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The World’s Happiest Cities

Ever since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared in the 1933 film Flying Down to Rio, the world has been fascinated with Rio de Janeiro. Popular perception of the city is infused with images of starry-eyed youngsters dancing into the dusk, backed by imposing mountains and dark sea.

That view has propelled Rio to the top of our list of the world’s happiest cities. Famous for its annual Carnaval festival (starting Feb. 13 next year), the second-largest metropolis in South America finished first among 50 cities in a recent survey conducted by Simon Anholt, an author and policy adviser.

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Vacationing in Hurricane Season

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With hurricane insurance, travelers don’t have to wait until the weather ruins their vacation to get their money back.  AS the first storms of the Atlantic hurricane season began to swirl toward the Caribbean last month, I was booking a last-minute getaway to my favorite beach in Puerto Rico.

Asking for it, you say? Perhaps. But it wouldn’t be the first time I visited a hurricane-prone destination at the height of hurricane season, which typically peaks in August through October.

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Top 10 Things To Do in the Rocky Mountains

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1. Hike a Fourteener – The Rocky Mountains are flush with good hiking. Several of the highest and best peaks are known as Fourteeners as their heights exceed the benchmark of fourteen thousand feet. Longs Peak, Mount Elbert and Pikes Peak are just a few in Colorado. Make sure you research the hike before you go. Many of them are intense!

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Be Wary of Exotic Foods While Traveling

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One of the worst things that can happen on a vacation is food poisoning. The traveler’s sickness, some call it, can ruin a perfectly good vacation and have laid up for days or even weeks in bed. This is especially common if you are traveling to an underdeveloped country. Here are a few easy steps to help you avoid the most common food mistakes that can make you sick.

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Hitchhiking Still Rare Despite Recession

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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

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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

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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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