Thoughts and Tips #37 - May 9, 2015

In this edition:

-Reflections After The Nepal Earthquake - Travel Addicts
-Cuba's crumbling beauty is, oddly, part of its appeal
-Bastille - Pompeii - Acoustic [Live in Paris] - YouTube
-Festivals in May 2015 | Worldwide festivals guide (Conde Nast Traveller)
-Central America: Border Crossing Fees | Road Affair
-How To Beat Jet Lag (And Why It Happens) - Digg
-Every Question You've Ever Had About Flying, Answered By A Pilot | Supercompressor


Reflections After The Nepal Earthquake - Travel Addicts

My heart breaks at the destruction in the Nepal earthquake last week. I lived in the Himalayan kingdom during the early days of the civil war. I struggled to make sense of the violence and human suffering in the most beautiful place on earth. I learned that Nepal can be both Shangri-La and Hell on Earth.
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Cuba's crumbling beauty is, oddly, part of its appeal

Cuba confounds. The decay of the buildings belies their comeliness, suggesting an impoverished land with all its attendant problems, but not so Cuba.
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Bastille - Pompeii - Acoustic [Live in Paris] - YouTube

Filmed at Le Petit Palais, Musee de Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
(As you travel, sometimes you just come upon great performances that appeal to you in one way or another.)


Festivals in May 2015 | Worldwide festivals guide (Conde Nast Traveller)

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New York
New York Sound City | 1-3 May 2015
An extension of Liverpool Sound City, fittingly, the Brooklyn incarnations theme is British Invasion. There'll be hip hop panels, roundtable discussions, interviews and performances - all of which will aim to expound on the subject of how Brit musicians have re-interpreted and re-packages US music and sold it back to the States.
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Central America: Border Crossing Fees | Road Affair

Border crossing fees suck but what makes it even wors(e), is not knowing exactly what the 'real' border fees are. There are almost never signs at the border, just people telling you what to pay and Central America is not different. While traveling throughout Central America, one of the hardest things to find out was the land border crossing fees for entering and exiting a country in Central America...
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How To Beat Jet Lag (And Why It Happens) - Digg

Why you get jet lag and what to do about it.
(Click each drawing.)
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Every Question You've Ever Had About Flying, Answered By A Pilot | Supercompressor

Let's just put it right out there: flying is a king-sized pain in the ass.

The cramped seats, the recycled air, the turbulence, the mysterious noises, and whaaaaaaaaaat' the deal with the food? If you can identify with the fourth of the population that gets freaked out from flying, you know there's little one can do or say to quell...

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News and Tips #9 - February 21, 2015

Saturday, February 21, 2015

In this issue:

-Have you seen inside the world's first northern lights plane? - YouTube
-15 Quick Ways to Beat Jet Lag - Smart Women Travelers
-First time Greece: top 10 experiences - Lonely Planet
-9 Ideas for Your Next Volunteer Travel Experience - Fodors
-Ithaca, NY tourism office" Go to Florida instead - Fox News

Have you seen inside the world's first northern lights plane? - YouTube




15 Quick Ways to Beat Jet Lag - Smart Women Travelers

Fifteen quick ways to beat jet lag like you've never seen it before.  There are several of tips out there on jet lag, but this is especially comprehensive and I thought I'd share it with Smart Women Travelers.
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First time Greece: top 10 experiences - Lonely Planet

With its sparkling white beaches, crystalline water and venerable ancient sites, Greece lives up to all the hype. But how to approach this vast country with enough islands to suit everyone's taste and antiquities dotting the landscape like a historical map of Western civilisation?
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9 Ideas for Your Next Volunteer Travel Experience - Fodors

A few years back, my wife and I took a six-month trip with our two teenage children where we volunteered our way around the world. Not only was this a much cheaper way to travel, it was far more meaningful and transformative than any hotel-restaurant-museum trip I've ever been on.  Working with local projects as part of local communities not only impacts the lives of the people you are helping, but it can also dramatically...
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Ithaca, NY tourism office: Go to Florida instead - Fox News

"Really, it's for the birds here now."

Tourist officials in Ithaca New York, fed up with the repeated snowstorms and below-freezing temperatures, have stopped trying to lure visitors to their city and are instead steering them to Florida's Key West.

"That's it. We surrender," read a message that began popping up...
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