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Photo Of The Day - Arizona Desert
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Filed under: North America, United States, Photo of the Day
The Arizona desert seduces. When I was a kid, my grandparents collected a magazine called Arizona Highways, which featured honest-to-God, awe-inspiring vistas of the Grand Canyon State. (As you can see from the link, the periodical still exists.) I wouldn't get to Arizona until I was 25, barreling down 93 from Las Vegas and crossing into New Mexico quickly. Those highways didn't look like the highways of Arizona Highways. It would...
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Hotel News We Noted: May 18, 2012
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Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations
This second edition of "Hotel News We Noted" tracks the week's most interesting hotel stories and trends. In today's edition, you'll find why Mac users are fancier than their PC counterparts, learn how to buy a piece of the Four Seasons and explore Instagram turning into art, among other things.
Have a suggestion, question, or want to submit a piece of news' Just email or leave a comment below.
Travel Trends: Mac Users Book Fancier Hotels than PC...
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Expedia Launches Flip Flop Report On Beach Behavior Around The World
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Filed under: Arts and Culture, Learning, Stories, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America, United States, News, Central AmericaHave you ever wondered what country enjoys the beach most' Or what culture is most likely to sunbathe in the nude' To help unravel the mystery of beach behavior around the world, Expedia has shared the results of a global study that looked at 21 countries on five continents. Some areas the study examined include what things people look at when choosing a...
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Luxury Travel: Six Hotels To Spot The Rich And Famous
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Filed under: Europe, North America, Hotels and Accommodations, Luxury Travel
Over the next two weeks, celebrities galore are flocking from Hollywood and New York to Cannes, where they'll be celebrating the industry's biggest film festival of the year. Don't have the money to anchor your mega yacht in the southern French waters' Don't worry, neither do we.
Instead, we've gotten the inside scoop from Hotels.com on where the celebs like to hang out in the states, so you can enjoy a little luxe...
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Iceland Volcano Adventure Tour Is No Mountain Stroll (VIDEO)
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Filed under: Hiking, History, Iceland
Iceland's Thrihnukagigur volcano has been dormant for 4,000 years but will open up next month for escorted adventures deep within the volcano. It promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for both skilled and novice hikers.
"It's been over four decades ago since the first man set foot on the moon. But it's only now that humans are offered the chance to see what a volcano looks like on the inside," says Inside The Volcano, a website operated by 3H...
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Video: Daredevil Russian Teens Film Their Insane Bridge Climb Above Russky Island
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Filed under: Asia, Russian Federation, VideoBack in September, Gadling brought you news of Ukrainian teens capturing an insane bridge climb over the Moskovskyi Bridge in Kiev. But Russian teens recently topped this daredevil act with their own ascent of the recently completed Russky Island Bridge, which finally connects the very isolated island in eastern Russia with Vladivostok and the mainland.
Eighteen-year-old Raskalov, one of the Russian teens in the video, has devoted a blog to his...
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Best Times To Hit The Road For Memorial Day
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We're always looking for ways to avoid traffic, and Memorial Day is a particularly large headache for drivers looking to make it to their destinations without spending much of the long weekend stuck in traffic.
Waze, a free social traffic and navigation app for drivers, offered this traffic infograph to help you determine when best to hit the road for your weekend travels.
Who would have thought that rush hour is actually the best time to travel' (Personally,...
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Drunk Italians Dancing In The Streets And Other Very Good Reasons To Visit Lecce And Salento
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Filed under: Europe, ItalyAs I sit in the cool open-air courtyard of our rented apartment, on a hard-to-find street behind Lecce's Duomo, the sound of carefully spaced church bells punctuates the silence of the mid-day pausa - Italy's siesta. Our American instinct is to get out and "do something" on this warm, sunny day. But our newfound Italian inclination is to laze about, digest lunch, and think about what we'll have for dinner.
When the mood strikes us, we venture back into the web of...
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8 Languages You've Never Heard Of (And Who Actually Speaks Them)
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Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, South America, South Africa, Indonesia, Japan, Russian Federation, Finland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Papua New Guinea, Peru
As anyone who follows my articles here on Gadling knows by now, I don't travel to relax poolside at a resort or sip a fancy drink with coconut oil. I travel because this world is a fascinating place.
While everyone has their own travel philosophy and reasons for wanting to get away, I know that for many...
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The Worst New Hybrid Words In The Travel Lexicon
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Filed under: Arts and Culture
This is the age of hybrids. We drive hybrid cars, we consume hybrid vegetables and our favorite love-to-hate celebrity couples have hybrid names.
The travel industry is rife with hybrid words. In every segment of travel, from backpacking to luxury travel, there lurks a new word ready to please with its practicality (voluntourism) or annoy with its clever mash-up of disparate terms (glamping).
We here at Gadling are always on the look out for new travel trends....
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