Morning Links: Google and Travel, Ezra Pound’s Passport and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.26.09 | 9:33 AM ET
- Hugo Chavez claims Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela as “social property.”
- Win a trip to the Galapagos with Jeopardy’s Alex Trebek.
- How is Google changing the way we travel? Mike DiPaola looks into it.
- Pensioner says no to beach holidays, yes to war-zone tourism.
- Palms Springs invites banished “college-aged youngins” back for spring break via text message.
- Oliver Balch follows in the footsteps of Gabriela Mistra in Chile’s Elqui Valley.
- Zimbabwe seeks tourists, asks Western governments to reconsider travel warnings. (via BootsnAll Today)
- The current most emailed story at the New York Times: The Frugal Traveler’s take on how international travelers can stay in touch with family and friends back home cheaply.
- Have a look at Ezra Pound’s passport. (via Coudal)
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Ling 03.26.09 | 12:29 PM ET
That Gordon Moore fellow, the tourist in Iraq - very brave man. And article says they couldn’t get travel insurance. I suppose you would have to be a bit nutty to insure a 75 year old man who’s going around visiting war zones as a tourist experience…
Jenna Schnuer 03.26.09 | 1:57 PM ET
If I traveled with Trebeck to the Galapagos, I would do nothing but walk around with him asking him to say, in that voice: “This is Galapagos!” “These are blue-footed boobies!” “There are too many ships here!” It would be awesome!