Morning Links: ‘Tintin in Thailand,’ Hotelicopter Hoax and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.31.09 | 8:03 AM ET
- How is Prince William dealing with the economic downturn? He’s flying coach.
- Travel Hoax of the Week: The Hotelicopter.
- How do smartphones affect serendipitous wandering? Andrew Sullivan and his readers weigh in.
- A passenger was arrested after trying to open the door of plane stuck on a JFK taxiway.
- Anonymous writes about auditioning for a Las Vegas “dream job”: Working at a hotel pool. (via Kottke)
- Judges are set to rule whether Florida’s Airstream Ranch is art or nuisance. (via Groffoto
- Tintin in the red-light district in Thailand? The Rumpus calls it “remix culture at its finest.”
- Slideshow: A “controversial zoo in Argentina allows tourists to have extremely close encounters” with the animals.
- NPR’s latest “You Must Read This”: Beryl Markham’s West with the Night.
- Finally, some travelish humor—from a 5-year old.
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Ling 03.31.09 | 10:10 AM ET
Oh no! I fell for the helicopter stuff myself. Gave it front page billing on my blog. I don’t know whether to be angry or laugh at the audacity of the con.
LBlackwell 04.03.09 | 4:46 PM ET
I went to the hotelicopter site (http://www.hotelicopter.com), and hotelicopter is a real company launching on Wednesday. If it’s not a flying hotelicopter, anybody know what it could be?