With the World Cup only 2 months away, it seems Sao Paulo won't complete renovations to its airports in time to greet the hundreds of thousands of fans that will be arriving soon. Too soon to know all the fallout of this... More on that...
Cannes: The first things that come to mind are, for most people, the film festival with outrageous costumes and gala receptions, or the rows and rows of rich folks' yachts. But there's more.
April 8, 2014 In the shower today, my best thinking place, I thought about the first moment I can recall when the idea occurred to me that I could travel to faraway places, if I chose to. My family lived near the top of the hill in...
According to a study released recently by Hotels.com, complementary breakfast has overtaken the free WiFi that topped last year's study...but connectivity is still way up on the list. Click HERE to see the in-room list and the hotel-wide list.
Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers, warehouses and freight traffic....
Gumbo was visiting the Hoover Dam , previously also called "Boulder Dam ". This dam is a magnificent feature of engineering! Built in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, it bridges two states, Arizona and Nevada....
I've previously written about my visits with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on this blog, a highlight in my travel life. Arthur had a beach villa in Hikkaduwa near the southwestern corner of Sri Lanka, just north of Galle. It was...
Lufthansa says a 3-day walkout by its pilots, which ended Friday after grinding its operations to a standstill, could cost it up to 75 million Euros ($103 million). The airline had to cancel 3,800 flights during the strike, but with...
Airbnb hosts are again being put to the test, this time in the birthplace of the popular traveler's accommodations site, San Francisco. According to lawyers cited, all rentals under 30 days duration are illegal in The City. Read more here .
The Japanese Government is making it easier for English speakers traveling around by mandating street signs be translated into English.They have made it mandatory for signs to include Standardized English for important reference...
Panama has just opened Central America's first-ever subway, a 14km line with about a third of the line underground. It's expected to cut commuting times and reduce congestion...and may also help the current president get his chosen successor elected....
Florida legislators are pushing legislation that would encourage medicla tourism to Florida. Travel to seek medical care is a $10 to $60 billion industry worldwide, and they believe Florida would be an attractive destination. One legislator...
The travel industry site Skift is continuing a series assessing the effects of climate change on travel, and has concluded that changing climate over the next 50 years may shift tourism from southern to northern Europe in the summer, but may have...
Our Irish journey took us from the western part of the Republic north and into a different country, Northern Ireland. Make no mistake about it, Northern Ireland is a very different country than the Republic of Ireland. For example, its...
Walking down the streets of Honolulu one day, I came across this splash of color. A group of "mature" woman, all part of a traditional dance troupe, were gathered and waiting to go on a nearby stage for their performance. The were...