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Ride the Trans-Siberian Express from your laptop

Now Google allows you to ride along on one of the worlds most famous trains, the Russian Trans-Siberia Express from Moscow to Vladivostok.  Google shows a window seat view video, in a second frame, a Google Map shows the trains location along the route and in a third area of the screen you can select audio, hear train noise, russian radio or the reading of "War And Peace". Google Page- Trains Official Website - Wikipedia   TB

Sunday Travel Sections

Below are several of the major newspapers that still publish a Sunday Travel Section and have original, not wire service feature travel stories.  I've selected one of the more interesting stories from each of these Sunday sections.  Did I miss one you think is worth following? Let me know.

LA Times: Foodie paradise in Berkeley

LA Times: In Panama, a taste of the tropics and a new state of mind

New York Times: Last-Minute Winter Getaways

New York Times: Stretching Winter: 5 North American Spots for Spring Skiing

Miami Herald: Yacht makes exploring a personal experience

Baltimore Sun: MSC Cruise Line: New kid on the block making waves

Chicago Tribune: RV lifestyle can lead to freedom

Sacramento Bee: Eat machaca, discover desert beauty, watch whales and meander in Baja's heart

Salt Lake Tribune: Ship packages put travelers on cruise control

San Francisco Chronicle: Maui eating places the tourists often overlook

The Oregonian: Idaho monastery museum recalls Chinese immigration

San Jose Mercury News: Retreat highlights Baja's wild side

USA Today: San Francisco hotel rates: Steepest, annual drop since Great Depression

USA Today: 10 great destinations that don't deserve their bad reputations

Website - 360FloridaKeys.com

 www.360floridakeys.com - Floriday Keys shown in beautiful 360º images both from above the sea and below.
 

Sunday Travel Sections

Below are most of the major newspapers that still publish a Sunday Travel Section and have original, not wire service feature travel stories.  I've selected one of the more interesting stories from each of these Sunday sections.  Did I miss one you think is worth following? Let me know.

New York Times: A Dutch Town That Nurtures Its Quirks

LA Times: Italy: Western Sicily, where centuries and cultures converge

LA Times: West Virginia: Peek into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum if you dare

Miami Herald: Away from the beaches lies a different side of Florida -- and it's quite a hike

Sacramento Bee: Beyond the World Cup: Must-dos in Cape Town

Salt Lake Tribune: Idaho: Hotsprings turn winter upside down

San Francisco Chronicle: An offbeat look at Scottsdale, Ariz.

San Francisco Chronicle: Anne Frank House tour moving, even to a cynic

The Oregonian: Travel broadens love of good, regional quaff  (quaff = to drink deeply. TB)

San Jose Mercury News: Find real Alaska in small towns

San Jose Mercury News: Winter a cool time to visit wine country

USA Today: Will the World Cup boost South Africa tourism?

Baltimore Sun: Virginia: Tours tell story of Monticello through voices of its slaves

Chicago Sun-Times: Vegas' new 'Viva ELVIS' falls flat

Romantic Travel and Vacation Ideas from Concierge.com

Valentines day isn't the only day to consider romance....  Conciege.com has a list of romantic vacation ideas guaranteed to heat things up!  Concierge.com Romantic Interests & Ideas

Top 10 Travel Web Sites | BNET

(BNET is a good site for business managers it is owned by CBS Interactive. TB)

Periodically, I’m going to be checking into how travel Web sites are performing in the U.S. and the world. This week, Experian Hitwise, which measures a sample of 25 million Internet users and 10 million in the United States, to figure out Internet data and behavior, ranked the top travel Web sites.* (Note: The top 20 travel Web sites included Google, Yahoo! and Bing maps as well as MapQuest, which for our purposes aren’t travel Web sites. So, I took the liberty of pulling out only online travel agencies, or places one can book travel, and travel-oriented sites.)

Expedia     3.39%

Southwest Airlines 2.19

Travelocity     2.12

Priceline.com  1.85

TripAdvisor    1.66

Orbitz    1.63

Delta Air Lines    1.28

Yahoo! Travel     1.22

Hotwire  1.21

Cheapoair.com   0.98

*For the week ending Feb. 6, 2010

via industry.bnet.com

Elderhostel is now Exploritas

- Is Now -

 

This happened last year, but I just saw something that reminded me of it.  They have changed the name and dropped the age restrictions.   Here is more information.

Sunday Travel Sections

Below are most of the major newspapers that still publish a Sunday Travel Section which has original, not wire service, feature travel stories.  I've selected one of the more interesting stories from each of these Sunday sections.  Did I miss one you think is worth following? Let me know.

LA Times: San Francisco vs. San Diego: Which is the better getaway?

NY Times: A Long Road to World-Class Fly Fishing in New Zealand

Arizona Republic: Your Travels: On safari with Masai chief

Chicago Tribune: Yurts cozy up wild Oregon coast

Chicago Sun Times: Wisconsin Dells one cure for the winter blahs

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Black History Month programs across Ohio

Christian Science Monitor: Volunteering at Yosemite is a natural

Dallas Morning News: Winter Olympics host Vancouver has fresh finds for foodies, too

Denver Post: New CityCenter megaresort is a high-stakes gamble for Las Vegas

Miami Herald: Cruise Special

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Kilimanjaro, Kibo!

New York Post: 9 ways to taste Houston (like an expert)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sedona, Arizona: May a force be with you in New Age hot spot

Sacramento Bee: Travelogue: Visiting the Canal Zone

San Jose Mercury News: Dog town: Carmel redefines dog-friendly vacations

San Francisco Chronicle: So you want to go to the North Pole?

Seattle Times: Volunteer Vacations

Tribune: Unusual Romantic Getaways

USA Today: Traveling with the Stars: Samantha Brown