Travel Stories and News for 7/28/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By traveldesk on July 28th, 2009

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Below is a list of travel stories and news for 7/28/2009

The World’s Most Beautiful Currencies – Slideshows – CNBC.com
The Most Beautiful Bills, Have you ever been in another country and thought,” These folks really have some beautiful money?” Whether it was the colors, the portraits, or the overall design, good looking money is just a little more fun to spend.

top-10-spots-to-snorkel – Photos – CoastalLiving.com
Underwater photographer and adventurer, Tanya Burnett-Palmer shares her favorite places to sightsee beneath the waves.

9 places to party like it’s 1929 – CNN.com
Prohibition-style bars and speakeasies have been popping up all over, but these lounges go beyond the gimmicks in their near obsessive devotion to the art of old-time cocktails and decor.

10 Best Museum Shops in DC – Intelligent Travel Blog
As an intern in D.C. for the first time, I am receptive to all suggestions for what to do in the city. So, when Daniel Pink suggested a visit to the National Building Museum to learn about design in his book A Whole New Mind, I decided to go.

28 finalists for ‘7 Wonders of Nature’ contest
The Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to choose the “New 7 Wonders of Nature.” The Amazon rain forest, the Dead Sea, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Ecuador’s Galapagos islands are also among the finalists, according to the organization New 7 Wonders ( www.new7wonders.com). People can vote by Internet or phone. The winners will be announced in 2011.

Across Austraila by train | Gadling.com
Australia’s transcontinental railroad, affectionately referred to as “The Ghan”, has a long and storied history. In fact, on the 4th of August, it will celebrate the beginning of its 80th year of service as an 1850 mile north-south route running between Darwin and Adelaide. As the Ghan approaches this milestone anniversary, Australian newspaper The Age, hops the train to see how it is adapting to the 21st century, and reports back on the experience.
photo credit: Rob Inh00d