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Travel News from Twitter

"My happy place: Clingstone house" http://bit.ly/4AAGII

The Kopp-Etchells effect: When helicopters pass through dust storms http://bit.ly/R3sLm

"Waiter, There Is a Fly in My Soup (and I Have an iPhone)" http://bit.ly/moiQd

Video Games | The Beatles: Rock Band - All Together Now: Play the Game, Mom - NYT http://bit.ly/dLr2f

Virtual Vacations - NYT http://bit.ly/v6m7C

The secrets to Trader Joe's success http://bit.ly/e5Mur

Haggis and the Scots http://bit.ly/13JOIj

The Self-Storage Self http://bit.ly/yM5uT

The Big Picture: Two Mongolias http://bit.ly/XfD0A

Photos: Ascent of Mount Maliovitza http://bit.ly/YuBRc

Photos: Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2009 http://bit.ly/1Q5yGe

A Couple Takes a Cross-Country Road Trip by Van - NYTimes http://bit.ly/CD2Zj

A hot bear: A bear not beating the heat at the Omaha zoo http://bit.ly/4f12Ia

"Russian foodstuff" in pictures http://bit.ly/Qse6y

Sign language: http://bit.ly/E9SET -- Sign language, part 2 http://bit.ly/33ddqL

A lot of places in the Caribbean shut down in September because it’s the height of the hurricane season http://bit.ly/aN49b

Scotland has the coolest Parliament building http://bit.ly/1L8tPz

Five things you'll never see in a market in Palo Alto... But you will see in Mercat de la Boqueria http://bit.ly/32iDh1

Antoni Gaudi, like Steve Jobs, just saw the world differently from mere mortals http://bit.ly/3OQW00

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Apple Globe (fruit) http://bit.ly/RYm5P

Lessons and Impressions from China http://bit.ly/aprqK

Get Smart English - reading, writing, grammar, keyboarding links http://tinyurl.com/kvmhhg

Flickr set: Italia 2009 - 297 photos http://bit.ly/45zutl -- Flickr set: California - July 2009 - 267 photos http://bit.ly/Fy8yB

Photo: Perry Sandhills, Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia http://bit.ly/1f9s23

Images: Offutt Air Show 2009 http://bit.ly/6Qtj3

Video: The Beatles: Rock Band Game Trailer http://bit.ly/f7gKJ

The Guardian photos:
- Photo: Pelicans against the Perth skyline. http://bit.ly/SqPlX
- Photo: Dawn on the Sinai peninsula. http://bit.ly/meogh
- Photo: The San Blas Islands, off the coast of Panama. http://bit.ly/mnI8Y
- Photo: Baobab trees near Isalo, Madagascar. http://bit.ly/2lOTlc
- Photo: Stavanger's Pulpit Rock is surrounded by fog. http://bit.ly/3rP9JN
- Hotels with extraordinary swimming pools 1 http://bit.ly/ntoZz
- Hotels with extraordinary swimming pools 2 http://bit.ly/40jxXJ

How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World? http://bit.ly/2S6Elu

America's Most Stressful City? Chicago. See the Forbes' list: http://bit.ly/GUXX8

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Maira Kalman explains how everyone got to America. From the NYTimes like you've never seen it before: http://bit.ly/224hUZ

Video: Making Aussie Damper (bread in ash) http://bit.ly/8cjsM

Relatively speaking… about visiting relatives. Online edition of India's National Newspaper, The Hindu http://bit.ly/2FqnR

How a search for the world's most endangered animals turned into an agonising ordeal for Stephen Fry http://bit.ly/142qeY

Some amazing (and simple) shell art from The Nauti Lass - from the Eumundi markets on the Sunshine Coast, Australia http://bit.ly/lR6tk

A seasonal time lapse video, the Thames River in Komoka Provincial Park, west of London, Ontario, Canada http://bit.ly/3crnAf

42 Folding Bikes vs. One Car http://bit.ly/49ahVX

Rasmussen poll: 40% believe America’s best days are in the future, 45% say the nation’s best days have come and gone. Rasmussen poll: 72% say people who move to America from other countries should adopt U.S. culture http://bit.ly/1xMIlN

President Barack Obama sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office during a conference call http://bit.ly/1QDX6z -- Local fishing guide reacts as President Obama almost hooks a trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Mont. http://bit.ly/3a65ng

More than 12,000 of B-17G Flying Fortress planes were built during WW II. Only 9 are left in flying condition. http://bit.ly/pHCW8

Video: Reporter Passes out 3 times during an F-18 Blue Angel flight http://bit.ly/UbTc5 and http://bit.ly/19z0Ri

