Travel News and Stories for 09/25/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on September 25th, 2009

Below is a list of travel news and stories for 09/25/2009

Take A Walk On The Naked Side
Heinz Ludwig, who owns a campsite and restaurant in the small village of Dankerode in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, has another passion beside serving food and providing tents: naked hiking.
http://abcnews.go.com

JetBlue says customer service “embedded in the core” leads to airline profits
A few weeks ago, I asked Michelle Hansen, JetBlue’s director of customer support operations, if I could interview her about customer service issues. She later asked Morgan Johnston, JetBlue’s manager of corporate communications, to field my questions. Here are their answers.
http://www.elliott.org

Remembering 9-11
When you go through security checkpoints, your mind is on making sure you got the metal out of your pockets and the liquids out of your carry-on bag and what gate you need to head to afterward. Your goal is to get through and get through quickly, which means no chit chat. No time to pay attention to people.
http://www.tsa.gov

Tour the Financial Crisis in NYC
It’s been one long year since the near collapse of our financial system and, if you’re anything like me, you’re still not completely sure what really happened. If you’re in or heading to the Big Apple and want to finally get a handle on what brought about the teetering of all things financial, check out The Wall Street Experience tours.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Plane-Spot In Private From Dubai’s JW Marriott Hotel
As much as we would have loved to have a video of a plane landing over the JW Marriott Hotel in Dubai in this story, it seems as though there is a serious dearth of photos and videos from plane spotters at DXB-Dubai International Airport.
http://www.jaunted.com

Canberra’s ‘Floriade’ Flower Fest Welcomes Spring With Giant Fire Organ
Australia’s tiny capital city of Canberra is somewhere tourists often stop by to simply visit Parliament House or the national War Memorial, but in the Down Under spring (which would be now), it actually comes alive with something better than stuff from the history and geography curriculum: it’s time for Floriade.
http://www.jaunted.com

Climate Ride Kicks Off Saturday – Cyclist Pedal 300 Miles From NYC to DC
This Saturday (September 26) the second annual Brita Climate Ride will roll away from lower Manhattan en route to our nation’s capitol. The five-day, 300-mile cycling tour will help raise money and awareness for climate change education through organizations such as Focus the Nation and Clean Air – Cool Planet.
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

Year of the Gorilla: Using Ecotourism to Beat the Bushmeat Trade
With bushmeat trade on the rise and gorillas the decline, there’s never been a better time to make the trek to Africa to check out these wild yet humanlike beasts for yourself. Let’s face it, in a few more years, you may not have the chance.
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

2 Days, 3 Nights, on a Path Named for a Devil
The Devil’s Path, an east-to-west voyage along the spine of the Catskills, is often cited as the toughest hiking trail in the East.
http://travel.nytimes.com

What is the grape used to make Chateau Neuf du Pape wine
The Chateau-Neuf du Pape is the most famous Cotes-du-Rhone wine. So what is the grape used in this wine? Is it merlot? Cabernet?…Not at all. That was a trick question because 13 different types of grapes are used in Chateau-Neuf du Pape wine. The king of the grapes is the Grenache, used for both white and
http://traveltofranceandmore.com

Go to London, Get Swine Flu, Look at “Artwork” to Help You Contemplate the Impending Pandemic
The UK has been disproportionately affected by swine flu, with over 5,000 confirmed cases and almost 80 deaths. The return of pupils to classrooms last week didn’t exactly help, the word “pupil” having been derived from an ancient Saxon word meaning “sniffling little petri dish that rubs its snot everywhere.”
http://www.vagabondish.com

B&Bs welcome recession-weary travelers
When the Great Depression forced wealthy summer residents of this bucolic New England enclave to abandon their opulent, late-19th-century "cottages," the homes’ transformations to bed-and-breakfast inns gave city-weary, romance-minded travelers a vicarious glimpse of the Gilded Age.
http://www.usatoday.com

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