A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised more than NZ.8 million for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. ta tvnz travel index feature group Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments [...]
May 24th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Among the ruins in southern Egypt sits Abydos, a quiet town where the Temple of Seti I is located. Seti I was a pharaoh who reigned from 1290BC to 1279BC. Stuff.co.nz – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments [...]
May 23rd, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Not only was Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield packing his bags Sunday — he was picking his now familiar guitar in a reworking of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” Around supper time, Hadfield alerted his 772,482 followers on Twitter that they could catch him on YouTube portraying the fictional astronaut Major Tom. His 5½-minute rendition of the [...]
May 13th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
MONTREAL—Andrew Rader has always wanted to be an astronaut and he’s ready to do anything to get into space — even spend the rest of his life on Mars. The Ottawa native is one of at least 35 Canadians to apply for a mission to the Red Planet in 2023. The Mars One project, the [...]
May 10th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
MONTREAL—Andrew Rader has always wanted to be an astronaut and he’s ready to do anything to get into space — even spend the rest of his life on Mars. The Ottawa native is one of at least 35 Canadians to apply for a mission to the Red Planet in 2023. The Mars One project, the [...]
May 10th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Conferences appeal to women with a guilt-free, child-free reason to leave home for a little relief. WSJ.com: Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
April 25th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
The city councillor who chairs the Exhibition Place board — and successfully fought to keep the door open to hosting a massive casino resort on the site — took a taxpayer-funded trip to Las Vegas last July. Mark Grimes says the main purpose of the five-day, ,095 visit was to learn about a covered pedestrian [...]
April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
The city councillor who chairs the Exhibition Place board — and successfully fought to keep the door open to hosting a massive casino resort on the site — took a taxpayer-funded trip to Las Vegas last July. Mark Grimes says the main purpose of the five-day, ,095 visit was to learn about a covered pedestrian [...]
April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
The largest transit project in Ontario in 50 years won’t be operational for at least another seven. But the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT is already making the Toronto region more competitive, says Ontario Transportation Minister Glen Murray. He climbed into a massive pit at Black Creek Dr. Tuesday — the launch shaft where the first of [...]
April 9th, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Sitting in a private clinic in an upscale neighbourhood of Istanbul, Saleh, a human resources executive from Qatar, is preparing to leave Turkey with a smile on his face and more hair on his head. Stuff.co.nz – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
April 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Travel | No Comments