Travel News and Stories for 11/25/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on November 25th, 2009

Below is a list of travel news and stories for 11/25/2009

Tiny Caribbean Jewel for Food and Fashion
Francophiles, foodies and fashionistas pack their bags for St. Bart’s.
http://abcnews.go.com

Shanghai Disney Theme Park Gets Green Light
China’s planning agency okays Shanghai Disney project.
http://abcnews.go.com

The Ten Worst Things People Do On Airplanes
Eat fried chicken – Don’t bring it on a bus, don’t bring it on a train, and definitely don’t bring it on a place: smelly, greasy, messy food. Airline meals might suck for the most part, but we’re pretty sure that a bucket of chicken isn’t the appropriate carry-on option.
http://www.jaunted.com

Thanksgiving on Treasure Island
Thanksgiving evokes memories of cold weather and warm Turkey dinner, but here in Florida it’s a great time to go to the beach.
http://www.elliott.org

Hawaii’s Disappearing Beaches
Could Hawaii’s idyllic beaches soon be gone forever? According to the Associated Press, "geologists say more than 70 percent of Kauai’s beaches are eroding" and Oahu has lost almost a quarter of its shoreline. The devastation is occurring throughout the Hawaiian island chain and is a huge blow to a state whose largest employer is tourism–raking in $11.4 billion annually. Even worse, if this continues it would mean the destruction of many already endangered and threatened animals’ habitats.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Samoa Says It’s Still Beautiful, So Please Come Back
The pretty islands of Samoa have a had a rough time lately. As if switching from right side to left side driving wasn’t enough, the poor Samoans endured a tsunami in late September which killed close to 200 people, some of them tourists, and that meant a bunch of canceled bookings by future travelers. This is all not great news for a country with tourism as 25% of GDP.
http://www.jaunted.com

Cash In On Your Travel Disasters In ‘World’s Unluckiest Traveler’ Contest
Everyone has an adventure horror story they like to tell. The unfortunate reality, though, is that most of those stories are just overdramatic whining. Yes, it sucks you had to sit next to a crying baby on a Southwest shuttle between Vegas and San Jose. No, it wasn’t the worst flight ever.
http://www.jaunted.com

Yalapa, Mexico: Stand-up paddle surf workshop in paradise
Stand-up paddle surfing. The first time you saw it at the beach you probably exclaimed, “What is THAT?” Or you rushed right out, rented a board and tried it yourself. Stand-up paddle surfers (or boarders) have been in the Los Angeles Times’ Outposts blog in recent years for coming close to humpback whales in Australia [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Extreme excursions for thrillseekers
Sure, there’s always an adventure that’s more dangerous or more expensive, but adrenaline junkies without hedge funds still have plenty to chose from.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Best New Trips in the World: Hiking California’s Sierra High Route
CALIFORNIA: Thru-Hike the Sierra “What makes the Sierra High Route so unique,” says Ian Elman, owner of Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides, “is that it’s not a trail, it’s a concept.” That concept—invented in the 1970s by a guy named Steve Roper, who wrote The Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country—is to trace the highest points across the Sierra while staying above tree line and away from other hikers.
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

Itineraries: Some Rediscover the Benefits of Business Travel
While most companies have cut their business travel budgets, a few have decided to travel more, and are profiting.
http://www.nytimes.com

Leopard Seal Discovers The Hard Way That Nature Photographers Lack Basic Survival Skills
Via Neatorama, a story and video being conveyed by National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen in the context of his new photography book. Nicklen was in the Antarctic doing some filming and got “adopted” by a 12-foot leopard seal, which tried to feed him and teach him how to hunt. Twelve feet is a little over three and a half meters for our European audience, which is in turn “way too effing big to approach” for our rational non-crazy-photographer audience. Cute! Stupefyingly scary. But cute!
http://www.vagabondish.com

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