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taking a cruise can be a real drag – the kind...
When I think about taking a cruise in the Caribbean or the Mediterranean, I think of portable oxygen machines, shuffleboard, walkers and a feeding...
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travel tech
the third generation ipad vs. 117 fahrenheit [47c] moroccan heat
My original objective in buying the third generation iPad was to utilize it as my sole means of communication and blogging while traveling. I...
in transit
a child-free section on airlines?
As I've said on many an occasion, airline travel is often like a social experiment. We are packed into a flying tin can like...
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want to be a guest blogger on flyingnorth?
With the relaunch of the flyingnorth blog as flyingnorth: navigating the twenty-first century world, I thought it would be a nice idea to include...
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...
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...
in suzhou, china: getting the social studies textbook feeling
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
During a recent 16 day trip to China, my partner and I spent a day in Suzhou, a major city...
videos
a tour through the grand palace complex in bangkok, thailand
13:16
the wildlife of namibia's etosha national park
15:13
australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
08:07
greetings from all seven continents
01:00
the landscapes of antarctica
24:54
puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
07:36
the hedonism of patong in phuket, thailand
06:59
flying north in antarctica
18:58
the vernadsky antarctic research base
02:57
montevideo, uruguay
04:57
the kennedy space center, florida and the space shuttle atlantis
02:07
flying north in antarctica: official trailer
01:05
from batna: the logistics of travel to and in algeria
02:59
vlog from algiers, algeria
01:23
vlog from the pyrenees mountains in andorra
01:20
Vlog from Belgrade, Serbia [featuring Mr. Hleb]
02:34
from sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina
01:12
Reporting from the Rwanda - Congo (DRC) border
01:10
reporting from akagera national park, rwanda
00:55
vlog from the hiroshima peace memorial park, japan
01:23
Haeinsa Temple and the Tripitaka Koreana
01:17
blog from abiverd, turkmenistan
01:03
registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
01:31
reporting from queen elizabeth national park, uganda
00:57
reporting from the grand place in brussels
01:20
reporting from machu picchu, peru
00:49
unesco sites
palmyra, syria, part three: its wonderful people [and a hookah party]
Staying in Tadmur, the modern town next to the ancient ruins of Palmyra, was quite an experience. I was there in January so the...
the roman city of volubilis
Located near Meknès between the cities of Fez and Rabat lies an impressive UNESCO-listed site - the Roman city of Volubilis. The city was...
my birthday in dubrovnik: how old do I have to be to become unesco...
There are many reasons to celebrate this week. After six years of effort, Croatia this week formally concluded the accession negotiations with the European...
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...
uganda’s queen elizabeth national park [video]
In the first in a series of videos featuring Uganda, this mini-report, from the roof of a safari vehicle, gives a brief introduction to...
polar regions
the vernadsky antarctic research base [video]
During my travels along the Antarctic peninsula, I had the privilege to visit some of the few part-time inhabitants of Antarctica with a stop...
