The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Great Wall, Good Grief!
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 12.01.06 | 8:50 AM ET
Is the world falling apart? Travelers this week seem concerned that it is, as crumbling attractions in China, England and Cambodia have grabbed our attention. Don’t worry. A man in India has some duct tape, and if he can fix a plane with it, surely he could be handy with it elsewhere. Here’s your Zeitgeist.
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World Hum (this week)
The Great Wall, Siem Reap, Stonehenge Getting Too Much Love
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New York Times (current)
Saving the Great Wall From Being Loved to Death
Most E-Mailed Travel Story
USA Today (current)
Ski Europe: The Best of the Alps
Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
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Paris by Night
* A slow-loading but spectacular panorama of the City of Light.
No. 1 World Music Album
iTunes (current)
Loreena McKennitt’s An Ancient Muse
Most Dugg “Travel” Story
Digg (current)
Why Americans Should Never Be Allowed To Travel
* A collection of ridiculous things travel agents have heard from travelers. How ridiculous? This ridiculous: “I had someone ask for an aisle seats so that his or her hair wouldn’t get messed up by being near the window.”
Most Popular Travel Podcast
PodcastAlley (November)
808Talk: Hawaii’s Premier Podcast
Top Ranked Travel Video
YouTube (this week)
Fixing the Plane’s Wing with Duct Tape in India
Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
* Two Three Six Seven weeks in a row at the top for Bryson’s memoir of growing up in 1950s Iowa.
Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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Best Bill Bryson book ever
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Roger 12.01.06 | 11:27 AM ET
I thought the “Why Americans should never be allowed to travel” was very humorous, but I think it should have been titled “Why some Americans should never be allowed to travel” rather than the title provided.