Morning Links: Learning to Love France, Angkor Wat at Night and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 06.08.09 | 8:26 AM ET
- In the Telegraph, Michael Simkins attempts to overcome his “good old Anglo-Saxon prejudices” and learn to love France.
- More bad news from Mexico: A group of tourists was evacuated in Acapulco over the weekend after a shoot-out broke out between soldiers and gunmen nearby.
- The Washington Post worries about the fate of Chesapeake Bay as human impact increases. There’s a lovely accompanying photo gallery.
- A bill placing restrictions on the use of full-body scanners at airport security has made its way through the House and on to the Senate.
- In the New York Times, World Hum contributor Evan Rail checks out Budapest’s growing design scene.
- Cambodia may open up Angkor Wat to night tourism to draw more visitor dollars: Good news for night owls, but bad news for the already under-pressure site?
- National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel has a preview of some of the post-renovation additions to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
- Scotland’s Scotch Whisky Association is taking its trademark battle against a Cape Breton single malt—Glen Breton—all the way to Canada’s Supreme Court.
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Ling 06.08.09 | 10:28 AM ET
I think maybe the TSA scanner bill would move even faster if they scanned every member of Congress and posted the results on the internet. :)