Never wanting to be one to be unprepared when I travel, I always like to know what the weather is likely to be at any new destination. So prior to setting off for Prague in the Czech Republic last week I checked the weather data on WhereWhenWhy. Seven degrees celsius average temperature in April sounded […]

An intriguing site that has come to my attention lately is grief-tourism.com a site that has dark tourism, battlefield tourism and dead celebrity tourism as it’s central themes.
It’s all about tourism to the sites of tragedy and evil — Ground Zero, Holocaust sites like Auschwitz and infamous places such as Strawberry Fields & the Dakota […]

Back in September, I speculated, Some hand luggage sense at last? when the restrictions on what can be carried as hand luggage started to be eased.
Now I read on http://www.wherewhenwhy.eu/ that liquids are to be allowed on flights - seems sensible, but on reading further, this is to be limited to…
100ml containers carried in […]

writeabout.us is a site that has one of those ‘ah, wish I’d thought of that’ ideas going on.
Basically, you write about them on your site (like this) and in return get a link from their site to yours…a million dollar, travel pixel, home page mashup type scenario…
So this is me writing about them…and now you […]

An article on the BBC news this morning gave me pause to think. It was regarding the threat of mass tourism to the fragile ecology of the Galapagos Islands (off the coast of Ecuador for the initiated.)
Basically, cruise ships have begun to visit the waters around the islands and those concerned with protecting them are […]

Perhaps at last we are getting back to some kind of normality for travellers from UK airports?
“This is a sensible step forward that takes full account of the security threat level while making life easier for our customers.” ~ BA spokesperson

From Friday 22nd September 2006, passengers will be able to take one piece of luggage, […]