Right now, I’m cruising at 35,000 feet on a Delta flight surfing the Web with Gogo’s Inflight internet access. My flight has been delayed, and I want to tell my wife that she can pick me up later. And it occurred to me: I wonder if Google’s new “Call from Gmail” feature would work while [...]
Chincoteague, Virginia, located just a few miles south of the Maryland border on the Delmarva Peninsula, is best known for a children’s novel, Misty of Chincoteague, published by Marguerite Henry in 1947. Misty is a beloved pony. Beloved ponies provide the key to Chincoteague, and the local ponies, called Chincoteague Ponies, are essential to the [...]
I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. But I do make my living off of eating while traveling which, if I have my way, usually entails sampling a lot of street food. That said, I do take precautions, but sometimes the inevitable happens anyway. Back alley eateries aside, experienced adventurers know [...]
In this summer, you probably have a plan to do some outdoor activities with your friends like hiking or camping. Hiking and camping can be nice activities to do; you can enjoy a beautiful landscape and get fresh air every day. Before doing those activities, you had better prepare some clothing that would protect your [...]
Among the travel stories in this weekend’s newspaper travel sections, the following articles were especially inspirational. 1. Peter Frick-Wright writes a lip-smacking ode to the Cowboy Dinner Tree steakhouse in Silver Lake, Oregon in Portland’s Oregonian. 2. In an article in Melbourne’s The Age, Jewel Topsfield cruises down the Mekong, through Cambodia and Vietnam. She [...]
Dash off to St. Martin for a few days this summer, and you won’t be disappointed. You can pick up four nights at Le Domaine de Lonvillies for a mere $210 – the normal price is cut in half. As long as you head down there before August 31, 2010, you’ll pick up breakfast every [...]