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Travelling in Modern Day China Requires Cold War Era Secret Agent Skills [China]





If Kenneth G. Lieberthal were anything but a China expert at the Brookings institution, his travelling-in-China security procedures would read like the product of a paranoid mind that watched too many spy ...
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How To Land a Plane That's Missing Half a Wing [Video]





It's time to talk about the second letter in NASA: Aeronautics. Yes, NASA does mind-blowing things in outer space, but they also want you to get to your family reunion in one piece. NASA is making planes ...
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Reliving the details: Morocco

Atlas Kasbah, Agadir
Anticipating what is said to be one of the worst snow storms that Seattle has seen in decades I find myself sitting on the couch, waiting for the snow with a beer in hand and falling deeply back into the images from Morocco. I have s...
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DreamTraveler Power Bar Dock: Bedside Outlets Aplenty [Power]





Besides reliable internet, our most valuable commodity at CES was power. And after scrounging for working outlets for a week, I've got a soft spot for iLuv's new DreamTraveler power bar which can juice up ...
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Just How Rich Is the TSA Getting From Your Forgotten Change? [Tsa]





You thought your couch was finally paying off when you found a dollar between the cushions last week? Well according to NBC's San Diego affiliate, in 2010 the TSA made over $400,000 from change forgotten i...
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Bangkok cabs explicitly forbid German shepherds with hip...
Bangkok cabs explicitly forbid German shepherds with hip dysplasia, sex, and M-16 assault rifles.
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My favorite picture from Bangkok…a young monk...
My favorite picture from Bangkok…a young monk chillin’ on his phone, playing Zen Birds.
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Share The iPad Love On Road Trips With Philips' In-Car Screen Kit [In-car Media]





One iPad, one car, three passengers: big problem. Don't worry, though, because Philips has just launched an extension kit which lets you share your media around the car easily. More »

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grapefruit salad with sweet milk granita


In the weeks leading up to my trip to Morocco it was the tagines and fragrant spices that I anticipated. Thoughts of fatty, braised chunks of lamb studded with apricots and warming harissa made the days before I left move at a pace that would make a sna...
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kaga onsen-osaka
On the last day of 2011, we awoke to a beautiful sunny day.Apparently it had snowed the night before, so there were many slick spots on the sidewalk.There were several shrines that Satoshi was interested in visiting, so we gingerly made our way.Along the ...
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kanazawa-kaga onsen
The next day, we awoke to snow, sleet and hail.Breakfast for me were two doughnuts from Doughnut Plant (carrot cake with cream cheese and their black out (a very chocolatey doughnut).Both were very moist.Satoshi had two musubi (rice balls) and we both had...
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osaka-kanazawa
The last time we visited Kanazawa was in 2010 and it was just to pass time until our train connection.From Osaka, Kanazawa (which is in Ishikawa prefecture) is about 3 hours away.We arrived close to 13:00 and luckily we were able to check-in. After unloa...
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Greyhound Will Remotely Kill Your Bus [Factoid]





If you have it in your mind to steal a coach bus to make up for holiday expenditures, make sure it's not a Greyhound. Beyond the prospect of a beheading, the company can shut your joyride down from Greyhou...
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How you can choose reduced price life insurance plans
The right time for you to shop for life insurances policy is when an individual is still young and balanced, because this really is a single paramount affliction for gaining the most affordable fees.
Every so often, precisely precisely what is viewed as r...
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Free Airport Wifi Courtesy of Skype Over The Holidays [Video]





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Flying to Bangkok
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Gifts For the Perpetual Nomad [Gift Guide]





Whether they travel to find work, find relaxation, or just find themselves, here are ten gifts that will make the journey a bit easier for the perpetual nomad who considers the entire world their real home...
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Airport Kiosk Prints Custom Welcome Home Banners [Printers]





Portable devices might have replaced paper tickets, but holding up your smartphone to welcome home a loved one just doesn't have the same emotional impact as a large banner that can now be printed on deman...
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“Pee Soon” restaurant. Doing vacation research.
“Pee Soon” restaurant.

Doing vacation research.
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TripsQ will tell you how many miles you’ve traveled, thanks to foursquare
If you religiously check-in using foursquare whenever you travel, the app TripsQ will pull all of that information together to tell you just how much you’ve actually traveled. The data that foursquare collects is why I use it so much. I know that wh...
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Preserved lemons: to give or keep

Chicken tagine with preserved lemons and olives prepared at a cooking class at the Atlas Kasbah near Agadir.


It always seems to catch me by surprise. Before I realize it we have managed to find ourselves in the midst of the holiday season with tasks of...
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Day 3 and thanks



The coastal town of Essaouira. Famous for kite and wind surfing. One of my favorite stops on the trip with rich history, stunning beaches, vivid culture and friendly camels.
I’m thankful for the experience of a new culture. For the reminder to maintain...
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Six Tools to Survive that Holiday Flight [Toolkit]





After having to get up at 4:30am to catch that flight home, you checked your laptop bag along with the rest of your luggage. Dammit. What are you to do? Worry not! Here are six sources of instant entertain...
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Which Airlines Are Most Likely to Get You Home Late During the Holidays? [Travel]





I bet you're traveling home for Thanksgiving today, aren't you? A recent report by the Department of Transportation lists the airlines which suffered the worst delays and setbacks over the last year. I hop...
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A Satchel Full of Bun


Because traveling alone is infinitely inferior to traveling with two lovely bunnies in tow.
Via Cats and Stuff


