Archive for 'Travel Blog'
Air Litigious
Posted on 05. Jun, 2008 by Kerry Banks.
Fly the Friendly Skies. Well, not always. A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways for more than $2 million because a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours. Gokhan Mutlu stated in court papers that the pilot told him [...]
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What A Wonderful World
Posted on 31. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.
We no longer need worry about remembering the names of the seven ancient wonders of the world. In case you hadn’t heard, that dusty septet has been replaced by seven new wonders, which were selected last year in a popularity poll. The seven wonders of the ancient world were first named more than 2,000 years [...]
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Gone Baby Gone
Posted on 23. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.
You have journeyed halfway around the world. Jet-lagged, dazed and dehydrated, you shuffle into the baggage terminal, looking forward to grabbing your gear, transferring to your hotel and hitting the beach. You take a place beside the carousel and begin to wait, and wait, and wait. Ever had an airline lose your bags? You are [...]
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The Big Layover
Posted on 20. May, 2008 by Kerry Banks.
On a recent international trip I was faced with the daunting prospect of an eight-hour layover in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Lengthy airport layovers can be a horrid experience for travellers, especially since they often occur between long flights. In this case, the layover was the filling between a jet-lag sandwich of two nine-hour flights, pushing [...]


