September 2007
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Sat 29 Sep 2007
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Carry an Unactivated Credit Card While Traveling Abroad To Avoid ID Theft
By using an unactivated credit card, you??ll have the plastic to show but won??t have to worry about a shady car rental employee from buying a Prada bag with your Visa. Just make sure to peel off the activation sticker before you hand it over.
Practice While Learning A New Language On LiveMocha
New language learners you can now practice your skills with other student on LiveMocha. The free website lets registered users take language lessons, test their skills, or be tutored from other fluent speakers.
Cut Through Visa Red Tape
Budget Travel has come up with a list of countries Americans need visas to travel too and the best ways to obtain them.
Unusual Foliage Tours and Adventures
Peter Greenberg writes that New England is not the only place in the US to enjoy the fall leaves, you just have to know where to look.
Find The Places To Workout At Away From Home: Athletic-Minded Traveler
Athletic-Minded Traveler provides health-minded subscribers with the costs and distance of the nearest swimming pool, vegan restaurant, or jogging path in cities across the US and Canada.
Fri 28 Sep 2007
Those of you who live in Toronto or San Diego can get detailed information on the best places to eat, run, and workout on the road.
Athletic-Minded Traveler provides health-minded subscribers with the costs and distance of the nearest swimming pool, vegan restaurant, or jogging path in cities across the US and Canada.
Registration to Athletic-Minded Traveler costs $2.95 per month, or $19.95 per month. The site offers San Diego and Toronto for free. Does anyone know of free ways to stay fit on the road?
Fri 28 Sep 2007
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Be Lazier writes:
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Fri 28 Sep 2007
CNN offers up 5 ways that you can stay in shape while on the road for business, or otherwise.
It’s good advice (and mostly common sense) to keep your gym gear with you and workout before that morning meeting.
Your home gym membership may allow you to work out at affiliated gyms across the country. YMCA members usually are welcome at other Ys, sometimes for free.
Even if your gym does not have branches in other regions, some health clubs will welcome members of other clubs that belong to the same professional organizations.
To fight traveler’s weight gain you should always keep emergency healthy food with you, squeeze your abs for 20 second an hour, and get your sleep.
Fri 28 Sep 2007
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The world averages for height differ by nation. In general, the average height of a country indicates the overall nutrition and health.
Find out where you stand in the world human height averages.
So, short is relative.
Fri 28 Sep 2007
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Notice that the definition of “short” according to this Wikipedia entry is around 5ft (152cm) tall.
Thu 27 Sep 2007
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Established on September 27, 1980 by the World Tourism Organization, World Tourism Day aims to promote,
?…display awareness that tourism is vital to the international community and to show how it affects the social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.
WTD is hosted in Sri Lanka and this year’s theme is “Tourism Opens Doors for Women”.? Do you think so?
Thu 27 Sep 2007
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Peter Greenberg writes that New England is not the only place in the US to enjoy the fall leaves, you just have to know where to look.
They don??t call it Aspen for nothing. Located high in the Rocky Mountains, Aspen, Colorado is awash in golden yellow in the month of September. The area is known for its quaking aspen trees and white-barked aspen trees, mixed with the rich hue of the evergreen trees. [Fall is] even better, because this is shoulder season for the ski resort, hotel rates drop as much as 50 percent (starting at $100 per room per night) and restaurants offer discounted menus.
If you’ve missed the mid-September Aspen foliage season, you can head north to Nova Scotia (end of October), Napa Valley, Illinois, or North Carolina. The changing colors of leaves vary each season so make sure to check the peak time for your area.
Thu 27 Sep 2007
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Not the Russians.
Wed 26 Sep 2007
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Budget Travel has come up with a list of countries Americans need visas to travel too and the best ways to obtain them.
For example, Kenya: Get a visa for $50 (U.S. cash only) at the airport upon arrival. Forms are available at the airport.
For some other destinations (Brazil, China, Russia) it may be best to hire the services of a professional to avoid any complications. I’ve been to several places off the beaten path and in most cases you can do it yourself.
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