African Wild Dogs, Chobe National Park, Botswana
One of the rarest animals I've ever encountered in nature is the African Wild Dog.
One of the rarest animals I've ever encountered in nature is the African Wild Dog.
Here's the discussion to go with this WITW. As you can see from the comment thread attached to theoriginal link, a lot of people had good ideas about this destination. And how lucky is a city to have not one, but two...
I have discussed the towering mountain pinnacles of Zhangjiajie National Park previously, which you can see and read about here at this link. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a spectacular place.
Here's the discussion to the picture puzzle posted nearly a week ago. Gumbo, like you, was enjoying the nice soft light of dusk over Long Beach's Harbor in Southern California. He was studying the massive Queen Mary in the distance...
If you send your Teddy Bear on one of these Japanese tours,please have them post on TravelGumbo!Is this one of those only in Japan stories or could this be the latest trend? Read all about it...
The merger of American Airlines and USAir took place today; the new company, with American's name and location, and mostly USAir management in its future, began trading on NASDAQ this morning. Over the next months, they will still have to merge...
The DC-10, last plane to carry the Douglas name and almost the last 3-engine jet in active service, will see its last passenger flight within the next month as Birman Bangladesh airlines replaces it with 777s. And not too long after, KLM will retire...
Mississippi is the 33rd state to get Megabus service, with routes connecting Jackson to Memphis and to New Orleans. DETAILS
United Airlines is giving away 10 million MileagePlus award miles to be shared among nearly 3 dozen non-profits. Each will get at least 25,000 and United customers will vote on how to divide up the pie. DETAILS
I admire the ingenuity of the human spirit! Usually I try not to post pictures of a commercial nature on this website, but the cleverness of this appeals to me. While driving south on I-15, from Montana to Utah, we passed the farm country...
My first introduction to Horton Plains National Park was in Hans Mohemius’ photo room at his home in Colombo. It is a beautiful high altitude plateau, with dramatic scenery.
Portland, Maine is a great place to visit any time (even in the winter!) but it’s hard to imagine a more exciting moment to have been there on the day they built the world’s longest lobster roll! The roll for the roll is seen arriving,...
These equine fashion plates are waiting for tourist passengers outside Vienna's Albertina Palace/Museum, one of the many remnants of Habsburg rule in Vienna's central city "inside the Ring".
If you like your publicity stunts bizarre, this one's for you. AirBaltic celebrated reaching 100,000 "likes" on Facebook by sending pairs of free flight tickets to a number of fans. The tickets were delivered by drones hovering outside the winner's...
Ryanair, noted for low-cost tickets and strict rules and fees has now relented a bit. Passengers can now carry a second small bag free, and fee for getting your boarding pass reprinted has dropped from $95 to $20...MORE