from X-ray scanners. Is flying really safer now [...]
The travel industry is being turned on its head! Any information a traveler could ever want to find, can and will find on Internet. Travel agency are losing ground and jobs, why? Because they can usually offer a very small array of brochures provided by travel providers and operators, so why not join a travel [...]
Venice will perpetually be known for its gondolas, buildings on water and art. But it is not just a sinking city for the romantics. Recently, this world famous city on water is becoming a cool place for the hip and the chic. Venice can’t be explored just in one day. Those that love art would [...]
Shows like “Survivor” and celebrities like Oprah make owning or renting an island not only romantic but an unexplainable source of pleasure. But renting an island is not exclusive for the rich and famous or a game or reality show because now, it can be had if one only knows where to look. And it [...]
The Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls are among the world’s pioneer natural landmarks heralded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as “World Heritage Sites” which means they are “unique, irreplaceable and authentic.” These two natural works of arts are still part of the same list but as people venture more, exploring [...]
Ivory Coast in its infancy was an example of piece, harmony and an economic growth under its first president Felix Houphouet-Boigny. This ended abruptly when his successor Henri Bedie was toppled by a leader of the coup Robert Guei and fled the country in 1999. Henri Bedie unfortunately did already enough damage by creating a [...]
Tanzania has been lucky enough to avoid the internal struggle beseeching so many African nations and because of its stability, Tanzania was fairly successful in attracting some investors and donors. Nevertheless it remains one of the poorest countries on the African continent, with most population living below poverty level. Tanzania has become a product of [...]
An unending chain 1,200 islands that are for the most part not inhabited. They are located near the Indian continent.The elevation does not reach more than six feet above the sea level, causing constant concern regarding the islands being swept under water and perhaps disappearing all together. A true paradise for the vacationers with its [...]
The tsunami hit us off the small Mentawai Islands the evening of October 25th. Everybody was on board of the charter boat Freedom 3, anchored on a bay off the island – North Pagai. The waves threw his boat to into another charter boat the Midas. Mr Clarke, 31, returned to Padang on 27 October [...]
