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The best travel camera3 comments

galan05 wrote 1 day ago: The answer is disarmingly simple, but maybe not as easy as it sounds. Want to start an argument? Jus … more →

Tags: Tips & Tactics, General, Los Angeles, Union Station, canon, lumix, Nikon, Sony, FZ-30

Union Station, Los Angeles1 comment

galan05 wrote 1 day ago: Another reason to love trains far more than flying: Train stations. interior, Union Station, Los Ang … more →

Tags: TRAVELER'S TALES, General, Rail Travel, Amtrak, Paris, Los Angeles, Union Station, Art Deco, metrolink

Lights, camera...travel!

galan05 wrote 4 days ago: If you’re a movie buff, travel adds a whole new dimension to watching flims. It happens in an … more →

Tags: General, Tips & Tactics, Berlin, bourne, Covered Bridge, Kurfürstendamm, Los Angeles, MiLan, oakland

Train from Sarajevo (Bosnia) to Belgrade (Serbia)

ReadyClickAndGo wrote 6 days ago: According to the Bosnian winter train timetable the first direct train between Sarajevo and Belgrade … more →

Tags: Travel, private sightseeing, private day trips, Experiences, Serbia, belgrade, sightseeing Belgrade, ReadyClickAndGo, PrivateDayTrips

'Tis the season

ihigham wrote 1 week ago: Well, I really owe my faithful readers (Ricky, you might be the only one) an update on life in the p … more →

Tags: Cultural musings, Day-to-day

To Look For America: The Secrets of Successful Bus Travel3 comments

galan05 wrote 1 week ago: The joy of travel isn’t always in reaching the destination, but in taking the journey itself. New Gr … more →

Tags: General, Guest Columns, Civil Rights, Bus, Greyhound, Freedom Ride, Rosa Parks, Route 66, Mother Road

When things go sideways1 comment

galan05 wrote 2 weeks ago: “Stuff” happens when you travel. How you choose to respond will determine whether you en … more →

Tags: General, Tips & Tactics

Panama - Jan 2nd to Jan 4th, 2009

Attracta Mooney wrote 2 weeks ago: After the cold of New York, walking outside of the airport and finding warm sunshine was really welc … more →

Tags: The Americas 2009, Attracta M Mooney, backpacking, hostel, Panama

He who hesitates3 comments

galan05 wrote 3 weeks ago: Think it’s too late to book a vacation at a decent price this holiday season? Maybe not. The L … more →

Tags: General, Tips & Tactics, Air France, Cruise Lines, cruises, Hotels, last minute travel, Paris, Resorts

Masai Mara Camping Site Officially Opened

jamesgichohi wrote 3 weeks ago: king size double beds and singles, accommodation suites are designed to match with the surrounding L … more →

Tags: Adventure travel, Blogroll, Camping Sites, Travel, voluntravel, voluntourism in kenya, Community Service, Service International, Career Breaks

You don't know me.

ihigham wrote 3 weeks ago: Before I came to Europe, people kept warning me about all of the anti-American sentiment that was pr … more →

Tags: Field Studies, Cultural musings

Trains in the sky2 comments

galan05 wrote 4 weeks ago: Why do the Germans have to be such brilliant engineers? They refuse to let me see the rest of Europe … more →

Tags: Europe, General, Rail Travel, Alweg, Aspirin, Bayer, freidrich engels, Germany, Heroin

I LOVE PARIS!

ihigham wrote 4 weeks ago: Normally, I try to come up with a witty title for my blog posts, but there is no point in trying to … more →

CHINA in black1 comment

galan05 wrote 1 month ago: Is racism China’s other Great Wall? The presence of Barack Obama as America’s first pres … more →

Tags: AsiaPacific, General, rants, Africa, Barack Obama, Bigotry, China, Europe, prjudice

Ti voglio bene, Italia

ihigham wrote 1 month ago: I headed north from Rome on a train and got to Florence on a rainy afternoon.  Despite the bad weath … more →

Florence -- The art of the city2 comments

galan05 wrote 1 month ago: When you’re in Italy’s Tuscan capital, it’s hard to tell if you’re in a city … more →

Tags: Europe, General, Tips & Tactics, Eurostar Italia, Firenze, Florence, Il duomo, Italy, Julius Caesar

TRAVEL SAFE! -- Pickpockets, Part 13 comments

galan05 wrote 1 month ago: First in an occasional series Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy. How many potential pickpocket victims … more →

Tags: General, Tips & Tactics

COMING SOON: Travel Safe!

galan05 wrote 1 month ago: Don’t let fear of crime deprive you of the experience of a lifetime. Millions travel safely ar … more →

Tags: General, Tips & Tactics

The Berlin Wall -- what's gone and what remains1 comment

galan05 wrote 1 month ago: The 20th anniversary of the Cold War’s most tangible symbol celebrates the end of a fearful er … more →

Tags: Europe, General, rants, TRAVELER'S TALES, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Berliner Mauer, Checkpoint Charlie, East Berlin


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