Hitchhiking Still Rare Despite Recession

A few decades ago, hitchhiking was something of a rite of passage among American youth. Chip Peterson, who graduated from high school in the 1960s, well remembers hitchhiking’s glory days. In the ’60s and ’70s, Peterson hitchhiked an estimated 100,000 miles across the U.S. and Latin America. He even spent his honeymoon thumbing through Colombia and Venezuela with his new bride. "I can remember times you’d have to line up for a ride," says Peterson, "because there were so many hitchhikers on the road."

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National Geographic Lists Top 50 Scenic Drives

With another few weeks of summer holding out the possibility of an old-fashioned road trip, followed by the lure of leaf-peeping come autumn, consider planning a long scenic drive.

National Geographic Traveler is featuring 50 "Drives of a Lifetime" on its Web site at http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/drives. Traveler magazine editor-in-chief Keith Bellows picked these five as a representative sample from around the country:

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Top 10 Scariest Airports in the World

If you don’t like flying, please stop reading! Tourism-Review.com brings the Top 10 of the scariest airports in the world according to Travel+Leisure!

Paro Airport, Bhutan

This airport is located in Himalayas. It is in fact tucked into a tightly cropped valley. The mountains around it reach the altitude of 4,900 meters above sea level. Only specially trained pilots can maneuver the plane through a channel of tree-covered hillsides.

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How to Stay Healthy on Vacation

It is really unwanted that you or some of your team member get sick during the trip. If any one of the team gets sick, then the whole fun of traveling is lost. Also it becomes very difficult to find reliable health assistance in a foreign and unknown land. Hence, try to maintain some good habits while you are away from home, so that all of you can enjoy the outing to the heart’s content.

You should be careful of what you are eating. Wherever you visit, give utmost priority to the dinning location.

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Have You Traveled Green Lately?

If the answer is no, it is time to reconsider the travel options for the vacation that you have planned for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Usually “going green” is the last thing on your mind when you plan a holiday. The interesting bit about green travel is the ease with which it allows you to incorporate green in it, making it hassle-free for an expeditionist who prefers to plan months in advance or an adventurer who gets a kick out of impromptu planning. So why not contribute in greening of our Mother Earth by embarking on a green journey to your next travel destination, by following these simple tips?

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The World’s Most Beautiful Beaches

“The World’s Most Beautiful Beaches” – A strong competition to Maldives 

The beauty of Seychelles is hard to get over once you visit it. It is an archipelago republic comprising of 115 islands on the Indian Ocean, approximately 1,500 kilometers east of mainland Africa, and northeast of the island of Madagascar. Most people consider it to be as beautiful as Maldives, but in reality it is more charming than Maldives. Although Maldives has beautiful beaches, luxury hotels, and dense coconut trees, similar to Seychelles, the landscape that defines Seychelles is extraordinarily bewitching. 

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