The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: The Road to Adventure

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  04.27.07 | 9:10 AM ET

This week travelers were drawn to roads in California, Vietnam and danger zones throughout the world. Italy, France, Hong Kong and a discount startup airline were also top of mind. Here’s the Zeitgeist.

imageMost E-Mailed Travel Story
USA Today (current)
Puglia: Italy’s Heel Has It All, Except Tourists

Most E-mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
Practical Traveler: As Hotel Prices Rise, a Villa May Be a Bargain

Most Popular Travel Story
Netscape (this week)
Top 5 Most Dangerous Roads of the World
* The photos will make your stomach churn.

Most Viewed Travel Story
Los Angeles Times (current)
U.S. Highway 395: California’s ‘Mother Road’
* Here’s the accompanying photo gallery.

imageMost Read Weblog Post
World Hum (this week)
‘American Shaolin’: Interview with Matthew Polly

Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Fodor’s French for Travelers

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

imageMost Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Travel With Rick Steves
* This Week: “Earth Day 2007: Home Exchange, Hot Planet, Vanishing Places.”

Most Viewed Travel Story
Telegraph (current)
Telegraph Travel Guides

Top Ranked Video
Travelistic (current)
A Day in Hong Kong

Top Rated “Your Pick” Video
LonelyPlanet.tv (current)
Crossing the Hanoi Rubicon
* First-timer crosses the street in Hanoi. Scary and funny.

Most Viewed Travel & Places Video
YouTube (this week)
Beaufort South Carolina Airshow - Blue Angel Crash

Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Skybus
* The Columbus-based discount startup airline announced a May 22 launch date and its first 10 destinations.

The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
World’s lowest priced airline

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Photo of Italy’s heel courtesy NASA.

Tags: Air Travel, Audio, Road Trips, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Europe, France, Italy, News and Briefs


2 Comments for The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: The Road to Adventure

TambourineMan 04.27.07 | 11:54 AM ET

Weird you should have US-395 and world’s most dangerous roads next to each other. That 2-lane stretch of 395 between I-15 and Ridgecrest with all those blind whoop-de-dos is one of California’s deadliest. I’ve driven some pretty hairy roads, but they didn’t scare me like that one does.

Jim Benning 04.27.07 | 3:21 PM ET

I agree, TambourineMan. I’ve driven that stretch many times. It’s scary, particularly with so many lumbering trucks. I prefer driving through LA and taking the 14 through Lancaster, etc. to the 395, avoiding that section altogether.

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