http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/travel-blog.html Travel blog From Tripzs Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:49:13 GMT en-us http://www.tripzs.com/images/blogs/travel-blog-38910.jpg http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/travel-blog.html 120 90 http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2011/winter-wonderland-of-new-york.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2011/winter-wonderland-of-new-york.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:49:13 GMT New York City could be one of the most beautiful places to visit during the wintertime. With so many tourist attractions, seasonal events and landmarks, spending the winter in this city will prove to be rewarding. Whether you want to enjoy the time outdoors skating at Central Park or looking at amazing window displays, or enjoying the indoor festivities at Radio City Music Hall, there is never a shortage of things to do during the wintertime in New York........ ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2011/top-5-reasons-to-visit-goa.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2011/top-5-reasons-to-visit-goa.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:49:13 GMT Goa, India is one of the top destinations in the world, but people will travel here for different reasons. The area is most known for its beaches, but there are many exciting and interesting things to do while on a vacation to Goa. Whether you are looking for an indoor or outdoor activity, you will find many options on your trip. Goa is full of history and culture and there is always something to do that will amuse the entire family. ....... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2011/things-to-do-in-paris-in-the-springtime.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2011/things-to-do-in-paris-in-the-springtime.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:49:13 GMT Paris is a magical place during the spring, where romance and beauty collide with culture and history. It’s the stuff movies and postcards are made from. Very few cities in the world offer the number of glamorous boutiques, architectural excellence, and the large number of museums that Paris has. Springtime is the most popular time to visit Paris as the city is painted with the colours of apple and cherry blossoms, daffodils, and lush greenery. As the warmer weather rolls in, so doesn’t the liveliness of the city. ....... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2011/feeding-the-koi.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2011/feeding-the-koi.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:49:13 GMT Feeding time at the koi pond of a hotel in Kauai, Hawaii.



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(thanks Cora) ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/cathedral-provincial-park.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/cathedral-provincial-park.html Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:08:24 GMT Last week, I visited British Columbia"s Cathedral Provincial Park for hiking, photography, and botanizing. Though I"ve yet to identify anything rare in what I photographed, it was a pleasure to visit the area for both the scenery and the sheer diversity of flora and fauna. I"m estimating, but I"d guess at least a hundred different plant species were in bloom, including mass displays of Lupinus, Valeriana & Arnica in the subalpine and, only hinted at in the bottom of this photograph, the yellow-flowering Dasiphora fruticosa (nee Potentilla fruticosa) at or above ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2010/keep-the-boom-from-the-room.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2010/keep-the-boom-from-the-room.html Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:23:55 GMT With summer travel season hard upon us, specialists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped create two new standards* designed to increase safety as we rush from gate to gate in crowded mass transit centers. Their efforts will help to fortify against potential bomb threats in the nation's transportation centers........ ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/happiness-is.....html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/happiness-is.....html Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:23:55 GMT It takes more than a vacation to make people happy. Indeed, vacationers tend to be happier than non-vacationers in the lead up to their break, but once they are back, there is very little difference between the two groups' levels of happiness. These findings¹ by Jeroen Nawijn from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences and his team are published online in Springer's journal Applied Research in Quality of Life.Research to date suggests that vacations are linked to many positive feelings. Jeroen Nawijn's study sets out to answer four questions. Firstly, are vacationers happier than non-vacationers? Secondly, does a trip boost happiness? Thirdly, if a trip does boost happiness, how long does this effect last? And lastly, what are the roles of length of time away and vacation stress?The author assessed how vacations impact happiness among 1,530 Dutch adults, 974 of whom took a vacation during the study period. In particular, Nawijn looked at differences in happiness levels between vacationers and those not going on vacation, as well as whether a trip away boosts post-trip happiness. Jeroen Nawijn observed that those planning a vacation were happier than those not going away, and suggests that this appears to be due to their anticipation of the break. Following a trip, there was no difference between vacationers' and non-vacationers' happiness, unless the time off was very relaxing, in which case the slightly increased happiness was especially noticeable in the first two weeks back. The effect wore off completely after eight weeks. The author explains that it is not surprising that trips do not have a prolonged effect on happiness, since most vacationers return to work or other daily tasks and therefore fall straight back into their normal routine fairly quickly.Jeroen Nawijn concludes by looking at possible implications from three points of view. From an individual point of view, he suggests that people are likely to derive more happiness from two or more short breaks spread throughout the year, rather than having just a single longer vacation once a year. From a policy perspective, in order for families to be able to stagger their trips throughout the year, the school system would need to become more flexible. And lastly, from a managerial point of view, the author would advise tourism managers to provide vacation products which are as stress-free as possible.Reference1. Nawijn J, Marchand MA, Veenhoven R, Vingerhoets AJ (2010). Vacationers happier, but most not happier after a holiday. Applied Research in Quality of Life. DOI 10.1007/s11482-009-9091-9........ ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/understanding-the-menu-in-japan.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/understanding-the-menu-in-japan.html Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:23:55 GMT © ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/bangkok-airport-gets-free-wifi.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/bangkok-airport-gets-free-wifi.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:04:21 GMT © mckaysavage


