One Bag is a guide dedicated to packing light. Travel with one bag (a carry on bag) and save time and hassle of checking in luggage. www.onebag.com
San Fransisco to Paris in two minutes
YouTube: San Fransisco to Paris in Two Minutes Incredible time lapse video of a flight from San Fransisco to Paris, condensed down to two minutes. A photo was taken roughly every two miles between take-off in San Francisco and landing in Paris CDG to make this airplane time lapse. To top it off the video […]
Live Air Traffic Control
LiveATC.Net provides live air traffic control (ATC) broadcasts from air traffic control towers and radar facilities around the world. Listen in real time to control towers communicating with pilots. www.liveatc.net
Is This Your Luggage
isthisyourluggage.com is the site of a photographer who collects lost luggage, photographs it, then tries to find the owners. www.isthisyourluggage.com
Bicycles and canals, Utrecht [Netherlands]
Amsterdam doesn’t have a monopoly on canals and bicycles in the Netherlands. Utrecht has canals throughout the city centre and it is also very bike friendly. [Photo by James Clark via Utrecht Photos]
Aurora Borealis (the northern lights) in Norway
Vimeo: The Aurora. Terje Sorgjerd spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. Shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park in Norway, bordering Russia, at 70 degree north and 30 degrees east. Temperatures around -25 Celsius.
The Eastern and Oriental Express – A luxury train from Bangkok to Singapore
YouTube: Eastern and Oriental Express When I think of luxury trains, one name springs to mind – The Oriental Express. Johnnyjet has put together a video of his experience on the Eastern and Oriental Express, which runs from Bangkok to Singapore. I met up with Johnny while he was on this trip in Penang (look […]
Sleeping in Airports
If you are on a tight travel budget or have a flight to catch at stupid’o’clock in the morning then why not consider sleeping at the airport. Sleeping in Airports was conceived by Donna McSherry in 1996 (older than Google, as the site points out) and features thousands of reviews of airports that readers have […]
The difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England explained
YouTube: The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained If you are not from the UK or you aren’t a geography buff the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England can be confusing. Sporting teams don’t help either, when Great Britain is the national team at the Olympics but in […]
Postcrossing
Postcrossing is a project that invites people to exchange postcards (real paper ones, not electronic) from random places in the world. If you send a postcard, you’ll receive at least one back, from a random postcrosser somewhere in the world. It is free to participate. www.postcrossing.com