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Travel Fantasy: The Yosemite Firefall
May 20, 2011 | Contests | Read More
Written by Adam Berenstein, Localyte Community Manager
This spring and summer are expected to be one of the best ever for experiencing the beauty and power of Yosemite National Park. Due to one of the wettest winters on record, the snow pack will pump even more water into Yosemite’s famed waterfalls,...
Figure Out Your Best Hotel According to Personality (or Haiku)
May 19, 2011 | Offbeat, Travel News | Read More
This has got to be one of the coolest things we’ve seen in a while: hotel description à la haiku.
Yep, instead of reading long, PR style descriptions of hotels when you are booking online, you can now head over to Hotel Haiku to get the vibe of a hotel (or notel) from three poetic sentences.
Just...
8 Famous Bodiless Brains, Hacked Hands, and Dismembered Members on Display
May 19, 2011 | Featured, Offbeat | Read More
The tradition of putting body parts on display is almost as old as religion itself. Reliquaries containing the hands, feet, teeth, and other parts of holy people have been touted around the globe for thousands of years. But 20th-century cultural icons and ancient historical figures? Yeah, those get around...
Mike Richardson
May 19, 2011 | About Us, Local Experts | Read More
Originally from Minnesota, Mike moved to Munich for a girl. What he hadn’t expected was that over the next several years he would also fall in love with the city. Since arriving in Germany, he has worked as a professional tour guide and general information guru for tourists and locals alike....
Emily Rath
May 18, 2011 | About Us, Local Experts | Read More
As a broke college student in Germany, Emily quickly learned the value of riding commuter trains around the country and enjoyed a diet of cheese sandwiches and fresh fruit from local markets. After graduating, a stipend from the German government brought her to Heidelberg, where she spent an additional...
Stuff Hotel Guests Say…On Twitter
May 18, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
We love it when someone takes a Twitter account and turns it into something brilliant, like Justin Halpern’s “Sh*t my Dad Says,” which incidentally launched Halpern into global fame. But recently we stumbled upon a Twitter feed for travel junkies: GuestsFromHELL.
Similar to Overheard in New York...
Researchers Excavate Convent in Search of Mona Lisa’s Body
May 17, 2011 | Culture/History, Travel News | Read More
Is this just another case of digging into something that should be left alone?
So says the descendants of Lisa Gherardini, who some believe was the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. A dilapidated convent in Florence is the scene of the discovery – or crime, depending on how you look...
New Apps Makes Sure You Never Forget Underwear Again
May 17, 2011 | Gear Guide, Travel News, Travel Tips | Read More
This might be the most exciting travel app we’ve seen in awhile.
Seriously, how often do you go away on a trip to discover you’ve left something vital behind? The memory card for your camera, your driver’s license, your socks? And even if you don’t forget the necessities, you’re trying to...
Hyatt Hotel Backs “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”
May 16, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
If you’re unsure about how product placement, advertising, and marketing have become such an engrained part of our lives, you might wanna check out Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary titled “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.”
You know how movies feature certain heroes chugging down Gatorade...
The 2 in 1 Lantern Glows and Grows
May 16, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Twenty-four-hours barely feels like enough enough hours in a day for a normal schedule, let alone the time constraints of a traveler. Although we are wary of kitschy travel inventions that are supposed to “save us time” but really only waste our money, there are a few design-savvy gems out...
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