Travel News and Stories for 11.02.2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on November 2nd, 2009

Below is a list of travel news and stories for 11.02.2009

Trans World Expedition: Driving around the globe
In a little over two weeks time, on November 15 to be exact, Nicolas Rapp will be setting out on an adventure of a lifetime. He’ll be quitting his comfortable job as an art director for the Associated Press, and setting out on a year long road trip, driving his way around the globe
http://www.gadling.com

World’s Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail from Finland
The world’s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and an ice rink on board.
http://news.yahoo.com

Southwest kicks mom, cranky kid off flight
Kids will be kids, but one cranky 2-year-old was acting too much his age for a Southwest Airlines flight crew who kicked him off a plane getting ready to leave for San Jose.
http://www.google.com

How to avoid a customer service nightmare: 5 tips
Ask Bonnie Friedman about her worst customer service experience, and she won’t hesitate to tell you about the time she checked in for her flight from Venice to Frankfurt.
http://www.elliott.org

Haunted Hotels of the West
For most of us, hotel stays come with check-in and check-out dates. But many lodgings claim to have guests that refuse to leave, lingering in the rooms or on the grounds long after their scheduled stay. Check in to one of these hotels if you want to spend Halloween with real ghosts.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Somali Pirates to World: You Brought This On Yourselves
If you’re like me, you can’t wait for the winter yachting season to begin, but before you don your monocle and climb aboard your megayacht, you’d better plot your sun-seeking itinerary carefully. Just last week, pirates kidnapped a British couple from their yacht, the Lynn Rival, as they sailed off the coast of Somalia.
http://www.jaunted.com

10 smokers’ paradises: A guide for globe-trotters
With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it’s getting harder to find cigarette-friendly vacation spots. But not every country is trying to kill that buzz. On the flip side, some of them, such as Greece, are attempting to crack down but are failing [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Six faint on Newark-to-London flight
Six people fainted on board a British Airways flight from Newark Liberty Airport to London’s Heathrow Saturday, prompting emergency crews to check the plane for hazardous materials.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Heads Up: Singapore’s New Breed of Bar
As the city’s thirst for cocktails has grown steadily over the last few years, a new generation of bars and clubs has emerged in some memorably unusual places.
http://travel.nytimes.com

10 Spooky Adventure Destinations Around the Globe
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve pulled together our list of the top 10 scariest adventure spots around the world. We’re not talking your average haunted hayride: These destinations have a long history of creepy lore. They’re also great adventure destinations, just make sure to pack your garlic necklace and your silver bullets
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

The 8 Most Bizarre Rituals in the World
Any ritual, religious or otherwise, has some unusual origins. Do you think tattoo parlors are now available in every nightlife district simply because they were fashionable hundreds of years ago? I think not; tattoos, like many other “tribal” customs, were a way of transforming the canvas (you) into a work of art, imbuing one with power
http://www.vagabondish.com

7 Wonders of the (Un)Dead World: Global Ossuaries
It sounds like a horrible nightmare: human bones stacked in patterns on the floor, their skulls lining the walls and staring, gaping-eyed, at visitors. It’s no nightmare, though: in churches, cathedrals and underground chambers all over the world, the bones of millions of dead greet visitors.
http://weburbanist.com

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