Morning Links: Machu Picchu on the Cheap, a Milestone Cross-Country Drive and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 06.09.09 | 8:16 AM ET
- 100 years ago today, Alice Huyler Ramsey, the first woman to drive cross-country, left New York for San Francisco. The trip took 41 days and 11 spare tires.
- In the New York Times Happy Days blog, Pico Iyer reflects on life in New York and Kyoto, and on “the joy of less.”
- Cue up a YouTube clip of Blame Canada: Researchers from the Smithsonian have traced the geese that brought down US Airways Flight 1549 back to Labrador.
- World Hum contributor Kelsey Timmerman recently sat down for an interview with Budget Travel’s This Just In.
- Arthur Frommer isn’t impressed with that bill to restrict the use of full-body scanners at airports, currently making its way to the Senate. He calls opposition to the scanners “misguided.”
- Matador Trips has advice on how to see Machu Picchu for just $80 all-in.
- The Telegraph looks at some of the measures airlines are resorting to in an effort to cut down on weight and fuel consumption. Among them? Japan’s JAL has shaved down its cutlery.
- New York City’s High Line opens today. The High Line Blog has photos and a short dispatch from yesterday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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