You Say Vainilla, I Say Vanilla
September 17th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel funniesI’m in the midst of packing for a two-week trip to Eastern Europe, so here are a few things worth checking out in the meantime.
In a nice departure from the usual travel magazine ho-hum, the September issue of Budget Travel has a nice piece on Veracruz - the land of vanilla. The print story is naturally more luscious than the online version, but it’s worth reading there if you don’t get the mag. I’ve probably bought back a gallon of vanilla by now from my trips to Mexico - it’s a great gift for anyone who likes to bake and the prices are jaw-dropping cheap compared to what you’d pay at home.
A few posts back I mentioned a great rundown on traveler prices in 94 countries, put together by a guy named Rob Meyer. You can see an interview with Rob in Jen Leo’s L.A. Times Travel Blog.
Gadling reports on a new book in Thailand with advice on how to marry a foreign man. Hold the outrage until you read the Freakonomics chapter on which online personals ads women respond to compared to those that men respond to.
Flying on an Asian airline with a dorky name like One Two Go looks like trouble.
Like a secret cabal in the X-files, a few hotel and cruise execs have a huge influence on the hot destinations in our future. My old home of Hoboken is slated to be a hot travel spot. Who knew?
2 Responses to “You Say Vainilla, I Say Vanilla”
By Justin Glow on Sep 17, 2007
I’ll be leaving Oct. 1 for a month in Eastern Europe. Where ya headed?
By tim on Sep 17, 2007
Hungary and the Czech Republic. We’ll probably just miss each other as I’m returning Sept. 30. Watch this space for tales of wine, winery biking, wine songs, and hopefully other things…