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american airlines most recent europe promotion highlights the “new normal” in...
There was a time, not too long ago, when a bargain round trip ticket from New York to London or other European cities...
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flightaware flight tracker lets you see exactly where you are in...
On a recent American Airlines flight from New York’s LaGuardia airport to Miami International , I paid the minimum charge for some in-flight wifi....
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airline passenger restrictions and special requests: how far is too far?
Saturday's post about Malaysian Airlines' decision to create a child-free zone in their luxury first class caused a bit of a firestorm among my readers...
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from london to the simple life in altus, arkansas
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
I never thought that after viewing a television program, my partner and I would end up in what at first...
berlin: a few travel tips
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Thinking about a trip to Berlin? Perhaps a few of these personal travel tips will come in handy. Berlin is...
welcome to curaçao: need a coffee?
By Guest Blogger Vince Catalanotto.
If your cruise liner docks in Curaçao, resist the urge to stop in Starbucks. You will find an outlet of the...
mostar and the old bridge in bosnia and herzegovina
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
During a recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia, my partner and I decided to spend a day in Mostar, Bosnia and...
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a tour through the grand palace complex in bangkok, thailand
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the wildlife of namibia's etosha national park
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australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
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greetings from all seven continents
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the landscapes of antarctica
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puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
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the hedonism of patong in phuket, thailand
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flying north in antarctica
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the vernadsky antarctic research base
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montevideo, uruguay
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the kennedy space center, florida and the space shuttle atlantis
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flying north in antarctica: official trailer
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from batna: the logistics of travel to and in algeria
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vlog from algiers, algeria
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vlog from the pyrenees mountains in andorra
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Vlog from Belgrade, Serbia [featuring Mr. Hleb]
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from sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina
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Reporting from the Rwanda - Congo (DRC) border
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reporting from akagera national park, rwanda
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vlog from the hiroshima peace memorial park, japan
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Haeinsa Temple and the Tripitaka Koreana
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blog from abiverd, turkmenistan
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registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
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reporting from queen elizabeth national park, uganda
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reporting from the grand place in brussels
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reporting from machu picchu, peru
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unesco sites
croatia’s plitviče national park [nacionalni park plitvička jezera]: the clearest water i’ve ever seen
If you are ever in Croatia, you must not miss one of the most spectacular natural sites - and a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
a history of hagia sofia in istanbul, as told by sofia petrillo of the...
Picture it, Constantinople, 537. A young emperor dedicates a new structure to St. Sophia, the Divine Wisdom. Before this, he had spent many hours...
290 years ago today the west discovered easter island
On Easter Sunday in 1722, the European discovery of what is now called "Easter Island" by a Dutch sailing vessel became history. Now under...
a video blog: the grand place in brussels, belgium
As the flyingnorthblog ventures into the world of new media, you never know where I might show up. The Grand Place, the central square...
valletta’s strait street: the former seedy “gut” of malta’s capital city
Walking around Malta’s capital, Valletta, one finds a combination of old and new, the British colonial footprint vs. the underlying ancient history, and a...
polar regions
facebook heads to the arctic circle, and goes green
It was announced this week that Facebook will soon build its first server location outside of the United States – near the Arctic Circle....
