Travel, Cruise

Looks like shark attacks aren’t the only thing travelers have to fear when visiting Mexico. The country has been caught in a deadly war with drug traffickers for nearly two years now.
Thousands of people have died and much of the country has descended into complete and utter lawlessness as drug cartels battle the police. The […]

Experts with the Brazilian Indian Affairs department captured rare photos of a lost Amazon tribe while flying over one of the remotest corners of the South American jungle. The pictures show loincloth-clad warriors decked out in bright red body paint–waving bows and arrows at the photographers.
The experts who took the photographs say they arranged the […]

ZOMG, bigger news than the SATC release! ET reports that Angelina Jolie has given birth to her twins Isla Marcheline and Amelie Jane. The Super World Traveler finds herself in France, which we’d say is substantially less exotic than Namibia.
Still, those names!
Dad Brad Pitt and Jolie just took out a lease on a massive estate […]

Earlier this week we gently suggested that Tourisme Montreal provide an calendar for visitors to the Paris of Canada.
Hey, we here to help you out! If you want to find l’amour (ou le desir) over the border, our weekly picks for dating and mating avec Craigslist are good any day of the week. (Note: We […]

Stop by the ticketing hall of Honolulu International Airport’s Interisland Terminal these days, and you’ll see what a split personality looks like, up close.
One side of the terminal is clogged with passengers, many of them waiting in long lines just to use self check-in. These are the Hawaiian Airlines counters. Down the hall, however, the […]

Two main things topped our list of things to do while in Zurich—get ourselves some swiss fondue and taste some swiss chocolate!
Even though we were only there for two days, to get around we each bought a 72 hour ZurichCard that allowed us unlimited transportation on all the city trams, travel to and from […]

Say it ain’t so. No more Silverjet? That’s the word from Silverjet CEO Lawrence Hunt, who announced today that Silverjet has suspended operations. Apparently, the Biz Class carrier was unable to stay afloat (aflight?) after investors failed to deliver on funds earlier this month. So what’s their next move? "We are working actively with new […]

A few months (ok, about 6 months) ago we were throwing around ideas for a vacation and one way or another, we came up withthe idea of camping. We thought "Wouldn’t it be fun, to go on a road trip, and what the heck, why not do it in a camper?" So the seed was […]

It’s not exactly traveling, it’s not exactly staying home. Expat bloggers walk the line between living somewhere and being a foreigner and they do it every day. I have a soft spot in my heart for the expat bloggers, having been one myself for so many years. I envy those living in vibrant foreign cities […]