Travel 02 (Jul 11 - Dec 25)

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World's most ridiculously expensive adventures

Your wallet may quail at the price tag of these wonderful adventures, but at least it's free to look.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, , a special tour allowing travellers a spooky, rare glimpse at the underwater wreck has been unveiled.

The catch: the price tag is so steep, you won't be holidaying anywhere else for the next 50 years.

Instead, for an armchair traveller's glimpse of this and other eye-wateringly expensive (yet spectacular) adventures, begin your journey here...

http://travel.malaysia.msn.com/photovie ... id=5679047

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Up to 70 people are feared missing after cruise liner ran aground off coast of Italy, Italian coastguard says.

Source: CNN International

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A Prayer for the Traveler

"May your trails be crooked, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.

May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poet's towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes, and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone ..

And down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightening clangs upon the high crags, where something more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you beyond that next turning of the canyon walls."

-Edward Abbey

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First, one ship sank. Now, others are coming down with a virus. Why bother ?

Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virus

(Reuters) - More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/ ... health1100

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Have you noticed that there's a lot of problems with Cruise Ships lately ? Is it because they are not regulated properly as they are always in international waters ?

An Italian cruise ship, the Costa Allegra, reaches port in the Seychelles, days after being disabled by a fire.


Source: CNN International

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no lah....wana claim insurance money lah...

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JFK Airport Baggage Scandal; 200 Thefts Per Day; Luggage Profiling

Think twice before you check your luggage at John F. Kennedy International Airport, says CBS News in New York:

Cash, jewelry, electronics and other valuables are being stolen from passengers’ baggage at a staggering rate...

Law enforcement sources told [CBS reporter Marcia] Kramer that thefts at the airport have increased at a staggering and alarming rate. There are now more that 200 a day — and that’s every day. Baggage handlers, jetway workers and even security people are all in on the ongoing scam to steal you blind.

“The belly of the airplane has become like a flea market for airport employees. They go in there and go through all the luggage unencumbered, unchecked,” JFK security lawyer Kenneth Mollins said...

Sources told Kramer that one of the things that makes the thieves so successful is that they engage in luggage profiling. They go after the most expensive luggage, but they also check out where you come from. So if you live in Scarsdale or Muttontown or North Woodmere you’re more likely to have your bags opened and possibly things stolen.

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/20 ... hefts.html

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How to survive long haul in cattle class By Faz Abdul Gaffa

It's hardly glamorous - much unlike the flashy Pan Am TV show that makes flying look like it's an absolute breeze.

Flying long-haul is excruciating and it cannot get any worse when you have to cross a few Oceans in economy class.

Here's how to brave and survive cattle class:

http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/inspirations ... ?cid=today

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Get to know the locals By Sarah Peterson

Wherever you go, locals are the key to finding out the best places to go whether it be for a nice dinner or to a deserted beach.

Befriending locals can bring you knowledge of all the secret places that most tourists dream of.

Take the time to talk to people and you'll get some good tips on where to go and end up learning a lot more about the places you visit.

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Pay up front by Thomas Madoe

If you’re looking to save some cash on your hotel bill, try paying before you go.

Some hotels, including some Marriot Hotels offer discounts of up to 50% if you pay two to three weeks in advance.

It’s called an Advance Purchase Rate and it can save you money!


Source: www.wisdomtips.com