Tag Archives: travel

Born in Switzerland to a drunken anarchist father and an inept German mother, Isabelle Eberhardt grew up addicted to fantasies of the desert and Islam.

Pirates of the Caribbean ride to update in conjunction with film sequel.

Bangkokitis is an extreme form of the culture shock that many tourists experience in foreign lands, magnified by the discordant meeting of modernity and tradition.

The Football World Cup 2006 in Germany next June has thrown up some exciting prospects including the USA v Italy and England v Sweden.

Michael Jackson couldn’t stand the heat and so he went some place hotter: Bahrain. After he was found not guilty of child abuse and conspiracy charges in June, Jackson left his Neverland home in Santa Barbara County and went on a little jaunt to the Middle East with the three …

For the first time in years, my parent’s house in Northeast Ohio will not be the fulcrum of extended Olsen family Thanksgiving activity because we are all gathering at an undisclosed arid locale in December for a Christmas hoohaw in just a few weeks and the Virginia and California branches …

A major survey of regular travelers and travel professionals about their air travel experiences during the past year revealed very little good news for the beleaguered airline industry. Zagat’s 2005 report on 22 domestic and 55 international carriers — rating them on issues such as service, comfort, food, and website …

When having to do a physical inventory of one's possessions every three years, a personal inventory is inevitable.

When civilians enter the fray of military deployments, so do their better halves get thrust into a world of unknowns.

Americans eat more meals out - the food is better - the service is not.