Latest Blog Posts for Away.com Travel Blog

• Notes from the Field: Book Now for Tour de France 2010
  on Nov 25, 2009 in European Travel Holidays, Events, & Festivals Trip Ideas
  Spaces are filling up fast for Trek Travel's exclusive Tour de France 2010 itineraries, which will take place from July 3-25 next year. All of the provider's TdF Week 3 trips, which include the final mountain stages in the Pyrénées and finishing st...
• Letter from Whistler
  on Nov 25, 2009 in Outdoor Adventures Skiing & Snowboarding Travel News Travel Tips
  Away.com's resident ski blogger, Gerry Wingenbach, reports for duty in the first of his weekly posts of the 2009-10 ski season.
• Introducing the iPhone PicTranslator
  on Nov 24, 2009 in Travel Gear Travel News Travel Tips
  In response to every world-traveler's conundrum, iPhone has unleashed the PicTranslator, an application that can translate any high-quality text in 16 different languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Ita...
• The Dirty on In-Flight WiFi
  on Nov 23, 2009 in Air Travel Travel Trends
  Facebook, Twitter, Blackberry, iPhone, and WiFi… we’re a country obsessed. It’s everywhere, and the sky is no longer the limit. Airlines are quickly putting WiFi on their in-flight menus, making “I was 40,000 feet in the air,” an outdated...
• Hotel Spotlight: Saguaro Lake Ranch, Arizona
  on Nov 20, 2009 in Budget Travel Family Vacation Outdoor Adventures Places to Stay
  Arizona's Saguaro Lake Ranch sits in a tranquil spot just beneath the dam that holds back ten-mile-long Saguaro Lake. Downstream, the Salt River twists beneath the striking Bulldog Cliffs and Goldfield Mountains before flexing some mild Class I muscl...
• Sweden's ICEHOTEL Celebrates 20 Years
  on Nov 20, 2009 in Exotic Escapes Holidays, Events, & Festivals Outdoor Adventures Places to Stay Travel News
  The ICEHOTEL in Sweden celebrates its 20 year anniversary. Thirty-nine artists have been chosen to create this winter's hotel, including two Americans from New York City. They will have two and a half weeks to transform their design from paper to a...
• Burton Offers Free Lift Tickets and Lessons
  on Nov 19, 2009 in Skiing & Snowboarding Travel Gear
  Burton offers free lift tickets and snowboard lessons with the purchase of a new snowboard.
• Celebrating Soccer (and Cultural Exchange) in Africa
  on Nov 19, 2009 in Africa Travel Dispatches from the Road
  This past month in Nigeria, the FIFA Under-17 World Cup took place. The semi-finals saw Switzerland defeat Colombia, and Nigeria beat Spain. In the end, Switzerland took home the golden trophy, winning 1-0 in the finals on Sunday, November 15 in fron...
• Notes from the Field: Winter Adventures in Yellowstone National Park
  on Nov 18, 2009 in National Parks Outdoor Adventures Trip Ideas
  It's no secret that winter in Yellowstone National Park is a magical season; think quiet, snow-filled meadows and slopes, packs of wolves hustling across the valley floor, plus an absolute dearth of tourists. No, the secret here lies in the fact that...
• The African Renaissance Statue in Senegal
  on Nov 16, 2009 in Africa Travel Travel News
  I've never had a first impression of a country quite like when I arrived in Senegal. Towering over the capital city of Dakar is the African Renaissance Monument, a 160-foot statue depicting a man rising triumphantly from a volcano with his outstretch...

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