Today’s Cheap Travel Links post is brought to you by the letter ‘A’.
- A is for Australia, a continent-sized country that is renowned for its one of a kind geography and wildlife. It is a vast land that is home to beautiful cities like Sydney and Melbourne, while also laying claim to the world’s largest natural reef and the outback.
- A is for airfare. Unless you are the seafaring type you are going to need to fly Down Under. This is no easy task for most of us. Australia is a long way from just about everywhere and as a result ticket prices are usually in the four figures.
- A is for awesome. That is the only word to describe the current deal on flights to Australia found through United. We’re talking roughly $700 from Los Angeles to Sydney. It doesn’t get much lower than that.
- A is for act now. The deal only lasts until August 31, 2007. If you don’t take advantage of it you might experience another ‘A’ the next time you book Australia airfare – Anguish.
When you are an inhabitant of an island in the Caribbean during the late summer months you can’t help but to listen to the winds blow. It is hurricane season and that is a scary time to be surrounded by water. Just ask the people of Jamaica, who saw their island nation pounded by Hurricane Dean.
To get a feel for how people in Amsterdam live head to the train station. Next door to it you will see a large parking structure. Nothing unusual in that, except this parking garage isn’t designed to house automobiles. It is a parking garage for bikes. Hundreds and hundreds of bikes all parked in an orderly and tidy fashion.
Buenos Aires was originally named after the Virgine de Bonaria of Cagliari, Sardinia and it was first established as Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre. Those early settlers apparently liked their city names to be a mouthful!
If you grew up on the western side of the Iron Curtain you probably are at least somewhat intrigued by Moscow. The capital of Russia, to many of us Moscow was an exotic place that was a convenient setting for spy novels.
One of the wonderful things about living in the United States is that the country offers a rich geographic diversity. You can spend time in, say, New England or the Southeast and feel like you have traveled to another part of the world without having to exchange currencies or learn a new language. You can be a stranger in a not so strange land
If I were to hand you $50, what would you do with it? You could head down to the local pub and buy 10 really expensive microbrews or 20 cheap beers. You could head to the gas station and pump a tank of gas, assuming you don’t drive one of those tanks I see around town. You could also buy a 30-year treasury bond and hope that you live long enough for it to come to maturity.
In the past six or so years, Colorado’s population has increased by about 10%. What was once a sleepy state with mountains lauded in songs by John Denver is now a bustling place that continues to grow. There is a major reason why so many people are choosing to call the Rocky Mountain State their home. It is freakin’ beautiful. It really is a one of a kind place in so many ways.
Quick, what is the sixth most visited city in Europe. If you guess London, Paris, Rome, Madrid or Berlin, you would be wrong. Those are the top five most visited European cities. Number six is Prague.