Morning Links: Geek Getaways, the ‘Roads Scholarship’ and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 04.22.09 | 8:26 AM ET
- A real life Basil Fawlty? An Aussie expat has banned an entire town from his New Zealand motel.
- British consumers are lapping up a new generation of Japanese single malts.
- Calling all road trippers: the first-ever Roads Scholarship offers a summer travel stipend and a ticket to Burning Man.
- Popular Science rounds up some family-friendly geek getaways.
- Boeing launches the latest in airplane safety: the 40,000 foot emergency slide. The Onion has a sneak peek.
- In Glasgow, Polish bus drivers are studying up on the local Glaswegian “patter.”
- World Hum contributor David Farley spills on life in an Italian hippie hill town.
- Jaunted has some fun at the expense of the Blackberry Storm, the self-appointed “ideal travel gadget.”
- Virginia’s state theme parks think they’re better equipped than Disney to ride out the recession. (Via @vatourismpr)
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Ling 04.22.09 | 10:00 AM ET
The Aussies and Kiwis seem to be going really hard at each other of late. Wasn’t there some flap about some bloggers a few weeks back? Maybe they could settle it with a cricket match or something…