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Activity Holidays, the Future Is Here

Unfortunately, only the thought of going to a place where most of the time I would go to a beach bores me to tears. Not even the fact that I could use hotel points makes it better. So I have made a decision to learn something during my vacation even if it might cost more. I have been doing some research (nice term for using Google) and there seems to be a plethora of sites for activity holidays (I would have been very surprised not to). Some of these sites that I have come across: www.travel-quest.co.uk “Travel-quest is a human edited specialist travel directory, each entry is checked and reviewed by an experienced editor. We list adventure and activity holidays, vacations, trips, tours, residential courses and weekends away in the UK, throughout Europe, in the USA, North America and world-wide – try us for sports, action, culture, crafts,…

Canadian Budget 2012 Proposal – New Travellers’ Exemption Limits

It was supposed to be an austerity budget and it is except this part that will reduce the federal budget by $13 million in 2012–13 and by $17 million in 2013–14 but they say: “This measure will facilitate cross-border travel by streamlining the processing of returning Canadian travellers who have made purchases while outside Canada.” The budget…

Muphry’s Law

Yes there is such a law (different from Murphy’s law) and a post of one my fellow bloggers BLOG ADMIN: A message to the grammar checkers out there ‘inspired’ me to write this post. Muphry’s Law: “…. if a mistake is as plain as the nose on your face, everyone can see it but you. Your…

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Future of Hotel Construction: 30-story Hotel Built in 15 Days

A 30-storey hotel in Changsha, China, went up in two weeks, reports the Los Angeles Times. “In early December, Liu Zhangning was tending her cabbage patch when she saw a tall yellow construction crane in the distance. At night, the work lights made it seem like day. Fifteen days later, a 30-storey hotel towered over…

Time Change

When I travel I rarely get a good night sleep and the daylight savings time compounded the issue. My plan was to go to bed at around 10:30 PM and wake up at 5:30 AM to go to the gym. However, 10:30 would have been 8:30 back home and actually 7:30 due to the time…