The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: The Endless Summer
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.21.07 | 12:41 PM ET
Summer is over, but beaches remain on travelers’ minds. This week the Zeitgeist hits Cancun, Fire Island and Galveston, as well as Saudi Arabia, Germany and India.
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USA Today (current)
U.S. Tourists Flock to Revamped Cancun
* Cancun (pictured) is “reporting hotel occupancy approaching that of pre-Wilma days.”
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Propeller (this week)
10 Beautiful Places in Orissa
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World Hum (posted this week)
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World Hum (posted this week)
‘Girls of Riyadh’: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sex and the City’?
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New York Times (current)
Fire Island Heats Up
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Los Angeles Times (current)
Southwest Airlines Plans to Cater to International Air Travelers
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Yahoo! (this week)
Galveston, Texas
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Bundle Wrapping from OneBag.com
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Iloho (current)
Top 10 Hostels Around the World
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iTunes (current)
Beautiful Places With Tony Farley
* Current podcast: Glacier Gorge
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YouTube (this week)
Leah in Germany, Part 1
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TravelChannel.com
Arizona’s Apache Trail
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BlogHer (current)
I’m Too [Fill in the Blank] for the Plane
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Amazon.com (current)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
* After six weeks at the top, Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” drops to No. 3 as the movie adaptation of Into the Wild hits theaters.
Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Telegraph UK (current)
All Aboard the Deluxe Express
The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
World’s best train trip
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Photo of Cancun by kisses are a better fate than wisdom, via Flickr (Creative Commons).
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
