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Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/27/2009
The Making of the Plastiki: The New Yorker Blog: Online Only: The New Yorker
This week in the magazine, John Colapinto writes about the Plastiki, a boat made entirely of recyclable plastics, that David de Rothschild plans to sail across the Pacific Ocean.

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/22/2009
Dublin’s best pubs: top spots, to be sure
When the good times were good for Dubliners, you’d find them celebrating their good fortune in the pubs. Now the overheated economy has taken a frigid nosedive, you’ll find Dubliners … er, in the pubs commiserating their poor [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/21/2009
Airport security bares all, or does it? – CNN.com
Privacy advocates plan to call on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend use of “whole-body imaging,” the airport security technology that critics say performs “a virtual strip search” and produces “naked” pictures of passengers, CNN [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/19/2009
New Zealand Launches Hookup Airways | Autopia | Wired.com
Love is in the air — Air New Zealand, that is. The Kiwi carrier has launched Matchmaking Flight to bring lonely travelers together. After all, what better way to get to know The One than sharing a [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/15/2009
Ten Beautiful Destinations, One Step Removed – Forbes.com
It takes an extra flight, ferry or drive to reach these spots, but the trek is worth it.

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/14/2009
Airline on-time performance dips in March – USATODAY.com
The nation’s 19 largest airlines reported a higher rate of on-time flights in March compared to a year ago, but their performance worsened from earlier this year, according to federal government data released Tuesday.

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/12/2009
SFO wants to take a flier on pod-style hotel
Veteran air travelers know that it’s tough enough to catch a few winks in a cramped economy-class seat, let alone a rigid chair in an airport. But weary travelers flying through San Francisco International Airport will soon [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 5/1/2009
Adventure Travel – National Geographic Adventure Magazine
At 5:30 p.m. on April 25th, after 54 days of skiing, John Huston, 32, and Tyler Fish, 34, reached the North Pole and became the first Americans in history do so unassisted and on skis. ADVENTURE caught up with [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 4/29/2009
Tourism Hit by Swine Flu: U.S. Warns on Mexico Travel – ABC News
The U.S. is issuing an advisory urging Americans to avoid “unnecessary travel” to Mexico, where as many as 149 people have died of swine flu.

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 4/27/2009
Adventure Travel – National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Thirty years of intermittent war have taken a toll on just about everything in Afghanistan, including its wildlife. Conflict and poaching have decimated a big cat population that once contained more species than Africa, including the now endangered snow [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 4/24/2009
Top 15 Free (or Nearly Free) Outdoor Experiences for Spring in NYC | Travel News from Fodor’s Travel Guides
Few places on earth are as full of bustling, ecstatic life as New York City in the spring and summer. Here’s how to capture a piece of [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 4/22/2009
Popular tourist attraction off the mark – via kqre.com
Tourists who want to put a hand or foot in each of the four states at the four corners area are apparently off the mark—by about 2.5 miles.The four corners marker showing the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, [...]

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 4/20/2009
10 Tips for Visiting the Capital – via Frommers
A tour of the U.S. Capitol should be obligatory for everyone coming to the nation’s capital. More than any other Washington landmark, it embodies the United State’s past, present, and future. To further enrich the goosebump-raising experience [...]