The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Wanderlust and WiFi
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.19.07 | 9:35 AM ET
This week, travelers are looking for a taste of luxury and a nice beach to catch some rays and ... surf the Internet? We’re off to Hermosa Beach, Aspen, Walt Disney World, Mount Everest, Hawaii and one dirty hotel in Virginia.
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Netscape (current)
Top 10 Beaches With WiFi Internet Access
* Not the kind of surfing we prefer at the beach.
Dirtiest Hotel in the U.S.
TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards (2006)
Tropicana Resort Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia
* One quote on TripAdvisor: “This had to be the toilet bowl of Virginia Beach.”
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World Hum (this week)
‘Has the Romance Gone Out of Travel?’
* Let’s not ask the travelers who stayed at the Tropicana in Virginia Beach.
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FlightStats
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New York Times (current)
Beneath the Glitz, a Middle-Class Aspen
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USA Today (current)
Top Luxury Attractions at Disney World
* Plus, a slideshow.
Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2007
Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Most Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Travel With Rick Steves
Most Dugg Travel Podcast
Digg (current)
Martin Sargent: Web Drifter
* The podcast described: “Journey with me now as I visit the physical loci of the most outrageous, surprising, intriguing and important websites I’ve bookmarked during my years of furious Internet surfing, actually going ‘behind the websites’ to get to know, and learn from, the time travelers, shamans, UFO cult leaders and other geniuses who created them.”
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PodcastAlley (January)
808Talk: Hawaii’s Premier Podcast
No. 1 World Music Album
iTunes (current)
Loreena McKennitt’s An Ancient Muse
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YouTube (this week)
ISU
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World Hum (this week)
Eco-Travel
The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
World’s Most Eco-Friendly Hotel
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Photo of Hermosa Beach, California by coral11, via flickr. Rights: Creative Commons.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
