The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: From Chocolate to Kaiseki

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  05.18.07 | 5:09 PM ET

Or, in other words, travelers’ interests this week range from Hershey, Pennsylvania to the streets of Japan. Here’s the Zeitgeist. 

imageMost Popular Travel Story
Netscape (this week)
Magnificient Trees of the World
* The Lone Cypress in Pebble Beach, California (pictured) makes the list.

Most Viewed Travel Story
Los Angeles Times (current)
A Tour of Japanese Cuisine With Spago Chef Lee Hefter
* From the same writers: A look at kaiseki

Most Read Weblog Post
World Hum (this week)
Japan’s Latest Budget Accommodation: Internet Cafes
* The nation that brought us the capsule hotel has done it again.

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
USA Today (current)
Hershey Honors its Past, Looks to the Future

Most Viewed Travel Story
Telegraph (current)
Amsterdam: Telegraph Travel Guides

Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Farecast

imageMost Read Feature Story
World Hum (this week)
Mark Ellingham: Rough Guides and the Ethics of Travel

“Hot This Week” Destination
Yahoo! (this week)
Playa del Carmen

Most Viewed Travel Story
Brisbane Times (current)
French Palace’s Fascinating Past
* That would be Elysee Palace, Nicolas Sarkozy’s home away from yacht.

imageTop Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
* It’s unstoppable.

Most Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Travel With Rick Steves
* This Week: “Italy: North vs. South”

Most Viewed Travel & Places Video
YouTube (this week)
A Series of Unfortunate Events in Spain

Top Rated “Your Pick” Video
LonelyPlanet.tv (current)
Help Travel Senegal Adventure

Most Viewed Travel Video
Travelistic (this week)
Cock..cock…Fight!

 

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
36 Hours in Baltimore

The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
Best Attraction in Baltimore

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Photo of Pebble Beach’s Lone Cypress by artandscience, via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Tags: Air Travel, Airworld, Food, Hotels, Travel Writing, Asia, Japan, Europe, France, Paris, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, North America, Mexico, United States, California, News and Briefs


2 Comments for The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: From Chocolate to Kaiseki

lotem 03.02.08 | 10:11 AM ET

hi , very nice post

Alex 04.20.08 | 11:58 PM ET

the taste of chocolate is a sensual pleasure in itself, existing in the same world as dreaming… For myself, I can enjoy the wicked pleasure of chocolate… entirely by myself. Furtiveness makes it better.

I do have a chocolate site too, check this out
http://www.sarahs-sweet-fountains.co.uk

Thanks for letting me comment on your site :D

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