SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, São Paulo’s Liberdade neighborhood is a city within a city. Lined with Japanese lanterns and spec…
Snorkelling Queensland’s beautiful Whitsunday Islands
Perhaps it was the seat-of-your-pants, high-speed raft ride zipping through churning ocean waters off the coast of Queensland, zig-zagging without warning as some of the more daring perched on the ves…
Renovated cruise terminal reopens in Seattle
The Port of Seattle’s downtown Bell Street Pier Cruise Terminal reopened after a $30 million renovation.The design of the new terminal repurposes existing areas to enhance the passenger experien…
Delta customers get upgrade flexibility
Delta has made it easier for customers to buy premium products after their original ticket purchase.Under a new policy, customers who have a ticket can purchase upgrades to Comfort Plus, first class o…
New Airbus A330-300 joins Aer Lingus fleet as transatlantic routes grow
Aer Lingus has welcomed a brand new Airbus A330-300 into its fleet.The new A330 aircraft, named Saint Carthage, registration EI-GAJ, has a total capacity of 313 seats, which is made up of 30 business …
Jet Airways launches third London-Mumbai route
Jet Airways has introduced a third, non-stop, daily service between London Heathrow and Mumbai.Effective October 29th, flight 9W115 will depart Heathrow at 15:30, with arrival in Mumbai at 05:55, givi…
Sanctuary Retreats launches rhino monitoring
Sanctuary Retreats have started work on monitoring the growing rhino population in the Moremi Reserve, Botswana.As part of this project Sanctuary Retreats have hired two Monitoring Assistants, Ollie a…
AIRLINE REVIEW: American Airlines Boeing 777, Santiago de Chile to DFW
Following a super-enjoyable trip to Chile, where I checked out everything from the capital city of Santiago to the beautiful Colchagua wine region to the stunning Atacama Desert, I flew home on Americ…
Australia: Sniffing out black gold
Bella the black Labrador is hunting truffles.Within seconds she’s pawing the ground, indicating there’s a truffle embedded in the soil, waiting to be dug up. She makes her part look easy, …
Southwest launching another Punta Cana route
Southwest Airlines plans to launch daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Punta Cana in November, pending government approval.The route already is served by JetBlue and Spirit.Southwest current…