Morning Links: Scooters in Mumbai, Mooning Amtrak and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.08.09 | 9:40 AM ET
- Riding a scooter in Mumbai is “just embracing the whole mess—the whole life of Mumbai—entirely,” writes Jil Wheeler.
- World Hum contributor Lola Akinmade explains the anatomy of a Smörgåsbord.
- Iceland meets the blues at the Reykjavik Blues Festival.
- World Hum contributor Elisabeth Eaves will be among the readers at tonight’s Restless Legs reading in New York City.
- Mike and Mel White appeared on Fresh Air to talk about their experiences on “The Amazing Race.”
- “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan is spending his “downtime” riding across the U.S. on a bicycle. Here’s the Google map of his journey.
- Rick Steves shares some of his favorite European travel experiences.
- The battle over Little Bangladesh in L.A.‘s Koreatown has reached the New York Times.
- World Hum contributor Robert Reid launched a Twitter Guidebook to Brooklyn. (via @Gadling)
- It’s Wednesday, but you can still catch up on Twitter’s TravelTuesday.
- Finally, Laguna Niguel placed a ban on public drinking and urinating in an effort to “encourage adult revelers at the 30th annual Mooning Day, in July to keep their pants on.” What’s Mooning Day? It’s a day reserved for people to display their, uh, moons to passing Amtrak trains in California.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Ling 04.08.09 | 9:57 AM ET
Moonamtrak… That’s funny. Probbaly one of the reasons California wants high speed rail. :)