Travel Stories and News for 5/1/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

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 John Huston yesterday as he relaxed in a hotel room on Oslo, Norway, waiting to fly home to his native Chicago.

On the Road – When Figuring Travel Cost, Footnotes Add Up – NYTimes.com
WE’VE been talking a lot lately about openness in travel pricing. Airline passengers are mighty annoyed when they book a flight on an airline or other online travel site and need a legal pad to tote up the final price once all those fees for things like checked bags are added in.

Tours of a Lifetime: River Cruising Through Europe – Intelligent Travel Blog
By its nature, riverboat cruising is a far more intimate affair than the behemoths that cruise the open seas. Last year, I spent three days aboard the 118-passenger riverboat Swiss Sapphire as it plied Belgium’s Albert Canal.
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