Morning Links: Roman Gladiators, Michelin Guides, Prehistoric Airports and More
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 12.26.08 | 11:58 AM ET
- Air travelers will soon be able to buy carbon offsets from self-service kiosks inside San Francisco Airport.
- A British tourist volunteering at an archaeological dig in Jerusalem discovered hundreds of gold coins dating from the 7th century.
- More trouble in Venice: All that water is causing the Campanile on St. Marks Square to tilt.
- The French edition of Michelin restaurant guide gets a new editor and—gasp—she’s not French.
- Thailand’s tourism economy is enduring its worst slump in decades.
- World Hum contributor Doug Lansky put together an audio slideshow about a new hostel in Stockholm—it’s set inside a jumbo jet.
- A three part series on NPR looks at the rise of earthquake tourism in Sichuan.
- Gladiators could soon return to Rome’s Colloseum. Now that’s ultimate fighting.
- Thomas Friedman just flew from Hong Kong’s state-of-the-art airport to New York’s aging Kennedy. His conclusion: It’s time for the U.S. to reboot. Funny, I had the same feeling not long ago, only I was flying from London’s Heathrow to LAX.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Lola Akinmade 12.26.08 | 2:24 PM ET
Great slideshow on the Jumbo Hostel. Plan on stopping by to check it out before it opens.
Ling 12.27.08 | 1:31 AM ET
Friedman is more a man of the world than American, and his dreams for cities full of hard working and well educated people isn’t really realistic. Every nation has its own mindset, and the U.S. isn’t going to be able to churn out cheap goods or software engineers by the bucketload.
John M. Edwards 12.29.08 | 10:17 AM ET
Hi Jim:
I’ve been scooped. For years I planned (or at least imagined) I would open up a restaurant in a discarded Boeing—and show first-run flops. Stockholm’s new hostel, I guess, takes the cake and eats it, too. Can’t wait to fly the friendly skies to Stockholm. Jag ska go och ta en earl! (I’m going to take a beer!) Skol!
John M. Edwards