Travel Thursday: Luxor, Egypt
We really did need a police convey to go from Hurghada to Luxor because of tourist threats. They don’t recommend that tourists drive the long dessert highway between Hurghada and Luxor so we hired a car and
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by Ed Wetschler
Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was no rocket scientist, yet even he understood that Manhattan’s historic Chelsea Hotel was both a good deal for a New York City hotel and a major hangout for artists, famous eccentrics, musicians, writers, and other celebrities. The musician’s appreciation of this most excellent combination was rather abruptly interrupted in 1978, when his girlfriend was stabbed to death
by Ed Wetschler
Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was no rocket scientist, yet even he understood that Manhattan’s historic Chelsea Hotel was both a good deal for a New York City hotel and a major hangout for artists, famous eccentrics, musicians, writers, and other celebrities. The musician’s appreciation of this most excellent combination was rather abruptly interrupted in 1978, when his girlfriend was stabbed to death
Last week our Egypt trip started in Cairo, and then we headed to Hurghada on the Red Sea for rest and relaxation. We flew from Cairo to Hurghada and headed to our inclusive resort, the Sheraton Soma Bay.
This was our first time staying at an all inclusive and it was a much needed few days of nothing! We didn’t leave the resort at all and just enjoyed sun, sand, snorkeling and the food.
We enjoyed snorkeling on a reef right off the dock, read a few books, and even got our traditional Thanksgiving.
H
By BuzzInRome
Can photography interpret the future, can it provide Futurspectives? This is the underlying question that the Photography Festival of Rome, on display until October 24, will try to address. Bumpy ride, Maps and Legends, Unpublished-Unknown are the three main sections of the Festival, complemented by the work of Tod Papageorge on the city Rome, Giuliano Matteucci’s pictures of Africa, and a preview of “Mutations 3″, the new production by the European Month of Photography.
The ninth ed
Rock star Bono and wife produce eco-friendly products to support Africa
Bono is one of the biggest rock stars on the planet. The former U2 lead musician is also an outspoken humanitarian activist on helping Africa and Africans fight poverty, illiteracy, AIDS and HIV. He’s enough of an authority to have met with world leaders to lobby for greater efforts to help Africans help themselves and write editorials in the New York Times.
So why is Bono manufacturing his eco-friendly line of t-shirts and ot
Arrival of Christmas marks the birth of Jesus. It signifies spreading love and peace among fellow human beings. In India, people celebrate Christmas with great fun and festivity. People start preparations for Christmas by decorating their homes with dazzling Christmas lights, balloons, candles, flowers and Christmas tree. Churches are decorated with burning oil lamps and red flowers.
Attractive Christmas gifts are the integral components of Christmas in India. People express their love and affect
The capacity to reserve airline tickets has evolved immensely through the history of air travel from a lengthier manual operation to an electronic operation with minimal intervention needed. Though this might
seem like a drawback to employees it has opened the doors for internal
movement inside the airline business and greater efficiency with the
reservation system leading to in real-time showing of flight information
that helps both the airline and the passengers.
Since the advances in technology al
NEW YORK STEPS TO THE BLUE DANUBE
By Denise Mattia
One, two, tap. One, to, tap.
Some sat on the edge of the newly built fountain at Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertston Plaza on Saturday, October 16th and watched while hundreds of New Yorkers of every age learned how to waltz Viennese style. Professional dancers were on hand to coach the audience on how to perform the sometimes intricate steps and turns.
Other pros demonstrated the movements for the audience from the temporary stage set between the Met
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If a review in TripAdvisor (TA) or any other rating site is bad, then probably the experience was bad.
With simple logic, Hotelmarketing.com says the aim of the hotel or airline or resort should not be to stop negative reviews, but “ to stop negative experiences in the first place. Cure the cause not the symptom.”
But the authoritative travel blog, Gadling reported that TA’s reviews are rubbing enough hoteliers the wrong way, that several hundred of them have joined forces to purs
Of course you should, and here are some reasons why.
