After two Champions League semifinal first leg matches between four of Europes biggest clubs, we have two draws. Tuesday at Anfield, Liverpool jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Dirk Kuyt’s goal just before halftime only to give it away in injury time with a brutal own goal by John Arne Riise. That allowed Chelsea […]
Fuerzabruta
April 23, 2008 by 1 Comment
I am not much for shows, Broadway or not, but recently I checked out the Argentinian show Fuerzabruta from the creators of the previous hit De La Guarda. It was awesome. It was actually perfect. It was only an hour long. It was really fun, cool and there was no talking. You and the rest […]
Visa Headaches for the Stans
April 22, 2008 by 5 Comments
If you’ve traveled around a bit especially in the developing and formerly Soviet world, you have surely run into issues with getting visas. I am exploring the possibility of going to the Stans (Central Asia) this summer. I am starting to look at the option now because of all the beaurocracy you have to deal […]
Top 5-Islands I Wish I Was on Right Now
April 22, 2008 by 5 Comments
1. Fernando de Noronha, Brazil 2. Isle of Capri, Italy 3. Ko Phangan, Thailand 4. Beachcomber Island, Fiji 5. Zanzibar, Tanzania
Random Stuff…
April 21, 2008 by 2 Comments
I am exhausted today and can’t really think of anything good travel related to write about so I thought I would share a bunch of things on my mind, some funny, some serious and some having nothing to do with anything.
Mexicana to Join One World Alliance
April 18, 2008 by 2 Comments
After all of the recent airline turmoil especially among American Airlines, a charter member of the one world alliance, they finally have some good news. It was just announced that Mexicana will be joining the alliance as a full member in 2009. This will expand the alliances network by 24 destinations within Mexico and several […]
MTV Casting Call
April 17, 2008 by 6 Comments
This is my first ever public service (or disservice) announcement on this site but my sister Alix works for MTV and they are looking for people who fit the following bill to be on an MTV show. If you are interested or know somebody who fits the bill then please respond to the email address […]
The Delta-Northwest Merger
April 16, 2008 by 2 Comments
Not to get too much into the financial viability of this merger agreement but focusing on what this could mean to travelers, I believe this is a bad sign for the airline industry and for the choices that we as paying customers have with the airlines. It started several years ago when American swooped up […]
