reportonbusiness.com: Zoom Airlines shuts down. “how do you become a millionaire in the airline business? start as a billionaire”
reportonbusiness.com: Zoom Airlines shuts down. “how do you become a millionaire in the airline business? start as a billionaire”
TSA security theater | MetaFilter. how does this farce keep up?
VIA Rail Canada - Exclusive savings for VISA cardholders!
. 50% off Comfort class fares. not too shabby.
TheStar.com | Are you a Porter person?. it seems the toronto-new york flight is quite fashionable.
Here’s How America Looks to the World - washingtonpost.com “Fear, in other words, is a tax, and al-Qaeda and its ilk have done better at extracting it from Americans than the Internal Revenue Service.” via ram.
Juan Pablo Alperin’s Photos - Tyler Visits Argentina. juan took much better photos than I. the mirror photos are pretty damn cool.
The World’s Scariest Runways | Travel + Leisure. #5 is insane. via josh
American Airlines Cancels 900 More Flights - New York Times. that’ll teach them for not using boeing planes.
ACE HOTEL | PORTLAND. where i’m staying for railsconf. sweet.
I uploaded a bunch of my photos from my trip on flickr. Hopefully Juan will post his photos somewhere soon as they’re much better than mine. I also shot a bunch of videos with the digital camera and will hopefully have a small compilation video ready soon.
I’m heading down to Argentina for the next 3 weeks on vacation. I’ll be visiting Juan who lives in Buenos Aires and we’ll be touring around the country over the 3 weeks. As you can imagine, don’t expect many (or any) posts on awardtour while I’m in Argentina.
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Tourist ‘may now avoid Belfast’. two paddywagons set on fire in two weeks? when i took this trip the driver only told you after you left belfast that their buses occasionally get set on fire.
Stranded at the airport? Don’t forget Rule 240 - MSNBC.com. nice to know. via josh.
globeandmail.com: Air Canada co-pilot in hospital after flight diverted. flight to London had to stop in Ireland “when the co-pilot suffered what appeared to be a nervous breakdown in mid-air”
Can There Be Too Many Tourists? In Tuscany, Maybe - New York Times. the town of Sienna is fighting an airport expansion. “We don’t object to growth, but our main intent is to remain human.”
AFP: Snow sends thousands from Canada on free tropical vacations. itravel2000 used weatherbill.com (started by former googlers) to insure the promotion.
Fliers Fed Up? Airline Employees Feel the Same - New York Times. lesson learned from this article: never fly US Airways, never work at US Airways, and short their stock.
Traveler IQ Challenge. fun little geography game.
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation - Popular Mechanics. Page 7 is pretty crazy. they managed to land the plane even though the roof tore off.
Older white women join Kenya’s sex tourists | Reuters. you read that right. via ram.
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