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Shanghai World Expo Premiere: What to Expect
April 30, 2010 | Around the World, Shanghai | Read More
The Shanghai 2010 World Expo started today and is one of the most exciting World Expos to date, as well as the largest and the one with the most anticipated attendees! With a lot to prove, Shanghai has pulled out all the stops on their “Better City: Better Life” campaign to make Shanghai glisten...
Friday Siteseeing: Narwhals, Airport Etiquette, and Swingers
April 30, 2010 | Around the Web | Read More
Happy Friday! Have a safe and fun-filled weekend.
Looking for Sex, Swingers, and Strip Clubs during the Kentucky Derby? Gridskipper’s got your back [Gridskipper]
Are you a travel nerd? Are you participating in Traveler’s Night In on Thursdays on Twitter? If not, you should! [Adventurous...
Get Creamed on the Resort Beaches of France
April 30, 2010 | France, Offbeat | Read More
In most circumstances, the ability to spread suntan lotion ranks low on the list of employable skill, unless you’re spending this summer beaching in France. The Atlantic resort at Les Sables-d’Olonne, a mere four-hour drive Southeast of Paris, recently posted a job online seeking out two likable...
China Lifts HIV/AIDS Entry Ban For Foreign Travelers
April 30, 2010 | Shanghai, Travel News | Read More
For 20 years the Chinese government banned foreigners with HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy from entering the country. China is now lifting its entry ban according to state-run news agency Xinhua. “Restricting foreigners with these diseases from entering the country...
Where in the World are the 50 Best Restaurants?
April 30, 2010 | Food Lovers, Travel News | Read More
The greatest restaurant in the world — for this year any way — is Chef René Redzepi’s Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to the annual S. Pellegrino’s “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list. The list was released in London Monday, and Redzepi was eager to...
Sands Casinos Opens World’s Second Most Expensive Casino in Singapore
April 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Asia has been growing as a place where the monied can gamble away dollars in an expanding casino industry. Now the second largest gaming establishment in the world has opened in Singapore.
It’s called the Marina Bay Sands, and it’s as striking for its distinct curved, yet modern architecture...
Ten-Year-Old Girl Survives Sting From Deadly ‘Box Jellyfish’
April 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Last week in Queensland, Australia, ten-year-old Rachael Shardlow was swimming and having fun with her brother in the Calliope River, when things suddenly became dangerous. In the river she was attacked by the ominous ‘Box Jellyfish’, reportedly considered one of the deadliest creatures in the...
Travel Like a Local: Carnivores in Rio, Football in Perth, Truffle Shuffles in Seattle
April 30, 2010 | Local Insight | Read More
One of the joys of working for NileGuide is getting to see all of the wacky shenanigans our writing team is up to around the world. Elephants? Check! Meat Feast? Check! Anniversary of 80s moves that resides in the mind recesses of a generation? Double Check! Here’s how to Travel Like a Local, with...
Director Luc Besson Creates 4D French Theme Park Attraction
April 29, 2010 | France, Travel News | Read More
France’s second most popular theme park (behind Disneyland Paris), Futuroscope attracts 37 million visitors a year and is just an 80-minute high-speed train ride from Paris to western France near the small city of Poitiers. Futuroscope also made a recent AOL Travel list of the 10 Coolest Theme...
British Family Forgets About Tide in West Midlands Vacation Spot, Ocean Borrows Car
April 29, 2010 | Travel News, Travel Safety, UK | Read More
Surfers and fishermen know the value of timing high and low tides, but a family in the United Kingdom didn’t realize that station wagons can also be taken in by the sea.
They had wanted to test out a jet ski at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, according to the Daily Mail, and left their car near the...
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