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No Visa, No Go: Nine Famous Borders and Boundaries
June 30, 2010 | Around the World, Featured, Offbeat | Read More
Could it be possible that two countries that have been at each other’s throats for almost three decades may now be warming up to cross-border tourism? According to an article from the Christian Science Monitor, Iraq and Iran – who fought a decade-long war in the 80s and have had a history...
Still Planning for the 4th? Head To Coney Island For Some Hot Dogs
June 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
If you haven’t heard of it yet, you will! The great Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, sponsored by Nathan’s Famous, is a 4th of July tradition that’s celebrating its 94th year this weekend. Although it’s always been beloved, the popularity of the contest skyrocketed in the...
Green Holidays Week: Contest for All-Expenses Paid Trip From The UK To Rhodes
June 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
The Travel Foundation has declared the week of June 26 – July 3 as Make Holidays Greener Week. And like OasisOverland, we think every week should have this designation. But this is certainly a great way to highlight it and bring attention to green travel.
The Travel Foundation is posing a challenge:...
The Huffington Post
June 30, 2010 | In the News | Read More
Favorite iPhone Apps of The Global Glitterati
REI, North Face, and National Geographic Band Together for The Wildest Dream
June 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Mount Everest is the king of the world, standing as tall as a passenger-plane’s cruising altitude. It sticks up into the sky intimidating the curious and inspiring the bold. Over the years of mountaineering, thousands of attempts on its summit have been made with only 2,249 having been successfully...
Playstation Portables To Join The Thomas Cook Airlines Team
June 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Soon, passengers flying Thomas Cook Airlines will have the chance to wave a hearty goodbye to the boring, never-ending flights of years past. Instead, for just a few dollars out of their wallets, passengers will be able to enjoy some of the most cutting-edge portable entertainment technology has to offer,...
Google Maps Navigation To Arrive In Canada And Mainland Europe
June 30, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Even though Google has only been around for a little more than a decade, they sure have a lot to show for themselves. The corporation now offers a host of services, ranging from the traditional search engine (which earned it a spot in the official English-language dictionary) to helping drivers navigate...
Tired of Simply Renting Your Towns? Otira, NZ is For Sale
June 29, 2010 | New Zealand, Travel News | Read More
Otira is a small, picaresque, silent town located at in the Southern Alps in the central portion of New Zealand’s South Island, between the Otira and Bealy Rivers. You can take a trip underground in the Otira Tunnel here at YouTube, for a closer look at the cloistered village.
Home to around forty...
Getting to Home Base In Space Considered Unprofessional
June 29, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
It sounds like something you read off the spine of a book in the seedy science fiction aisle of a used book store: Sex in Space. Let’s admit it, we’ve all wondered, what if? And, has anyone ever tried that? Of course, now that we’ve ‘gone to space and done all of the other things,’...
The Covert Foodie: Underground Farmers’ Markets
June 28, 2010 | Food Lovers, Offbeat | Read More
Farmers markets are a foodie’s best friend. Fanatical farmers and food producers come out of the woodwork to sell you their most outrageous heirloom tomatoes, their free-est range meats, their local-est honey, and the freshest cut flowers. You pile these precious finds into your resusable grocery...
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