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Gadlinks for Monday 5.8.09

by Brenda Yun on Jun 8, 2009

This Monday brings some wacky travel posts around the web, as well as some practical tips for summer trips.

My True Slant friend, Jeff Koyen, offers up a hilarious list of the world’s worst cruises. Believe it or not, a Twilight cruise is set to sail from Seattle to Alaska in August 2010.
What is a sexy beach? Thomas Kohnstamm for Forbes Traveler tells us it’s a combination of sea, sand, and skin and offers up his list of the world’s sexiest beaches.
Just a few of Hawaii’s beaches made it onto that list of sexy beaches, but one thing on World Hum’s Pam Mendel’s mind is what value a “Made in Hawaii” label really has and what it really means.
Summer means seafood, and what better crustacean is there than the Maine lobster? I became a vegetarian one summer when I boiled a live lobster and heard it screaming at me, but if you don’t have a conscience and are driving up the New England coast, try one of Travel + Leisure’s best lobster shacks in Maine.
If you are a vegetarian, though, then you’re already a far “greener” traveler. If you want to be even more environmentally conscious as a traveler, read up on BootsNAll’s beginner’s guide to green travel for tips on the growing eco-friendly travel rage.

‘Til tomorrow, have a great evening.

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Gadlinks for Friday, June 5

by Aaron Hotfelder on Jun 5, 2009

Here’s a quick look around the travel landscape:

Cracked brings us The 10 Coolest Foreign Words the English Language Needs. I’ve always loved the French expression, esprit d’escalier, which literally means, “the wit of the staircase.” Said when you think of a great comeback just a moment too late… Ain’t that always the way?
On the record, TSA workers throw away all that expensive stuff they confiscate. Off the record? Not so much.
Bootsnall suggests “7 Reasons Why Traveling With Your Parents Isn’t a Bad Idea,” including the fact that, hey, they pay for stuff!
Some of the most beautiful photos from Africa you’ll ever see.
Rolf Potts chats (in English) with Romanian travel-TV personality Razvan Marc.
Vagabondish points us to the Six Creepiest Abandoned Places in the world. Check out the especially spooky Hellingly Asylum in England. Robert Brockway writes: “I would honestly be surprised if you weren’t grabbed by the multi-headed corpsebeast of the long-dead madmen whose identities (partially erased by electro-shock therapy) have merged over time into a writhing ball of madness and terror.” Sounds lovely!

Have a great weekend, Gadling faithful!

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Twenty years ago today, on June 4, 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement. Hundreds – possibly thousands – of people died. This video of Tank Man remains one of history’s most iconic moments.

…and today we have a good collection of Gadlinks. Check these out:

In related Tiananmen Square remembrance news, The Week reports that China is trying to censor the public’s use of Twitter and other social media today, thereby controlling the information distributed online about this historical day. As expected, people are not too happy about this and are finding ways around it.
Don’t you love cloud formations that resemble life in some way? Is it a bird, is it a plane? Open Travel calls them “whales in the sky.”
My cinema girl Eva reports a “Where’s Waldo” film is in the making and astutely connects Waldo’s wanderings to World Hum’s 2009 Traveler of the Year, Matt Harding.
Summer is here! I know we all want to trim our waistlines, but at least once this season you can binge a little, right? On RC Cola, clams, garlic, pierogi, or lobster, perhaps? BootsnAll offers a great list of summer food festivals to indulge ourselves in.

‘Til tomorrow, have a great evening.

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Gadlinks for Wednesday 6.3.09

by Brenda Yun on Jun 3, 2009

Welcome to Gadlinks! This is the inaugural post of what will be Gadling’s daily trip around the travel blogosphere. Aaron and I will be bringing you the newest and coolest travel news, updates, anecdotes, and insights from the world wide web. Just think of us as your very own travel link forum. You can count on us every weekday evening. Who needs the morning paper when you have Gadlinks?

Hooray for Hump Day! There’s plenty to be thankful for when it comes to our midweek travel news.

V Australia is now teaming up with Virgin America to offer seamless cross-Pacific travel. As if Virgin wasn’t cool enough for introducing bringing the hip RED entertainment system as well as fleet-wide WiFi to the skies.
Barefoot Wine and Surfrider Foundation are calling for a fleet of summer beachgoers to volunteer at cleanup and restoration events across the country to help make U.S. beaches “barefoot-friendly.” This summer, they hope to rescue, renew and restore 25 beaches. Check out these dates to participate in a beach cleanup near you.
The Pulitzer Center recently announced a partnership with iWitness, bringing readers and viewers even closer to important global news, politics, and crisis reporting.
Times are tough for travel. That’s why Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday that entrance fees at 147 national parks and monuments will be waived for three weekends this summer. The weekends are June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16. Free? Really? You’ll know where to find me.
If you’re seeking some heart-pumping fun on your travels, you might consider one of Budget Travel’s nine breathtaking summer thrills.
Still have room (or the stomach) for dessert? Try one of fifteen sweets you should try on the road, brought to you by BootsnAll Travel.