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Scarlet Macaws, Peruvian Rainforest

One of the most beautiful birds in the world is the scarlet macaw. DrFumblefinger describes an adventure in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest where he had the opportunity to see many of them up close.

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Children of the Amazon

DrFumblefinger came across these three children paddling their dugout on one of the remote tributaries of the Amazon River in Peru.

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JetBlue to be first with free WiFi on all flights

JetBlue has announced it intends to upgrade the WiFi on all its planes, and make it a free amenity for passengers…an industry first. The service, called FlyFi by the airline, will offer broadband speeds sufficient for streaming.   Streaming…

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JetBlue, Amazon team for free WiFi, Prime benefits

It’s almost enough to make you forget JetBlue’s upcoming bag fees. Passengers will continue to enjoy the lower-end (Simply Surf) tier of JetBlue’s Fly-Fi product, courtesy of Amazon, and Amazon Prime members will be able to use the service to access…

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Amazon Edges Closer to Hotel Booking

Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that’s in their future.   The latest move is…

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Iquitos Jungle Tour

Iquitos, a surprisingly large town in the very heart of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, is one of the biggest cities in the world that’s unreachable by road. We had sailed down the Amazon river from Colombia to reach it, and now found ourselves…

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New Book Line coming from Frommers

This spring marks the first anniversary of Arthur and Pauline Frommer taking back the Frommer guidebook lines from the Great Google disaster, and as this  REPORT in Publishers’ Weekly notes, they’ve used the year to launch a new series of over…

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Scarlet Macaws, Peruvian Rainforest

One of the most beautiful birds in the world is the scarlet macaw. DrFumblefinger describes an adventure in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest where he had the opportunity to see many of them up close.

Read More

JetBlue, Amazon team for free WiFi, Prime benefits

It’s almost enough to make you forget JetBlue’s upcoming bag fees. Passengers will continue to enjoy the lower-end (Simply Surf) tier of JetBlue’s Fly-Fi product, courtesy of Amazon, and Amazon Prime members will be able to use the service to access…

Read More

Amazon Edges Closer to Hotel Booking

Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that’s in their future.   The latest move is…

Read More

Iquitos Jungle Tour

Iquitos, a surprisingly large town in the very heart of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, is one of the biggest cities in the world that’s unreachable by road. We had sailed down the Amazon river from Colombia to reach it, and now found ourselves…

Read More

New Book Line coming from Frommers

This spring marks the first anniversary of Arthur and Pauline Frommer taking back the Frommer guidebook lines from the Great Google disaster, and as this  REPORT in Publishers’ Weekly notes, they’ve used the year to launch a new series of over…

Read More