Tagged With "B.C"
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National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta (Where Gumbo Was #109)
Exterior Albert Vecerka-Esto & The Freelon Group-HOK We had some good guesses for this week's Where in the World is TravelGumbo, but believe it or not, no one offered the correct guess. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights opened on Monday, June 23rd 2014 in Pemberton Place, adjacent to the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola. This area is in Downtown Atlanta, just north of Centennial Olympic Park. The Center links the American Civil Rights...
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Florida warned: take action against future flooding
17th c. Castillo de San Marcos, guarding America's oldest city, may be endangered by rising waters. With all the jokes about earthquakes in California creating ocean-front lots in Nevada, it's easy to forget that things are changing in numbers...
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CheapAir.com Is First OTA in US to Offer Flights to Cuba
CheapAir.com announced today that it became the first online travel agent in the US to offer flights to Cuba in one transaction.There are some restrictions for going to Cuba for Americans,such as the need for Americans to have and claim one of...
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United upgrades Newark Terminal——including meals for miles
United and the company that manages its Terminal C at Newark have a new way for you to burn miles: You can now use your United Mileage Plus points to buy food and merchandise in the terminal. It's believed to be the first place to allow in-person use...
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Death Valley National Park
Death Valley is one of the most desolate place I have been. Others include central Greenland and the Dead Sea. Death Valley is the lowest place in the western hemisphere at 282 feet (86 metres) below sea level. The Dead Sea in Israel is 1,370...
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Gold Country, California: Auburn
Auburn is a town at a crossroads. Interstate 80 passes through from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the desert of the Great Basin and the nation eastward, and west to San Francisco. It was the main route migrants traveled coming west,...
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Yellowstone National Park in Winter
Seeing all fifty-nine national parks was never a dream of ours--especially not in fifty-nine weeks. We'd call it more of a whim, an impulse or an inspiration. Going to Yellowstone National Park in the winter was something we had...
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Back to Oaxaca: Xochimilco
PortMoresby finds her ideal neighborhood for a return visit to colonial Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Museums of Buffalo and Corning, New York
At the end of Jonathan L's recent trip along the Erie Canal, he found time to take in a selection of upstate museums, and he shares them here.
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Top 5 island destinations to revisit in 2017
Dreaming of distant oceans, white, sandy beaches, a Mojito in your hand, while a gentle breeze is just ruffling the waters lounging a few feet from your feet? Waking with the sounds of exotic beats trumpeting the air while you lie in a hammock, munch on a coconut and daydream the day away? Might be it’s high time to take a vacation. If you equate vacation with island , paradise and offline , stick with us. We know there are about seven hundred and forty one thousand articles on the best...
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Arctic Tern Colony, Long Nanny, Northumberland
Ian Cook shares a gallery of photos and detailed natural history of this fascinating bird, which has the world's longest migratory routes.
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May 11, 2017: Spring Ice Storm, Thunder Bay, Ontario
It's spring, and if you live in the Great White North, you never know what type of weather Mother Nature will spring on you.
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Svartisdal, Norway, Part 2
Bob Cranwell continues his tale of visits to the Svartisdal region in Norway, and some of the potential perils of hiking around this beautiful piece of geography.
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Dubai Marina: a Gallery
A lovely new cluster of skyscrapers built on what was once a stretch of sandy desert, it's hard not to be impressed with the vision of the people who constructed the Dubai Marina.
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Masca, Tenerife, Canary Island
Ian Cook's hike through a dramatic gorge on the Canary Island of Tenerife is featured today.
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Heading for Paris? Expect Metro work detours
Keep an eye on transit changes as Paris uses summer vacation time to get ahead of its transit construction projects.
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Now showing at an airport near you: Movies
A growing airport trend: movie theaters, mostly showing locally-made or locally-themed films. Portland, OR is the latest to get one.
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The Burgess Shale, Stanley Glacier, Kootenay National Park (Where Gumbo was #211)
Gumbo was visiting the fossil rich deposits of the Burgess Shale. These are at a newly discovered site in the Stanley Glacier basin of Kootenay National Park.
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Lanzarote: an Undervalued Paradise
Ian Cook shares a great photoessay and details of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands and a favorite of Ian's. It is a slice of underappreciated paradise.
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China's competitor for Boeing, Airbus nears flight
China's hopes of competing with Boeing and Airbus take a step forward as its first large commercial jet is cleared for flight testing.
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Small Museums of New York State
While driving across New York following the Erie Canal, Jonathan L had the opportunity to stop at some of the smaller museums that are often missed by tourists.
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Airbus, Bombardier join to save C-Series jets
Airbus and Bombardier partner to get around 300% tariff and assure airlines of a stable supplier. Earlier, Delta, with 75 on order, said it expects planes with no tariff.