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Argan Oil

A herd of goats eager to climb the branches of the argan tree

The room opens to reveal a half dozen women sitting around its edges using colorful carpets and blankets to soften the blue and white check floor on which they sit. Their ragged hands move in...
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How to Book the Cheapest Holiday Flights [Dealzmodo]






ThePointsGuy is an air travel mastermind. So he started a blog full of tips for getting the best flights at the best prices. And with Christmas lurking around the corner, he's here help you find a flight ...
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Morocco, Day 2

Mazagan Beach Resort



When I first came to Morocco I expected this to be an incredible opportunity for me to be able to say that I came. I didn’t have plans to return and didn’t expect to make any. By day three I was plotting my next visit...
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Your Daily Commute Could Be Hazardous to Your Health [Health]






Whether you're crammed into a trolley car or inching your way through crosstown gridlock, getting to and from your office can often be the worst part of the work day. Now, a new study suggests that some c...
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First Class Ticket: Social Travel Start-Up Gogobot Raises $15M in Funding at $70M Valuation

Gogobot, the social travel site, said it has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Redpoint Ventures.
Sources said the valuation for the Silicon Valley start-up was around $70 million.
Gogobot said it would use the funds to expand its business. Ba...
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From Plate to Page: Under the Tuscan Sun
  Getting a group of people under one roof for an entire weekend can be a tricky, if not an intricate matter. The dynamics need to be just right; the energy has to flow in all the positive directions and the synergy between the group must be cohes...
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Morocco, day 1
The door on my balcony sits wide open allowing the cool, unfamiliar breeze to come in and out of my hotel room as it pleases. Outside I hear the large waves crashing and lapping on the shore and that same breeze rustling the leaves of the palm trees that ...
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How to Make the Most of Airplane Wi-Fi and Never Pay Full Price Again [Video]






Getting online while on a long flight can mean the difference between a fun flight and endless boredom. That said, it can be a little pricey and doesn't always work as well as you'd hope. Here's how you...
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Beleaguered Flight Crews Could Soon Bunk With the Cargo [Travel]






Traveling in first class provides a welcome respite from the huddled masses in coach, but now flight crews have their own private place to escape from passengers in all classes. TIMCO Aerosystems designed...
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The autumn light and colors of Vermont
Ever since our time in Vermont this summer, I have been dreaming about returning. "You would love it so much", I told my dad over the phone. He loves nature like I do. Rivers and forests are where he feels most at ease, so I knew it would be a gift to him...
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How Google Street View Rides the Rails [Google]






As part of their partnership with UNESCO to provide virtual tours of the designated World Heritage Sites, Google sent one of their Street View trikes to ride the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland to capture...
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Gogobot Goes Mobile With New iPhone App

The innovative social travel site Gogobot is unveiling its Apple iPhone app today, which will give users of the service the ability to post from a location immediately and also to see where friends have been.
In an interview with me last week, co-founder...
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DeLorean Back From The Past With New Electric Model [Transport]






There will be plenty of jokes made about this one. 88mph, flux capacitors, fusion drives and so on. But the current license holder of the DMC name is serious about reintroducing the DeLorean, with an all-...
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There's No Such Thing As Too Many Handles on a Suitcase [Travel]






Unless you travel with just the clothes on your back, or have enough kids in tow to do the work for you, you'll probably be awkwardly wrangling a heavy suitcase in and out of taxis and through airport che...
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Click through and look at these rooms. Gotta go...
Click through and look at these rooms. Gotta go caveman.

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YOUR KINKY VALENTINE GETAWAY SUITE
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Have a question about travel? – ‘Ask a Nomad’ on your iPad
Q&A services are bubbling up everywhere these days, with Quora a strong leader. Unlike Quora however, the Ask a Nomad iPad app focuses on questions about travel and geographical locations.
The company behind Ask a Nomad, WorldNomads.com, focuses on tr...
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Exclusive: Pinterest Closes A New $27M Round With Andreessen Horowitz Valuing Start-Up At $200M
Pinterest, the infectious virtual bulletin board site, is poised to close a large round of funding — reportedly more than $25 million — with Andreessen Horowitz, which values the company at $200 million.
That’ll buy a lot of digital push...
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Bing Now Has Complete Airport Maps [Bing]






I've gotten lost at JFK Airport more times than I care to admit. But Bing Maps now offers full maps of airports so you make it to your flight without getting turned around. More »



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Trippy lets your Facebook friends help plan your next vacation
Planning a trip is difficult, there’s a lot of homework to do on places, especially if you’ve never been. There are a ton of books and of course you have Google to search for all of the cool places to go.
However, wouldn’t it be nice if...
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odds & ends
I know you thought I was done talking about France, but I thought I'd share some random things that I noticed or found convenient on our trip: If you get one app on your iPhone (not sure if they have this app for other types of smartphones), get this one....
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paris
The last time we were in Paris was on our honeymoon and it was for less than a day!This time around, I was excited to see more of the city and more of the food of the city.So, after a light hotel breakfast on our last full day in Paris, we started at Poil...
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versailles
The Palace of Versailles is yet another UNESCO World Heritage site and is about 30 minutes from Paris (if there is no traffic).The design of the town is thought to have inspired Washington D.C. to design its city like a wagon wheel too. Groups entering th...
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honfleur
About two hours from Mont Saint Michel is the maritime town of Honfleur.Between passing showers, we explored the Saint Catherine's church as well as many tiny shops. I bought a sample of soaps from Le Comptoir des Savonniers.They actually have several sho...
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mont saint michel
We arrived at Mont Saint Michel, another UNESCO World Heritage site, a little before 16:00, to get to the cathedral you need to climb up 190 stairs (I think).Even if you make it up to the cathedral, there are many areas through out where there are stairs,...
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