An interesting Business Week story is up today: “Arab protests send tourists to Europe, Costing region $7 billion” The headline is pretty self explanatory. While freedom, or the hope of it, has many people praying for a better life, they’re also losing out on the big business that once came their way. Really, it’s...
A civil war is breaking out in Libya — travelers beware. But when we started looking into the head of state there — the infamous Muammar Qaddafi — we realized we have no idea how to spell the crazed leader’s name. (This is the same guy who wanted to displace all of the homeless...
That revolution hangover can be nasty. But now that Egyptians and found freedom and are awaiting a new government to be installed, a lot of people are hoping tourists will return. Officials there estimate that the country has already lost more than $1 billion during the riots that everyone watched on television (and canceled...
Egyptian president/dictator Hosni Mubarak continues to act like that needy Valentine who can’t decide if he really wants to be in this relationship with his country. He’s staying, he’s going, he’s staying, now he’s gone. Multiple media outlets are saying that Mubarak has left Cairo and headed down to the resort town of Sharmelshiek...
Whoever said freedom wasn’t free must have been a travel agent. European tourist companies say they’re losing millions because people want their freedom in places like Tunisia and Egypt. Shouldn’t those people just go on living oppressed lives so these guys can make a buck. The British travel agency Thomas Cook reported that it...
Everyone is talking about it — the revolution in Egypt. Thousands of people are standing up to a dictator in Egypt and demanding he step down. War planes are flying over the prymids right now — and today, the U.S. State Department has finally issued a travel warning for Americans thinking about going to...
Protests continue to swell in Egypt as government forces clash with citizens calling for the end of President Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Much like Tunisia, the ground swell of opposition seems nearly inevitable that the government will collapse after the last rubber bullet is shot and the tear gas dissipates. According to reports in Egypt,...
The US State Department issued a travel warning Saturday to Tunisia — that little country in Northern Africa that’s having a hard time establishing a new government. See, the old one got over thrown, which may make an interesting movie, but not a great place to visit. Demonstrations have errupted in Tunis, the nation’s...
A four month, 7,500 mile vacation is one worth considering — the fact you’ll ride a bicycle across a continent, do a wheelie over the equator and show friends your self propelled trip on a globe makes it all that much better. Tour d’Afrique will take more than 100 riders through 10 African nations...
You can’t make this stuff up. A crocodile stowed away in someone’s bag on a flight over the Democratic Republic of Africa escaped, caused passengers to panic and the erupting panic caused the plane to crash, according to media reports. All 19 passengers and the plane’s crew died in the crash. The crocodile, which...
