Stephenie Meyer may have never dreamed that her research visit to the small town of Forks, WA would bring much needed revenue into the travel industry. Her successful Twilight Saga and now the very talked about film Twilight has become the focus of the female teen scene and has renewed the idea of Vampire Tourism that first began with Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Journeys Near and Far- blog says:
Tours to movie sites are not a new thing, and neither is Vampire Tourism. After all, thanks to Bram Stoker visitors have been traveling to Transylvania, Romania in search of Count Dracula for years.
It still seams like an exciting thing to do.
Leah R. asked Rolf Potts from the world hum-blog How to save on transportation during a round-the-world trip:
I’m planning a round-the-world trip, but I worry about transportation costs once I start traveling. Ideally, I would like to travel to most places overland, exploring along the way. However, civil unrest, war and such make that virtually impossible. Any suggestions about how to get around these obstacles without resorting to expensive flights and spending too much money?
You can read his very informative an helpful answer in his post.
Rolf Potts has reported from more than fifty countries for the likes of National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Conde Nast Traveler, Slate.com, the New York Times Magazine, Outside, Islands, The Believer, The Guardian (U.K.), and National Public Radio. A veteran travel columnist for the likes of Salon.com and the Travel Channel’s World Hum, his adventures have taken him across six continents, and include piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking across Eastern Europe, traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma, and driving a Land Rover from Sunnyvale, California to Ushuaia, Argentina.
U.S. citizens and their families, especially young adults, are advised to exercise prudence and caution when visiting the Hongdae and Sinchon areas of Seoul. These areas, where many night clubs are located, have occasionally been the sites of bar or street fights and harassment involving Westerners.
Although the crime rate in the Republic of Korea is low, there is a higher incidence of pick-pocketing, purse snatching, assault, hotel room and residential burglary, and residential crime in major metropolitan areas. U.S. citizens are more likely to be targeted in known tourist areas, such as Itaewon (near the U.S. Army Garrison in the Yongsan area) and large market areas downtown. Incidents of rape have been reported in popular nightlife districts in Seoul, as well as in the victims’ residences.
The Metropolitician kindly posted a list of Tips to Avoid Being Assaulted in Korea, i think that anyone who is going to be in the area should read this.
I post this not out of anger right now, but made sure it was all practical, frank information that can be useful to AVOIDING TROUBLE. I’m not trying to make a point, comment on Korea, or offer insightful social commentary very much in this post — it’s all about avoiding trouble as much as possible.
Have fun but be safe.
Farragut State Park is a state park in northern Idaho. During World War II, it was the “Farragut Naval Training Station”, a major training base of the U.S. Navy. The base was named after David Farragut, the first admiral in the U.S. Navy, the leading naval officer during the Civil War. The 4,000 acre park is located at the southern tip of the Lake Pend Oreille in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains, the northwest range of the Bitterroot Mountains. The park is east of Athol, and about thirty miles from the city of Coeur d’Alene.
North Idaho will play host to “adventure week 2009,” a series of “outdoor” races and events at Farragut State Park .
The jam-packed schedule will include a number of amazing races, including triathlons, mountain biking, and adventure races. There will also be orienteering competitions, mountain treks, and even disc golf tournaments.
For more details go to The Adventure Blog.
The cloister of Moissac Abbey Church in southwest France is one of the finest galleries of Romanesque art in the world and the oldest and largest cloister with narrative capitals. Completed in 1100 AD, it contains 76 capitals plus 12 large pillar reliefs in a large cloister measuring 31 meters by 27 meters.
Moissac’s capitals are beautifully carved and in surprisingly good condition for their venerable age, except that virtually all the faces have sadly been smashed. Dramatically shaped like upside-down pyramids, the distinctive capitals of Moissac are carved over their entire surface, including the abacus.
Read more about the Moissac Cloister in the sacred destinations- blog.
