Travel News:
- Plane crashes are becoming all to common in Asia. Here is a story from CNN with a happy ending: Father’s Hunch Helps Save Toddler, Wife In TransAsia Plane Crash.
- Smarter Travel shares 16 Packing Hacks That Will Change The Way You Travel.
- NatGeo writes of a Pair of Ice Climbers That Are First To Ascend Frozen Niagara Falls.
- From Lonely Planet- A Canadian Woman Died After Drinking Ceremonial Tea in Peru.
- USA Today reports that Southwest Gains More Dallas Gates, Will Delta Get Booted?
- Fodor’s has a slideshow with the 10 Best Urban Brunch Spots In the U.S.
- The Worst Traffic In The World Is In… from Thrillist
- I could only imagine who is paying for this room… The LA Times looks Inside NYC’s Dream Downtown Hotel’s $5000 A Night Penthouse Suite.
- Travel + Leisure shares American’s Best Candy Shops in a slideshow.
- Budget Travel tells us about 14 Spectacular Hobbit Houses You Can Actually Stay In
- Find out about a Lady That Has The Worst Luck On Cruises from Yahoo
- Outside Magazine writes that The Fight For Public Lands Just Got Serious.
- Buzzfeed has 22 Retro Diners That Take You Back In Time. Pretty cool…
- In London, An Olympic Park Anchors A Resurgence from the NY Times.
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