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Abandoned Gofio Mill, Barranco De Guarimar, Gomera, Canary Islands
Ian Cook visits an abandoned Gofio Mill in Gomera, Canary Islands. Ian shares the story of gofio, a stable food in these islands, and the health benefits of this product which remains popular to this day.
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Swiss airline's Arctic adventure continues
A malfunctioning engine turns a routine flight into an unwanted adventure for passengers and a headache for Swiss International's engineers.
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Timanfaya National Park, Canary Islands
Ian Cook visits the volcanic landscape of Timanfaya National Park in Canary Islands, a UNESCO Biosphere Preserve.
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737 Special: Flying Fire Engine
Avgeeks will want to keep an eye out for these specialty 737s, modified as firefighting equipment.
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March Madness for travel sites
For sports fans who have run out of competition to obsess over, a British newspaper has provided a perhaps unintentionally hilarious competition.
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Echo of Rebellion: The Resistance at Christiana
A small Pennsylvania town hangs out a sign "Freedom Began Here," its proud memory of a moment when its name was known everywhere.
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Postojna Cave, Slovenia (Where Gumbo was #373)
Gumbo was visiting the spectacular Postojna cave in Slovenia. It's a beautiful cave, with an amazing assortment of dripstone formations.
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Nature and History: Great Falls of the Potomac
The Potomac River's spectacular falls just north of Washington are a pleasant visit, and the scene of important American history.
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July 26, 2020: Guambiano Indigenous Market, Colombia
Gilles shares a visit to the colorful market in the hill town of Silvia, Columbia.
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December 2, 2019: Randy's Donuts, Los Angeles
Vivie gets an incredible chance shot on her first trip to Los Angeles
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Union Square Holiday Market - Annual New York Tradition
Samantha and her husband spent some time in New York City last Christmas. It was magical and they loved walking around the Union Square Holiday Market. It is a New York City tradition.
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Ernest Hemingway Home, Key West (Where Gumbo Was #353)
Gumbo was visiting Ernest Hemingway's home in Old Key West. The home is nicely preserved including with original furniture, memorabilia displays and descendants of the author's six-toed cat.
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Airport shops to feature 'Grab and Go'
An Amazon technology that bypasses the cash register is about to get its first airport application.
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San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, Milan (Where Gumbo was #365)
Gumbo was visiting the beautiful church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore in Milan. The church is known for its many beautiful frescoes, and a magnificent space known as the Hall of the Nuns.
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Scenes from Death Valley National Park
DrFumblefinger shares some photos from a past journey to California's Death Valley.
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May 15, 2020: Lurs, Copenhagen
DrFumblefinger first encountered lurs—a type of ancient bronze horn—when he saw this statue of two lur players in Copenhagen City Hall Square.
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Calgary's Central Library (Where Gumbo was #346)
Gumbo was visiting the new Central Library in Downtown Calgary. A popular building, it opened to the public almost one year ago.
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The 'Strip District' of Pittsburgh
George G revisits a street he often went to with his parents when he was a child. He shares some observations on how it has changed.
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Glass Beach, Mendocino County, California
Glass Beach is more impressive than many reviews claim—see why!
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Huntingdon, Pennsylvania: Peaceful Holiday Getaway
Stephanie explores the historic treasures of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, including fantastic car and antique collections.
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France: Saving regional rail
France's second-string rail system doesn't have the glamor of the TGVs, but will now get new investment and upgrades.
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Airbus A220 fuels big Air Canada expansion
Air Canada is getting its A220s, and using them to 'densify' some routes and open others for the first time.
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A Final Walk in Tierra del Fuego National Park
DrFumblefinger explores Lapataia Bay. The southern end of the PanAm highway is located here, and the Bay is within a stone's throw of the Chilean/Argentinian border, a border that has long been disputed.
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Traditions at the Hallmark Visitor Center, Kansas City
Looking for a fun and free thing to do while in Kansas City? Samantha suggests the Hallmark Visitor's Center. It is fun for the whole family.
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Tamarindo, Costa Rica: Winter Heat and Beautiful Beaches
Jonathan L took a trip to Tamarindo, in Costa Rica, and enjoyed a wonderful beach vacation.
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The Subterrean Majesty of Carlsbad Caverns National Park
(Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico) There’s no easy way to get to the Carlsbad Caverns — it’s a pretty remote destination, in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico just north of Texas, and...
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NYC's Laguardia gets builder for new terminal
New York's Laguardia Airport, my favorite (but it don't get no respect) has taken a big step toward its major upgrade with the selection of a developer consortium that will design, build and operate a new terminal to handle double the passengers with...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 9, 2015: Peter Pine Daze, Yahk, B.C.
Situated a few miles north of the USA - Canada border, above the Idaho Panhandle, is the small town of Yahk, British Columbia. And I mean small -- few hundred residents at most. At the southern end of Yahk is an unusual building I've...