According to the World Tourism Organization, Americans take the fewest vacation days of any nation - just 13 paid days. Vacation days/yr: 13 for American, 42 for Italian, 37 for French, 35 for German, 25 for both Korean & Japanese workers http://bit.ly/4frIa

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Have you seen the latest BMW? http://bit.ly/to3r6

How a sewing machine works http://bit.ly/ZPgd6

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks lie side by side in the spectacular southern Sierra Nevada http://bit.ly/41Kz8G

Strange signs and bizarre translations sent in by readers on their travels. http://bit.ly/2I1yU
- Dangerous conformity http://bit.ly/46c74U
- Sensitive sign http://bit.ly/2pIPqy
- Itch relief http://bit.ly/1wNhUk
- Signs: "This way for sudden death" http://bit.ly/4pqa0q

Sand Sculpture Festival on Flickr: http://bit.ly/1ZzvlS

Hay Transportation http://bit.ly/rMk08

Australian Travel Photography by Darren Stones http://bit.ly/2UW3q

The Artist and His Model http://bit.ly/9lYvn

Photos: Secrets of Antarctica http://bit.ly/17XRuR

Next time you're sipping your favorite wine, examine the glass closely - thick and greenish comes from car windshields http://bit.ly/OsWXT

Health Advice from the Frugal Traveler’s Doctor http://bit.ly/Xeyac

After Century of Big Growth, Tide Turns in Florida: first population loss since at least 1900. Florida - a state that was booming and has been a leader in population growth for the last 100 years that suddenly has seen a shift. Florida grew from 2.8 million people in 1950 to 6.9 million in 1970, and by about three million people each decade after that. http://bit.ly/18qX8A

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Downtown Sofia: St. Sofia monument atop metro station Serdika http://bit.ly/13Lcjf

The gravity-defying Golden Rock at Kyaikto, Myanmar. http://bit.ly/bLjkF

Climbing on Buachaille Etive Mor, Glencoe. http://bit.ly/2MRRJR

Air France Concorde, resplendent in retirement. http://bit.ly/ezYdo

Brightly-coloured Burano Island, off Venice. http://bit.ly/Ka7AC

In pictures: cruising in Antarctica http://bit.ly/RY2mD

BBC has a very good three-part documentary series on the history and love of gold: http://bit.ly/d8qsj

11 Inspirational Image Collections http://bit.ly/1YD9Zr

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

NPR: For Early Man, It Wasn't Easier Being Green http://bit.ly/aXH3e

Meet Your Farmers: John Lee of Allandale Farm, Massachusetts http://bit.ly/16cbzE

Vertical farming: A Farm on Every Floor http://www.nytimes.com/2009...

The Big Picture: In flight http://bit.ly/13N9FV

1,000 CCTV cameras in London solve just one crime per year http://bit.ly/11r0TD

The tangled legacy of Jacques Brel - the most popular French language singer ever http://bit.ly/2i29Br

Videos from Qantas advertising campaign: I Still Call Australia Home http://bit.ly/QgeHC

Best of History Web Sites - http://bit.ly/llhih

Juvenile video of the day: A bunch of guys give a local news reporter a hard time.... http://bit.ly/2cRNz1

Taste Good Malaysian Cuisine http://bit.ly/eJqSl

"Poodle doodles: Dogs are transformed into pandas, horses and even snails in a barking mad grooming craze" http://bit.ly/pIJGz

World Tour: Peru Trip by By James Tarbox, MD from Cleveland Clinic (PDF) (page 4-5) http://bit.ly/eoQnq

A 1966 Beatles press conference in LA, on the eve of their very last live concert http://bit.ly/NvEro

News tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Bird(s) of the Week - Pelicans & a Sea Eagle - Merimbula, NSW http://bit.ly/hhHXB

Photographs from the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. http://bit.ly/K2ezX

Top Tips for Foreigners (Gaijin) Travelling to Japan http://bit.ly/1iYb1B

Ensaimadas: The Ultimate Taste of Majorca http://bit.ly/1tYaO5

Slideshow: The Lobster Wars - NYT http://bit.ly/HFQDE

Iowa State Fair Slideshow: Protecting the Pigs http://bit.ly/2eaJcL

How to grill a chicken on a Coors beer can http://bit.ly/V1hmS

NYT: Send In the Skinny, German, Juggling, Lederhosen-Wearing Clown http://bit.ly/15hThv

Faked Photographs: Look, and Then Look Again - NYT http://bit.ly/2qawso

Photos: National Geographic’s Treasures http://bit.ly/GxPqN

The moment 'Death Bay' teenagers were swept from rocks at a notorious tombstoning spot http://bit.ly/zFFtF - Luckily, all survived.

