Travel News and Stories for 11/24/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on November 24th, 2009

Below is a list of travel news and stories for 11/24/2009

Flying an Engineless Plane Is Closest Humans Can Get to Soaring Like a Bird
"GMA Weekend" anchor Kate Snow breezes through the sky in a glider plane.
http://abcnews.go.com

Hong Kong Citizens Are Living in Cages… Literally
Hong Kong is a vibrant city chock-full of people — so much so that the quality of life for those at the bottom tier is atrocious. And I’m not talking about, “Oh my goodness, I have to share a bathroom with my brother and sister.” I’m talking about up to 18 strangers being smashed into a tiny 625 square foot flat with just one toilet to share.
http://www.weirdasianews.com

Low Ryanair Jet Blows Roof Tiles, Puts 82 Yr-Old in Hospital
Apparently, a Ryanair jet flew so low over her house, that it actually blew roofing tiles off the roof. One villager told the local paper that she actually had to duck when the plane came in for its landing at the local LÃ¼beck-Blankensee airport.
http://www.gadling.com

‘Keystroke error’ turns $289 rate into $28
Terry Capps finds a $28 a night room rate at a Westin hotel in Orlando. Turns out the hotel made a mistake, and that the real price is $289 a night. What now? Should the resort honor the original price or can it change the rate and force Capps to pay?
http://www.elliott.org

Continental’s little PIN problem is fixed — finally!
When Tim Milller tried to cash in a travel certificate to buy a Continental Airlines ticket, the system didn’t accept his PIN number. But instead of working with him to fix the problem, the airline charged him for the full amount of the ticket and told him he was out of luck.
http://www.elliott.org

The Top Ten Gross Things People Do On Airplanes
We all know about the rare instances of airline passenger misconduct that make it to the headlines, like the case of the naked, angry flyer or the fighting Lohan, but every day little instances of pure gross occur unnoticed or just unreported.
http://www.jaunted.com

Could Cockpit Conversations Soon Be Available For Review?
Remember when some pilots were recently screwing around on their laptops instead of paying attention to the whole flying-the-plane thing? It would have been nice to hear portions of their conversations in the cockpit—just to see what was actually going on. Well a new bill might allow airlines to listen to portions of cockpit communications.
http://www.jaunted.com

San Diego: Whale-watching charters for the whole gang
Just in time for the holidays, the migration of the California gray whales will soon be viewable to us Southern Californians. Whale-watching season, which typically begins in mid-December and continues through February (though sometimes the season stretches to March or April), presents the perfect incentive to get out into the water and see these [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Top 25 American hot spots
From inventive restaurants to chic hotels, T+L chronicles a burgeoning of homegrown innovations across the heart of the country and beyond.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Best New Trips in the World: Sea Kayak, Snorkel, and Swim with Whales in Tonga
The world’s far corners are now well within reach. TONGA: Whale World Each June, some 450 humpback whales arrive in the shallow waters off Tonga’s Ha’apai Islands to mate and calf, transforming the archipelago into an oversize nursery until September. The Ha’apai are one of the only places in the world where you can snorkel with the 50-foot-long mammals
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

Great coffee shops around the world: What makes a great one anyway?
Hank Leukart, while savoring blueberry pie and a cup of chai at the University of Zoka in Seattle proclaimed it the best coffee shop in the world. As what happens when one proclaims something the best in the world, he immediately began to wonder if he overshot by his gushing. What does he know anyway? After all, had he been in every coffee shop in the world? Of course not, but he has been to a few.
http://www.gadling.com

The coolest job in the world? I’ve got it, says captain of Oasis of the Seas
How cool a job is it to be the captain of the world’s biggest cruise ship?
http://www.usatoday.com

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