Travel Stories and News for 6/12/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 6/12/2009

Things To Do On A Road Trip Alone – Entertain Yourself When Driving Alone
there are times when I take roadtrips on my own and I find that I’m just as easily bored in the car as my four year old. I don’t mind traveling alone once I get to my destination, but spending hours in the car in order to get there can be torture for someone with my attention span.

Jennifer Harman’s top 10 Las Vegas poker rooms – Film , Gambling Vacation , Las Vegas Vacation , Top 10 Lists – Orbitz Travel Blog
As all players know, the annual World Series of Poker is now running at the Rio Las Vegas Convention Center. But nearly all of our Las Vegas hotels offer card rooms these days, and the WSOP crowd doesn’t come just for tournaments — they want some cash action, too!

Inhabitat » New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today!
An elevated park in the sky built on top of the skeleton of an old rail system? It may have sounded impossible only five years ago, but today, the eagerly awaited High Line elevated urban park officially opens for thousands of New Yorkers looking to escape the hubbub of the city below!

Offbeat Traveler: Yellow Treehouse restaurant in New Zealand – latimes.com
This unusual restaurant started life as an ad campaign for Yellow, a New Zealand company similar to the Yellow Pages. The idea was to build a restaurant in a tree using only resources listed in the company’s directories.
photo credit: BePak