1. A holiday vacation makes a great present—whether you want to be extra good to yourself or score major points with a loved one, a vacation
1. A holiday vacation makes a great present—whether you want to be extra good to yourself or score major points with a loved one, a vacation 
Tourism in Goa is generally focused on the coastal areas and tourists’ activities are mainly limited on Goa beaches. It is thesmallest state by area. While on a trip to India, you may explorevariety of lucrative Goa packages that are generally availablewith tour operators in India. You may opt for luxury or budget packagesas per your preference. You need to spare at least three days for Goatrip, although the recommended ideal time for Goa holidays is one week.
Panaji is the capital city of Goa, w
by buzzinrome.com
Financial meltdown, economic slump, subprime crisis? All of these words seem to belong to the past for the tourism industry in Rome.
The number of tourists visiting Italy’s capital in August grew by 11,5%, Vicemayor Mauro Cutrufo said on October 6, citing figures from a study of the Ente Bilaterale del Turismo del Lazio – EBTL - Tourism Board of Employers and Employees of the region of Rome.
June and July also posted two-digit growth figures: 10,6% and 11,2% respectively. Actually
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Britain’s largest hotel chain, Premier Inn Hotels announced what it calls the UK’s “first Twitter concierge service.”
Travel Daily News says it will “shake up the traditional concierge service” by letting guests tweet@PremierInn and ask for recommendations about anything from local family activities, the nearest karaoke bar, emergency medical care, theater tickets...all the stuff that one would normally ask a human concierge.
At the mome
Do I need a visa to travel to the Maldives?
You do not require a Visa prior to arrival in the Maldives. All tourists from all the countries are granted free 30 day visa upon arrival. However, all the visitors need a valid travel document. If a passport expiry date falls within 30 days of arrival, tourists cannot extend their stay beyond the passport expiry date.
What is the time difference?
Maldives is five hours ahead (GMT +5.00) of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
What vaccinations should I have?
Normally
Khajuraho is famous for its exquisitely carved temples in stones with the erotic sculptures in the divine art form. Millions of tourists from world over flock to envisage this impeccable Hindu art form of 950 A.D - 1050 A.D.
Khajuraho, the ancient city of India is trapped in the mythical folklores. The beautiful artwork of these temples is the second most traveled tourist destination after Taj Mahal of Agra. The mature and candid artwork sculptures of sexual and erotic postures have gained the at
If you are planning a trip to a world destination, you will have many places from which to choose. The trip you take will depend on what you are looking for and the money you have to spend. Consider the following destinations.
Paris
Paris is an amazing city and a very popular tourist destination. You can go to the top of the Eiffel tower and see amazing views from high above the land. You can dine on some of the best food in the world. You can visit museums like the Louvre, which houses the amazin
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Twitter follow
In spite of the huge changes Social Media has caused in the way information is created and distributed, the untargeted, word-dense travel press release still dominates.
It’s the type most often sent to travel bloggers (and off-line media) in the hope that someone somewhere will pick it up and run with it.
Except almost no one “runs with,” or publishes a generic, one-way press release.
However, a release on which a
As I stand at the top of the Rio Grande Gorge in the wild lands outside of Taos, New Mexico, I peer down into a 900-foot tunnel of sandstone-brown with a thin string of color – the Rio Grande – at the bottom. It has taken millions of years for this spot to look this way. And it takes only seconds to
take my breath away.
When you realize you’re about to go down into the Gorge, it takes your breath away, as well. You can climb down into it, as some do. Or you can do as I’ve done, starting at the bot
All-inclusive resorts are found all over the Caribbean plus parts of Mexico and Latin America, and whether they’re luxury, affordable, adults-only, couples, family, or any other flavor, they offer good value – at least sometimes. I recently returned from Mexico, where four Real Resorts(pronounced “ray-ALL,” Spanish for “royal”) in Cancun and on the Riviera Maya are offering discounts of 20% or more for any dates from December 24, 2010, through 2011. My in-box regularly beeps with offers from oth
By Roy Heale
There are many reasons why tourists are flocking to Buenos Aires, Argentina for vacations and the recent numbers from the Argentine Ministry of Tourism indicate a 30% increase of international travelers since this time last year. During today's global economic restraints one of the most important reasons for this increase is the lower costs for most vacations in Argentina. But many other factors have also contributed to the higher volume of travelers and they include niche market hol
