Travel News and Stories for 11/06/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on November 6th, 2009

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Below is a list of travel news and stories 11/06/2009

Picky Penguin Gets Her Man Back
Love is lost and found again between a picky penguin and her devoted zookeeper.
http://abcnews.go.com

No Tall Tale: World’s Tallest Building to Debut Next Year
World’s highest skyscraper in Dubai won’t open until early 2010.
http://abcnews.go.com

Take a Bow Atlanta, You’re the Most Toxic City in America
Forbes has ranked the 40 largest metro areas to determine the most, and least, toxic cities in the United States. Atlanta and Detroit were named the dirtiest, while Las Vegas and Sacramento rank among the cleanest.
http://greenbiz.com

World’s Most Unique Places To Visit
If the options for your next vacation come down to the usual beach relaxation period or volunteering at an elephant shelter in Thailand, which would you choose?
http://www.forbes.com

After the Monsoon in Oman
In Salalah, Oman, the annual khareef, or monsoon season, brings cool relief from the oppressive summertime temperatures felt throughout the rest of the country. Each year, many Middle Easterners travel to this town of 180,000 in the Dhofar region of Oman
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Phoenix airport luggage thefts: Did you lose a bag? [Updated]
Take a look at the photo above. Recognize your bag? If so, you may be one of possibly hundreds of passengers whose luggage may have been stolen off carousels at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) in Arizona. Police are asking travelers who think they might have been victimized to call the property crimes section at [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Best New Trips in the World: Hike and Kayak in Iceland’s Nature Reserve
For our annual Adventure Travel issue, we scoured the globe to find the 25 Best New Trips in the World for 2010, complete with a Best Trips photo gallery. Today, we present Iceland. The world’s far corners are now well within reach. Iceland: Into the Arctic Circle At first glance, the fjord-y, fragmented northwest corner of Iceland looks like a country apart.
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

Frugal Traveler: Inside the Beltway, With Baby Aboard
Dad, daughter and 20 pounds of baby gear go to Washington, D.C., for a frugal day trip.
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com

A taste of Seoul, Korea: Three nights
Korean food is hot! "Spicy" is probably the most prominent flavor in Korean cooking, but it’s also a sign of the increasing popularity of Korean cuisine. Everywhere you turn these days, it seems like someone is talking about Korean food, from New York’s superstar chef David Chang to the insanely popular Kogi food truck in Los Angeles
http://www.gadling.com

Man denied first-class seat on United for wearing track suit
An executive with Best Buy claims a United Airlines gate agent refused to allow him to take a first-class seat because he was wearing a track …
http://blogs.usatoday.com

Today’s debate: Has cost-cutting gone too far at cruise lines?
Over the past year, as the economy has swooned, many of the big lines have racheted down spending on everything from chocolates on pillows to bunker fuel in a bid to maintain profits (the latter by tinkering with itineraries to operate ships at slower speeds or over shorter distances).
http://www.usatoday.com

Got Ideas for a November or December Escape from Atlanta?
If you prefer to drive rather than fly, some obvious options for culture vultures are Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Georgia. But if you’re looking for a beach-resort-style break, since you’ve got a good chunk of time, consider the Caribbean: Several of the islands are a pretty quick flight from Atlanta, and pre-holiday prices are about half what they’ll be in peak season (mid-December through mid-April)
http://www.concierge.com