This Week In Travel – Episode 66

This week’s guest is Spud Hilton, travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. This was also the first episode of the podcast ever recorded with all the participants in the same room (usually we aren’t even on the same continent). Subscribe on Apple Podcasts

Home For Christmas….And Sick As A Dog

A quick update to explain where I’ve been lately… The last week of travel was brutal. I went from Bangkok to Tokyo to Honolulu to Seattle to San Francisco to Las Vegas to Minneapolis to Green Bay. The two longest legs of those flights (Tokyo to Honolulu and Honolulu to Seattle) were both overnight, red-eye …

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This Week In Travel – Episode 65

This Week’s Guest are Kim Mance of TBEX and Galavanting.com and Jodi Ettenberg of LegalNomads.com Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News Enhanced Pat Downs Ryanair takes people to wrong island….and leaves them there Spirit Air’s “Oil on our Beaches Sale” Disguised Passenger Boards Plane, Changes Face American Airline’s ‘Your Choice’ Seating Steven Slater, JetBlue …

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Historic District of Old Quebec

Historic District of Old Quebec UNESCO World Heritage Site

From the World Heritage inscription for the Historic District of Old Quebec: Québec was founded by the French explorer Champlain in the early 17th century. It is the only North American city to have preserved its ramparts, together with the numerous bastions, gates and defensive works which still surround Old Québec. The Upper Town, built …

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Question & Answers #5

It has been a long time since I’ve done a Q&A, so I figured now would be a good time to take a break from my photo editing and answer some questions. Questions came from my Facebook Page and from Twitter. Photography I had several people basically ask the same question. Dana Byers, Lou Lauer, …

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Miguasha National Park

Miguasha National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canada

From the World Heritage inscription for Miguasha National Park: The palaeontological site of Miguasha National Park, in south-eastern Quebec on the southern coast of the Gaspé peninsula, is considered to be the world’s most outstanding illustration of the Devonian Period known as the ‘Age of Fishes’. Dating from 370 million years ago, the Upper Devonian …

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This Week In Travel – Episode 64

This week’s guests are Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com and PracticalTravelGear.com and Trey Ratcliff of StuckInCustoms.com. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Jen Gift Suggestions DVD: An Idiot Abroad TekCharge MP1800 Ultimate Memory Foam Neck Pillow Sephora clear makeup bag Kikkerland Travel Scale Kara Gift Suggestions Reusable Nylon Shopping Bag Kangaroom Personal Media Pouch Klutz Travel Activity Books …

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L’Anse aux Meadows

L'Anse aux Meadows UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canada

From the World Heritage inscription for L’Anse aux Meadows: This archaeological site at the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland contains the excavated remains of an 11th century Viking settlement consisting of timber-framed turf buildings (houses, workshops, etc.) that are identical with those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland at …

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Gros Morne National Park

Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador

From the Gros Morne National Park World Heritage inscription for Gros Morne National Park: Gros Morne National Park illustrates some of the world’s best examples of the process of plate tectonics. Within a relatively small area are textbook examples of monumental earth-building and modifying forces that are unique in terms of their clarity, expression, and …

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