"Geography Fail." http://bit.ly/thCZu

Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel http://bit.ly/vL5JR and http://bit.ly/S4KE9 -- 30 years since the death of Jacques Brel: his life, his art, his legacy http://bit.ly/LbBfN

News tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Street signs:

False advertising http://bit.ly/GToOG

Hard Times http://bit.ly/3Alq8N

Thumbs down http://bit.ly/ucHyr

Warning http://bit.ly/hVGP2

Very alfresco http://bit.ly/Y63R0

They don't make 'em like they used to http://bit.ly/i3cZZ

Monumentally itchy http://bit.ly/WSzLj

News tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Top 10: Britain's most visited historic properties http://bit.ly/sLbVq

Costco Opening Day in Melbourne, Australia http://bit.ly/eRTMT

Flickr: Krushuna waterfalls, Bulgaria http://bit.ly/lJ1Ur

Exotic vacations may be closer than you think, CNN features "Pseudo-European" getaways http://bit.ly/trkvq

Cruising: Relics and rhinos on India's Brahmaputra river http://bit.ly/2mzU5v

Christian Moullec and his geese perform at the Shoreham Air Show. http://bit.ly/gKuAG

Online aggregation gone wrong: "An Experience For All Tourists" http://bit.ly/4EE4zp

Dramatic Reenactment: Fox 8 Cleveland reports on a bear in a lady's backyard http://bit.ly/RVzHa - Is this real?...:)

Man from Tonga had roasted his pet dog to enjoy as a meal with his family and friends http://bit.ly/xmY55

'Citizen Of The Year' Gets Prison Time http://bit.ly/XMG8N and http://bit.ly/4xJVq2

What you do when you car breaks down in South Africa: http://bit.ly/1Izm4e

News tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Video: In Memory of Les Paul, the clip shows Paul at 90, just a few years ago, living a still vigorous life. http://bit.ly/jN8xM

White House’s kitchen garden site revealed high levels of lead, had to add lime, , etc. to the soil to improve it http://bit.ly/RyOgf

Free Foreign Language Lessons http://bit.ly/B9sN

Top 10 Crasher Squirrels [Pics] http://bit.ly/p3udv

MIDNIGHT BEAUTY® (Sugrathirteen variety) is a proprietary black seedless grape by Sun World , introduced in the 1990's http://bit.ly/osMJ4

Man Who Listed Occupation As "Robbery" Pleads Guilty http://bit.ly/1ZFC0t - No wonder...

NPR Reporter's Notebook: Life On A Remote Arctic Fjord. Traveling to report a story on narwhals meant taking 3 planes and a helicopter to a small, remote town in Greenland http://bit.ly/2iFOg3

The Official White House Photostream: The hands of U.S. Secret Service agents as President Barack Obama shakes hands http://bit.ly/aMhNn

Touring Tasmania - Port Arthur, Hobart, Wine Glass Bay and Launceston http://bit.ly/125uPN

55 = Maximum weight, in pounds, of the world’s largest known seed of the double coconut palm, Lodoicea maldivica http://bit.ly/3JDHWg

Three Gorges Dam in China is the world’s largest, it has displaced at least 1.3 million people. 65 = Percentage of ocean-bound freshwater flow that is obstructed by dams. More than half of the world’s 292 large river systems are adversely affected by dams. Worldwide, 19 percent of electricity comes from hydropower. http://bit.ly/2igUTB

Margaret's Artisan Flatbread http://www.mjsfinefoods.com

Largest unbroken stand of Ponderosa pine trees in the world. http://bit.ly/4wrwRw

20 reasons why Victorian tourists had it worse than us http://bit.ly/jQmQy

Wiktionary, the free dictionary http://www.wiktionary.org in Bulgarian http://bit.ly/13mnj0

News tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

TIME slideshow: 150 Years of Central Park http://bit.ly/13gaOz

Badwater Ultramarathon is 135 miles through one of the hottest deserts in the world - 130 F in Death Valley http://bit.ly/100Ml1

Recipe: "Fried pickles....delicious!" http://bit.ly/iCZSR

TIME slideshow: World Leaders on Vacation http://bit.ly/Gj7ao

Sign language: week 61: It's all in the name http://bit.ly/11Lak0

Sign language: week 61: Cautious slip-up http://bit.ly/JN5OU

Sign language: week 61 http://bit.ly/BFnfn

10 things moving companies won't say http://bit.ly/121JvO

Photo: President Barack greets the family of newly appointed FCC Chairman http://bit.ly/x87kG

News tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

CNN: Are travel agents making a comeback? http://bit.ly/18Oeim
The Turning Torso building in Malmo, Sweden. http://bit.ly/2bPW6P
Champagne Pool at Wai-O-Tapu, New Zealand. http://bit.ly/7aIiN
Victoria Station in Mumbai (Bombay). http://bit.ly/TvS5s
Earthenware flasks containing rice wine in Shaoxing, China. http://bit.ly/10Kd7J
TIME slideshow: 150 Years of Central Park http://bit.ly/13gaOz
Recipe: "Fried pickles....delicious!" http://bit.ly/iCZSR
TIME slideshow: World Leaders on Vacation http://bit.ly/Gj7ao
Badwater Ultramarathon is 135 miles through one of the hottest deserts in the world - 130 F in Death Valley http://bit.ly/100Ml1
The truth about dollar stores http://bit.ly/RJp4s

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

5 Fun Family Vacations For Under $1,000 http://bit.ly/kj6HQ
47 trapped on 'nightmare' flight to the Twin Cities - StarTribune.com http://bit.ly/5wbz1
English and its Evolution: Change is constant. “Girl” once meant “a young child of either sex” http://bit.ly/K5E2s
Can Corals Survive In A Warming World? NPR http://bit.ly/QMSmz - Photo Gallery: Coral Life Of The Netherlands Antilles http://bit.ly/3GXI53
The incredible shrinking home: The size of newly built homes fell in 2008 for the first time in almost 15 years. http://bit.ly/BZm5R
The EPA Gives the Chevy Volt a 230 MPG Rating. http://tcrn.ch/4oM9

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Another selection of strange signs sent in by readers on their travels, by Telegraph.co.uk http://bit.ly/4nFKRw
See the World's Top 100 Wonders before you die, then try Top 1,000 http://bit.ly/oiXWt
Goats in the City: Urban farmer breeds goats and more outside her apartment in Oakland, California http://bit.ly/bvx85
@dreamingspires: Today at 12.34 and 56 sec, time & date will be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. 12.34:56 7/8/9 This won't happen again until year 2090.

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Cell Phone Tours at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo http://bit.ly/kHaH0
"Anglers mourn a carp called Benson, a "stunning" fish who would leave a long legacy behind" http://bit.ly/2qCes
CNN: From glaciers to volcanoes, New Zealand impresses iReporters http://bit.ly/15rZCg
Five Secrets Restaurants Don’t Want You to Know, by Gwendolen Fairfax http://bit.ly/bmAPn

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

A Solo Cross-Country Trip - How to do it tips from the NYT http://bit.ly/19vMSJ
Funny photo of the day: An experiment with bad results... http://bit.ly/cXKbC
Video: Omaha Zoo Shows off Baby Aardvark http://bit.ly/40I0Sr
Video: 7-yo boy stole family's car and took police officer on a 40mph chase http://bit.ly/MLMWe - Fast forward video to 3:10 minutes...
Send Gmail from another address without "on behalf of" http://bit.ly/BtXqW

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Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Air fares cheaper now than a decade ago, average cost of a plane ticket within the U.S. is $315 http://bit.ly/Hx5NE
Unlogged-into Hotmail and Gmail account expire after 9 months and unlogged-into Yahoo accounts expire after 6 http://bit.ly/KzIGe
WSJ: "White House 'Beer Summit' Becomes Something of a Brouhaha" http://bit.ly/1fJE6 - Aren't there more important issues?... :)
Paco Addiction: Argentina's Ongoing Struggle http://bit.ly/l39pA
How flight attendants deal with life on board: flight attendants' top pet peeves http://bit.ly/134UXM
How Bar-headed Geese Get Enough Oxygen Flying Over Himalayas, sometimes at 30,000 feet http://bit.ly/LW4ac and http://bit.ly/zfeRy
One Star Pound (1 * #) Bypasses Needless Voicemail Instructions http://bit.ly/VIWi8
Hard to believe: "Central Park horror (a rotting branch snapped off a tree) leaves Google engineer in coma" http://bit.ly/U8oqy

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

TIME Top Photoessays: Urban Farming Around the World http://bit.ly/KWze8
"23 Breathtaking Moments And Ideas Captured By Photographers" http://bit.ly/Zx1nb
Photo: Chinese Vice Premier holds the autographed basketball given to him by President Obama http://bit.ly/4dLnzO
Harvest time at Britain's largest lavender farm http://bit.ly/Lu0vl
Picture galleries: The strangest items left in hotel rooms http://bit.ly/adz4f
Funny picture of the day: Best babysitter? http://bit.ly/12uEXj

Travel News from Twitter

From my Twitter account:

Video: Where is Matt? (2008) - 42 countries, and a cast of thousands http://bit.ly/t0cAV
The Big Picture: Stories from Israel, Tanzania and Malaysia http://bit.ly/3jCuah
How to Create a Walking Tour with Google City Tours http://bit.ly/JXLD3

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