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Postcard Perfect: Chinese New Year, Pier 27, San Francisco
January 23, 2012 | Postcard Perfect | Read More
We fell in love with this image of an artisan preparing herself for the Chinese New Year celebrations in San Francisco. Pier 27 on the Embarcadero is where all the float and parade materiel is storied before the big day, and we can only imagine the excitement and nerves before the hours-long parade hits...
5 Abandoned Victorian Bath Houses “Open” for Exploration
October 18, 2011 | Featured | Read More
Modern swimmers might be slightly grossed-out to learn that Victorian bath houses weren’t constructed only for popular enjoyment or communal exercise. They were built to literally keep people clean. Most of the factory workers that flooded into cities during the turn of the century didn’t...
Spain’s Got Super-Cool New Hertz Electric Rental Bikes
October 13, 2011 | Gear Guide, Travel News | Read More
They get all the cool stuff in Europe.
Hertz is now offering electric bike rentals in Spain, from Granada to Barcelona and islands in between. London is the only other lucky-enough spot to enjoy electric bikes as a Hertz rental choice.
Why go electric bike instead of a car? Well, they’re easier...
If Lufthansa Wasn’t Great Before, Now it Has Oktoberfest Themed Flights. Horray!
August 25, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
We’ll go ahead and say Lufthansa flights usually rock.
But now, they are going to rock even harder. Well, at least for a little while.
Maybe you can’t make it all the way to Germany for (one of) the thing(s) the country is most known for – Oktoberfest – but starting in September...
Check Out Our New Photo Galleries!
June 24, 2011 | New Features | Read More
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the photo galleries on NileGuide must be worth a thousand wordy postcards from friends on travels around the globe. Just like those postcards, our new photo galleries give you a taste of the world’s destinations, restaurants, nightlife, things to do,...
7 Spots to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Around the World
May 4, 2011 | Asia, Bangkok, Chicago, Colorado, Food Lovers, Las Vegas, Mexico, San Francisco, Thailand, USA | Read More
You might know it as the Mexican holiday that involves tequila, Coronas, and maybe a sombrero or two, but the special day actually commemorates a battle won by Mexican forces on May 5th (shocker, I know) 1862. Called the Battle of Puebla, the win against French forces was an unlikely one. With 8,000...
Rad Video Alert: Man Captures Flight From SFO to CDG in Two Minutes
April 8, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Travel videos are awesome, but rarely do people really film the journey, much less the entirety of it, and much less the boring sequences aboard an international flight. Unless, that is, you’re the guy who managed to capture the essence of his entire Air France flight from San Francisco to Paris....
Gay Drinking Travelers Unite! Top 5 Destinations for World Cup 2022 Vacations
December 18, 2010 | Travel Safety, Travel Tips | Read More
Last week FIFA announced that the small peninsular nation of Qatar would play host to the 2022 World Cup Finals. Naturally, there was much rejoicing in the country, as they beat out the world powers of Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the United States. Also naturally, there was immediate skepticism...
Five Gender-Bending Hot Spots for the Curious Traveler
November 16, 2010 | Around the World, Featured | Read More
Forget about Mrs. Doubtfire, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, or any of the Monty Python crew. Since ancient times, real men in societies throughout the world have, for various reasons, been dressing as women. Whether for the pageantry, the gender identity, or the social commentary of it, transvestism...
Kind of Cute, Kind of Creepy: 5 Semi-Disturbing Doll Collections
November 6, 2010 | Featured | Read More
Dolls have been around since there have been people. Though humans have been collecting dolls for millennia (fun/creepy fact! The Egyptians buried dolls with their owners in their tombs), some modern doll collections are less fun-for-all-ages and more, dare we say, uncomfortable.
Whether they sprang...
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