MSNBC reported recently that your layover in Bangkok may be about to get a little more pleasant. Bangkok"s international airport now offers free wireless Internet access for passengers, matching services already available from regional competitors such as Singapore and Hong Kong, an airport official said Friday.The service will be free in the departure areas and available for a fee in other parts of the airport. Singapore has had free WiFi since ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/cheap-flights-and-airfares.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/cheap-flights-and-airfares.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:20:25 GMT These are the days of extensive traveling. Every second person you meet on the street has traveled the world. With fat pay packets, bigger salaries and the desire to see everything the world has to offer, tourist movement is on the fast track. The world is in fact seeing volumes of traffic that have never been seen or felt before. ....... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/will-this-trip-be-exciting.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/will-this-trip-be-exciting.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:20:25 GMT Most of us won't respond to the call of adventure while soaking in a relaxing bath. As per a newly released study in the Journal of Consumer Research, we're more likely to book a weekend at a spa. "Imagine you are sitting in a bathtub, listening to calm music with gentle candlelight. Add lavender aroma. Then as you flip through a magazine, you come across an advertisement from an amusement park, promising you an exciting place full of adventurous offerings. How appealing would you find the prospect of visiting this amusement park?" write authors Hakkyun Kim (University of Concordia, Canada), Kiwan Park (Seoul National University, Korea), and Norbert Schwarz (University of Michigan)........ ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/trolley-bus.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/trolley-bus.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:20:25 GMT If there are nearly 340 trolley buses still operating worldwide from one continent to another, it means that as a silent transportation system, it is still efficient and cost effective public and government. For busy city streets, it seems to be a smooth ride, despite ugly overhead wires which interrupt the view of the unlimited sky. Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too! In the past there were over 500 trolley bus systems working up the hill. But the advent of oil and diesel made it a lesser used form of commuting. The pollution, high oil prices have turned the clock back. European and American cities are using these smooth and silent commuting mammoths. They look sleeker, and are also eco-effective and eco-friendly, snaking their way around metropolitan tarmac roads. ....... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/across-the-sea-in160england.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/across-the-sea-in160england.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:20:25 GMT Having defended my thesis, I set off to England about a month ago to start a postdoc at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. I’m going to be working in Bill Schafer’s lab studying neuroscience using C. elegans as a model system. This is a pretty big switch for me, but it’s exciting to try to orient myself in a new field and identify some interesting and tractable problems. It can also be frustrating when you can’t follow a lot of what people discuss in talks, but I’m trying to take advantage of my naivety to start ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/wine-season-destinations.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/wine-season-destinations.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:00:04 GMT This TravelPost article looks at wine travel in the US as the grape harvest is ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/living-cheap-in-shanghai.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/living-cheap-in-shanghai.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:30:43 GMT Shanghai is trying hard to sell itself as the luxury capital of Asia, but it's still possible to see Shanghai on the cheap, according the USA ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/dubai-deals.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/dubai-deals.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:39:01 GMT Can you afford to go to Dubai - the land of thousand dollar hotel rooms and ten dollar ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/rooftopping-toronto-rising-above-brutalism-at-city-hall.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/rooftopping-toronto-rising-above-brutalism-at-city-hall.html Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:54:09 GMT At the peak of the concrete behemoth in the middle of downtown Toronto we all know as Toronto City Hall lies a spectacular view. The love/hate brutalist design of the building itself hides its grace at its very pinnacle, it would seem.

It is disconcerting that this vantage point is hidden away from so many, for so much of the year. That being said, whenever I snatch a chance to rise above the sterile eye-shaped structure, I make sure to take my time to gaze ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/planning-your-travel-with-no-image.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/planning-your-travel-with-no-image.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:21:25 GMT You have a vacation coming. Where do you go? A new travel wiki, No-Image, may help you answer that question..... ......... ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/hotel-booking-in-india.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/hotel-booking-in-india.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:17:07 GMT India is a strategic business and tourist center in the emerging markets. The country is famous for its wide variety of accommodation and excellent hospitality. Hotel booking in India takes place throughout the year due to the country's geographic and cultural diversity. Being frequented by tourists, hotel booking in India should be done in advance. The best way to do this is via an online travel agent........ ]]> http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/information-on-car-rental-maui.html http://www.tripzs.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/information-on-car-rental-maui.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:17:07 GMT Maui Car Rentals: Are you planning a vacation to Maui this year? Are you bothered about renting a car in Maui? Then you should quit pondering over this issue and know how uncomplicated car rental is in Maui Island. Maui is an exotic island with a fantastic and inviting weather for tourists. It also offers number of sight-seeing options and recreational activities to tourists to keep them busy throughout the day. A long drive along the winding mountainous roads is a thrilling experience that you will cherish throughout your lives. To be able to go for this drive and explore Maui, you need to hire a car. You can go for sightseeing in buses and taxis as well. But the experience will not be even near to that of roaming around in a private car. ....... ]]>