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In Search Of Spring Breaknew
Spring break on the Gulf Coast ain't the party it used to be.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-28-2012 |
Travel
CouchSurfing International Offers Sofa Safe Havensnew
CouchSurfing.org is a networking forum that helps cushion the experience of finding places to stay for next to nothing. And Portland is one of the most active U.S. cities on the site, as members are drawn from all over the world to experience the friendly City of Roses.
Willamette Week |
Caitlin McCarthy |
08-05-2009 |
Travel
The Only Gay Bar in Laosnew
Khop Chai is Laos' only gay bar -- if you meet a gay man who has visited Laos, odds are he's frequented this bar.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Ken Cameron |
06-04-2009 |
Travel
The Downlow on Getting to Machu Picchunew
If you follow these tips, you can be watching the sun rise over Machu Picchu within a month -- and still have enough money to come home and start paying off your student loans.
Eugene Weekly |
Deanna Uutela |
01-16-2009 |
Travel
North Carolina Musicians Celebrate the Other New Yearnew
Every year a crew of Western North Carolina-based musicians heads to Negril, Jamaica, for a week of community-building, service work and jamming. The unlikely occasion? Chinese New Year.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
12-31-2008 |
Travel
A Cautionary Tale About Airports and Holiday Horrorsnew
We have all heard the horror stories, but up until last year I can't say I really believed them. All that changed last Christmas, when the forces of the friendly skies conspired against me for three days straight, eventually breaking me.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ethan Stewart |
12-22-2008 |
Travel
A Sojourn in the Palestinian City of Nablusnew
Arabs by day, Jews by night, and it was getting clear that both had become accustomed to the hells of occupation. My mind was swirling through a vortex of insanity that can only be found on a battlefield. What was I doing here?
Santa Barbara Independent |
Jesse Aizenstat |
12-15-2008 |
Travel
Welcome To a Mexican Beach!new
By following these simple steps to a low-budget Mexican beach excursion, you are on your way to a nice vacation. By demanding the "trip of a lifetime," you will be on your way to hell. Any questions?
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
11-19-2008 |
Travel
Clash of the Duck Tours in San Francisconew
The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until another duck tour -- Ride the Ducks -- migrated to the city this summer.
Miami Beach's New Fontainebleau Set to Debutnew
Sparks are flying. Jackhammers are blasting. Snakepits of wire cover the floors of the Fontainebleau Hotel. Will it be ready to open November 16, after a three-year, $1 billion makeover?
Miami New Times |
Lee Klein |
11-10-2008 |
Travel
Paris, Je T'aime: Un Petit Sojourn to the City of Lightsnew
Paris is a delicious bouillabaisse of a city: A little bit of New York, a dash of Boston, and a hefty dollop of London, but with a taste and style all its own.
New Haven Advocate |
Erik Sweet |
10-28-2008 |
Travel
Belugas Charm in Manitoba's Churchill Rivernew
There's only one place in the world where you can watch hundreds of beluga whales cavort in the wild, their gleaming white bodies arching above the surface of the water.
The Georgia Straight |
Lauren Kramer |
08-29-2008 |
Travel
The Long Walk: From Milwaukee to Chicago on Two Feetnew
I've bicycled from Chicago to Milwaukee a dozen or so times, including several trips during the dead of winter on the annual Frozen Snot Century ride. But lately I've been getting interested in walking as a form of travel that helps me take in more of my surroundings by slowing me down.
Chicago Newcity |
John Greenfield |
08-20-2008 |
Travel
Sucked into Amsterdam's Red Light Districtnew
My goal when I arrived in Amsterdam was to fight temptation and avoid the devils that lurk within the red light district. I wanted to write a sober account of the debauched circus encased within this small area. It wasn't meant to be.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Smysnuik |
08-18-2008 |
Travel
Comparing the Chinatown Bus to Its Upstart Rivalsnew
Ah, the Chinatown bus, this mode of transportation is the epitome of "shady." About two years ago, however, new competitors to the original Chinatown buses materialized, claiming to provide a more pleasant trip for as little as $1 one-way from Philadelphia to New York City.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sulina Gabale |
08-12-2008 |
Travel
