Travel News:
- Lonely Planet shares the Top 10 best value destinations in the USA.
- Check out the Best photos for the month of July from National Geographic.
- Richard Branson wrote a piece on Virgin.com about how Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law was struck down.
- I saw this ridiculous story in a tweet from BBC News: A flight to Edinburgh had to be diverted when a drunk passenger attacked the crew with her prosthetic leg.
- USA Today reports that the EU has approved a €200 million bailout of LOT Airlines, Poland’s national carrier.
- You can Sleep like a king (or queen) at these castles for rent from Yahoo Travel.
- From NBC News: Listen to a heated exchange between a Delta pilot and air traffic control at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
- Skift says that Indonesia is sending Jackie Chan to China as a tourism ambassador.
- The only place where you can swim between two continents from BBC Travel.
- Newsweek writes of The Untimely Death of World Traveler Harry Devert.
Some recent posts from Michael W Travels:
- Plane hits truck while landing on highway
- Own a town in the U.S. for $1,500,000
- Plane makes tragic emergency landing on beach
- Now more can ride with UberXL
- Review: Diggerland, An awesome construction theme park
- Send your kids to North Korea for what???
- $127 for 3 bottles of water at a hotel
- A game for (Lufthansa) duck lovers?
- Restaurants with long line worth the wait
- Altering our summer plans due to MH-17 tragedy
- Amazing bars & restaurants underwater around the world
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