June 23rd, 2008 at 12:24pm
Under Overland travel+ Short breaks+ Travel tips
These Personal Valet pouches look really useful for anyone who travels a lot. I found them on ThisNext.
I’ve never seen anything like this on sale before - maybe I just never looked, lol. But if you’re already on your travels you can use those plastic shopping bags they give away in big stores in Europe in the same sort of way. Not so good, because you can’t see what’s inside without opening them up, and they aren’t labelled either, but it does work. These see-through bags do look really useful, though.
Technorati Tags: travel accessories
By frann
May 1st, 2008 at 11:16pm
Under Overland travel+ travel news
It’s not that long ago that I was reporting on the bus which crashed in Ecuador, killing 5 British passengers on their way to start the volunteering portion of their holiday of a lifetime. Now another fatal accident has claimed the lives of “at least nine” out of a group composed mainly of North American and European tourists, this time in Egypt.
There seems to be little to connect these two events, less than 3 weeks apart, except for the one thing: both involved bus travel on roads in far-flung places. Places where, for argument’s sake, perhaps road safety is not such a priority as we have come to expect back home.
I do want to extend my sympathy to the families of those killed, and hopes for the speedy recovery of those injured.
But what can one say after that? Well, basically, I think it would be best to try and travel by train, by air, anything but by bus if you’re going outside the safe confines of home. This is a shame, because bus travel is always cheaper - but saving a little cash at the risk of your life is not the best thing to do.
So, if you were planning a trip by bus so as to get to somewhere you otherwise might not be able to afford to go, maybe you should take these two terrible tragedies into account and either save a bit longer or go somewhere easier to reach.
Technorati Tags: bus crash egypt, bus travel, travel news
By frann
April 10th, 2008 at 03:04pm
Under Adventure+ Overland travel+ Train tickets+ travel news
More than 50 years ago, it was possible to travel from India to Bangladesh by rail. This route was closed after increasingly fierce clashes between the mainly Muslim Bangladeshi population and Indian Hindus.
But now the line is set to reopen, after an agreement was signed today by Bangladeshi Communication Secretary, Mahbub ur Rahman and India’s High Commissioner in Bangladesh, Pinaki Ranjan Chakravarty. Tickets for the “Friendship Train,” as it has been called, are on sale for journeys starting from 14th April, the Bengali New Year.
Source: Earth Times
Technorati Tags: india to bangladesh, indian railways, rail tickets, Train tickets, train travel
By frann
