Davos to Detention: Why I Hate Coming Home to America
It's not easy coming back home to America when your name is Ahmed. I want to look forward to returning home from a trip abroad, but thanks to my name or as the TSA officer put it -- my "profile" --...
View ArticleDelta's 80's In-Flight Safety Video Is A Totally Rad Blast From The Past (VIDEO)
Ah the '80s. An easier time. A simpler time. A time full of "Alf" episodes. If you're looking to travel back in time (or just a sucker for nostalgia), and don't know where you put your nuclear-powered...
View ArticleTrippy 'Huelux' Time-Lapse Video Takes The Sky To New Heights
If you haven't had a moment to enjoy the stars recently, here's a new video that will more than suffice. Shot over an eight-month period by time-lapse photographer Randy Halverson, the video gives a...
View ArticleWhy Every Woman Needs a Girls' Trip
Years ago, my ex-husband took me to Italy to celebrate my 40th birthday. Years ago. Before Facebook even. The point is, he took me. It would never have occurred to me to actually plan a trip for...
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Top 5 Boutique Hotels in the World
Image courtesy of www.dorchestercollection.com GAYOT's Top Ten Boutique Hotels in the world are intimate, comfortable and often eccentric in the best of ways. They range from a converted...
View ArticleKitimat Cruise Ship To House Workers
Construction workers in northern B.C. will make themselves at home on a cruise ship as they complete $3.3 billion in upgrades to an aluminum smelter. The Silja Festival, which was built by Estonian...
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Tasting the Wine From the Wheels of a Bike in Sonoma
Don't ask me how, but the more wine I had, the more furious I pedaled until by the end of our 20 mile tour of the vineyards of Healdsburg, California, I think I burned off all the calories consumed at...
View ArticleLunada Bay Protesters Stand Up To 'Trust Fund' Bullies At Hostile Surf Spot
Lunada Bay is one of the most scenic spots in Southern California. Located in the affluent Los Angeles suburb of Palos Verdes Estates, it has sweeping views of the Pacific and the multi-million dollar...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When An Enormous Boulder Nearly Crashes Through...
Several giant boulders broke off a cliff above a village in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol last week, flattening vineyards and a building and nearly destroying a house. The first boulder...
View ArticleAs Monarch Butterfly Populations Hit Record-Low, Experts Warn Famous...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico plunged this year to its lowest level since studies began in 1993, leading experts to announce Wednesday that the insects'...
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'Up Helly Aa' May Be The Coolest Viking-Themed Fire Festival Ever (PHOTOS)
Now here's a party that'll get you fired up. What you're looking at is "Up Helly Aa", the largest fire festival in all of Europe. Year after year, hundreds of locals and visitors gather in the village...
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5 Storied Isles of the South Pacific: Going Literary on the Looney Front
Not for nothing have some of the world's most famous authors dwelt literarily on and physically in the islands of the South Seas, the mystic beauty of their soaring jungle-clad precipices and palm-girt...
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Valentine's Day Travel Tips for the Lover in All Of Us
Ah, Valentine's Day. Newly in love? Good for you! You feel as though you're running through a wildflower-carpeted meadow holding hands and laughing. You don't need any advice for Valentine's Day...
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How to Ski Breckenridge
Up the mountain. All photos by Juliana Jaoudi. By Juliana Jaoudi for Fathom | A lifelong California ski loyalist was seduced by Colorado's consistently powdery December snow and ski-in/ski-out...
View ArticleAs Drought Persists, 17 California Communities Almost Out Of Water
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Seventeen rural communities in drought-stricken California are in danger of running out of water within four months, according to a list compiled by state officials. Wells are...
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India: The Perfect Family Holiday in 2014
Earlier this month, my wife and two young sons -- 12 and 9 years old -- returned from a mind-blowing Indian travel experience. It was the best family vacation we have had. For your next midyear...
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The Craziest Market in the World: The Bamako Death Market
When I went to Bamako, Mali, these baskets are what I expected to find. Then I went to the Death Market. Fun fact: People in the West African country of Mali will say, "The country is 80 percent...
View ArticlePassenger's Epic Air Travel Scam Nearly Nets Him A Year Of Free Food (VIDEO)
A year's worth of airline food might sound more like a burden than a treat unless it's a year's worth of high-end dinning and drinks on an airline's dime. That's the idea one savvy China Eastern...
View ArticleBill Maher's New Rule For Airline Passengers
Just because you're sitting next to Bill Maher on an airplane, that doesn't make you best friends who should talk for five hours. Check out his new rule for airline passengers above. "Real Time" airs...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean Passengers Recall Days Of Misery After Illness Strikes Cruise...
BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Passengers aboard a cruise ship on which hundreds fell ill recalled days of misery being holed up in their rooms as the Explorer of the Seas returned to its home port Wednesday...
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