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What's in YOUR laptop?
If you travel with digital gear, your Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure may be null and void. My little black MacBook is my digital American Express card. I don’t… more →
I'm Black and I Travel!
Wind and spiders
Matthew Teller wrote 4 days ago: It’s been a scatty week, with not much chance to think straight, let alone blog straight. I … more →
What's in YOUR laptop?
galan05 wrote 5 days ago: If you travel with digital gear, your Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizu … more →
RANT -- The Cuba embargo
galan05 wrote 1 week ago: I know President Obama has a lot on his White House plate, but it’s time to end this nonsense. … more →
COOL -- Travel gear
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galan05 wrote 1 week ago: Everything you need for your trips — and everything you don’t need, but wouldn’t m … more →
COOL -- Getting There, Getting Around
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galan05 wrote 1 week ago: GETTING THERE Travel Headache Number One, the airport. There’s no one to take you. Public tr … more →
High-Speed Rail: What We've Been Missing
galan05 wrote 1 week ago: Ever wonder what it’s like to experience travel on the great high-speed passenger trains of Eu … more →
COOL -- social networking for travelers
galan05 wrote 1 week ago: If you travel or are thinking about traveling, connecting with your fellow travelers literally can p … more →
One Step Forward
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peregrinafeminina wrote 1 week ago: I will be visiting Peru and Bolivia later this month. As I’ve shared this news with people lit … more →
Walking Tours -- get to steppin'!
galan05 wrote 1 week ago: One of the best ways to learn and enjoy the world’s great cities is a walking tour with a frie … more →
Back to the land
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Matthew Teller wrote 1 week ago: A fine article in the Independent on Sunday by Joy Lo Dico about the resurgent interest in Lebanon i … more →
Travel light, Part 2
galan05 wrote 1 week ago: Don’t want to haul your luggage to and from the airport? Get a luggage delivery service to do … more →
How to survive airline food
galan05 wrote 2 weeks ago: “Please return all seat backs, tray tables and remaining sense of taste to their full, upright … more →
Airline seats -- don't assume the position!
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galan05 wrote 2 weeks ago: jumbo jet terminal, Roissy CDG airport, Paris Even in coach, all airline seats are not created equal … more →
River dance
Matthew Teller wrote 2 weeks ago: A fascinating article from 7iber.com (pronounce it “hibber”) about the difficulties for … more →
Tourism 2.0
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Matthew Teller wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s the perfect venue for a revelation – St Ethelburga’s, a 15th-century church i … more →
Travel light -- or pay the price!
galan05 wrote 2 weeks ago: That scale they put your bags on at check-in is no joke — and neither is the bill you’ll … more →
Do you NEED a travel agent?
galan05 wrote 2 weeks ago: Gondola, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy For Web-savvy travelers, the need for the services of a travel a … more →
Eclipse in China
ReadyClickAndGo wrote 2 weeks ago: with ReadyClickAndGo In less than a month from now, a great, dark dragon will arise from the depths … more →
Declare Your Independence!
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galan05 wrote 2 weeks ago: Want to free yourself from the tyranny of group tours? Do your own thing when you travel! Art studen … more →
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