Travel News and Stories for 09/30/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on September 30th, 2009

Below is a list of travel news and stories from 09/30/2009

Lucky Charm? Looking for Love in Ireland
Thousands flock to small Irish town of Lindoosvarna for world’s largest matchmaking festival.
http://abcnews.go.com

Kiev Scraps Hotel on Massacre Site
Kiev scraps plans to build hotel near site of Babi Yar massacre
http://abcnews.go.com

Which air travelers do you dislike the most?
The ones that smell bad, according to a new poll by Travelocity. Fellow travelers with poor hygiene were called the “most disliked” in the survey, with a total of 45 percent of respondents calling out the unwashed masses.
http://www.elliott.org

Wild Sweden
During an impulsive, two-week road trip through the less populated landscapes of Sweden, it only took a few nights for my friend and I to realize that our spontaneous agenda was becoming quite predictable – but in a good way.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Air India Needs To Build A Better Mousetrap After Rat Sneaks Aboard
We’ve seen our share of airline delays due to weather, mechanical delays, and even wacky passengers. However, there aren’t too many delays caused by furry critters. Well, that’s exactly what passengers of an Air India flight had to deal with as they were stuck to wait things out for about 11 hours.
http://www.jaunted.com

Coarsegold: BYOT (Bring Your Own Tarantula) To California Town’s Tarantula Fest
While cities usher in October with Oktoberfest and Halloween-related festivals, small-town Coarsegold, California, marks it with a celebration of the tarantula.
http://www.jaunted.com

Flu shots, including H1N1, arriving soon at or near LAX
With summer now officially over, flu season is right around the corner. Again, as has been the case in recent years, airports are among the places where people are rolling up their sleeves for their shots. Due to concerns about the potential severity of the coming flu season, some airport clinics started offering the inoculations around [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Hudson crash pilot returns to the cockpit
The pilot who guided his crippled jetliner to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River in January is set to fly again
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Stockholm Invaded By Bank Robbing Bond Villians
We’ve been on a bit of a thing about how the US is getting outpaced in the “creative international crimes” department, with our public pot growers getting decimated by guys cultivating grade-A chronic in the middle of Greek motorways. Nothing highlights this disturbing trend better than two different crime stories that came over the wires last week.
http://www.vagabondish.com

Julia Roberts angers villagers in India during a Hindu holiday
When Julia Roberts and her film crew took over a temple in Pataudi, a small town south of New Delhi, India last week, the locals weren’t too happy about it.
http://www.gadling.com

Should airlines let passengers make calls via Wi-Fi?
Roger Flessing was on an American Airlines flight to Seattle recently when he began speaking with his son on his iPhone.
http://blogs.usatoday.com

Carnival drops Antigua from seven-night Southern Caribbean cruise itinerary
Industry giant Carnival has dropped Antigua from the itinerary of the Carnival Victory, effective with the voyage of Jan. 3, 2010.
http://www.usatoday.com

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