I love it when a place surprises you, and you don’t have any pre-conceived ideas about what it will be like. It’s like going to a movie and never hearing any reviews or knowing even what the film will be about. That’s been our most excellent feeling about these nine islands located about two-thirds...
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Archive for March 19th, 2010
Sao Miguel and Santa Maria, Azores: Volcanic Islands of the Atlantic
New Zealand’s North Island: Top Three Escapades
Picture the world’s longest and lumpiest golf course, 1200 miles long, green humps stretching to the horizon. Presto, you’ve conjured New Zealand, the same size as Colorado but stretched like taffy until sundered in the middle, floating on an azure sea. The genius of Kiwi engineers has created highways that faithfully mimic the intricate...
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Swedish Meatballs and More in Queer Stockholm
We showed you how to win a trip to Stockholm. Here’s what to do when you get there: Stay — A slick, serene renovation of two 17th-century naval barracks turns gay-managed boutique Hotel Skeppsholmen from a sleepy museum destination (the Moderna Museet and Arkitektur Museet are next door) into an island of calm, ...
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Gadlinks for Friday, 3.19.2010
Distract yourself from your ruined March Madness brackets by checking out today's Gadlinks... Skype giving away free internet access at over 100,000 hotspots (yes, airports too!) this weekend. Over at Bootsnall, Barnaby Davies offers five never-before-heard (by me, anyway) reasons for visiting the Shetland Islands . In his latest travel tip, our own...
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The Island Of Superlatives — Picton, South Island, New Zealand
Simon and Annika Are Away
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Racists, Booze And Thermal Baths — Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Simon and Annika Are Away
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Lost Bags, Earthquakes And Tsunamis — Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand
Simon and Annika Are Away
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Ellis Island preservation group desperate for donations
Save Ellis Island , the non-profit that’s been methodically stabilizing 30 abandoned buildings at the country’s most famous immigration center, is in dire need of $500,000 in donations by April 2 in order to keep its own doors open, Judith McAlpin, President of SAE, today told NewYorkology. The small group has already cut...
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$438 R/T Hawaiian Fares to Maui and Oahu*
Looking to head to Hawaii this spring? Then look to Alaska, American, Delta, United, and US Airways. The competition has fares starting at more than $100 less than Hawaiian's sale fares.
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Galapagos Islands Seek Sustainable Growth
Tourism is an incredibly lucrative industry in the Galapagos: The numbers of visitors have quadrupled between 1990 and 2009, and more than 160,000 people now visit each year. For mainland Ecuadorians, the islands are seen of a source of higher... Ecuador - Galápagos Islands - Galapagos Islands - South America - Provinces
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