For 29 November 2007- First Impressions of Oulu, Finland
Pretty slow internet connection here at the university, but with patience it works and I did get today's podcasts posted on Utterz. Sunrise was a 9:30 am this morning, well after the conference had started; sunset was at 2:30 pm. It is now 4pm and pitch dark outside. Seems like I should be getting ready for bed now -- probably the jetlag. At our downtown hotel, stores are be open until 9 pm and the snow-packed streets are busy with shoppers.
Additional postings about my trip and conference are at http://twitter.com/alew
For 27 November 2007 - Flying by Car to Phoenix - My morning flight was canceled, so I had to drive to Phoenix to make my connecting flight!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Travelography #99: T-Day Travel, HI Superferry, and Japan Whales and Fingers
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Today's Stories:
- Weather, among other factors, help make for smooth traveling during the Thanksgiving weekend in the US.
- Hawaii's Superferry to re-start on December 1st between Honolulu and Maui.
- Travel boycott called against Japan as it dramatically increases its whale catch.
- Japan starts fingerprinting all foreign visitors to prevent terrorist attacks.
Story Links:
Sunday, November 25, 2007
NaPodPoMo - Travelography 2.0 - Daily Podcast Challenge - Week 3
Week 3 of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo)
I joined NaPodPoMo a few days late, but you can find my posts week 1 (Nov 7-9) here and for Week 2 (Nov 11-19) here. Nov 10 + Nov 19 were my regular weekly Travelography podcast.
For 25 November 2007
- Orbitz TLC Letter - Surprisingly helpful letter from Orbitz.
For 24 November 2007
- Turkey Congee - I am amazed by all of the traffic heading north from Phoenix this weekend! And I talk about our traditional post-Turkey Day meal of turkey congee (rice porridge). Here is one of many turkey congee recipes available online: http://esyurl.com/2pj - also check out: http://napodpomo.ning.com/ For 21 November 2007
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For 22 November 2007
For 21 November 2007
- Angkor Wat and Ha Long Bay - I talk about a couple of places that many people (especially Americans, I think) do not know about, but really should be on their must visit someday list of places: Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Ha Long Bay in Vietnam.
For 20 November 2007:
Monday, November 19, 2007
Travelography #98: Turkey Day Air Travel, Fuel Surcharges, and Forever Travel
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Stories covered in today's podcast include:
- The US government institutes policies to reduce Thanksgiving air travel -- we'll see if it works!
- Airlines and cruise companies adopt new fuel surcharge fees to cover increasing costs.
- Are you a potential Forever Tourist?
Links:
Sunday, November 18, 2007
NaPodPoMo - Travelography 2.0 - Daily Podcast Challenge - Week 2
Week 2 of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo)
I joined a few days late, but you can find my posts from last week (Nov 7-9) here. Nov 10 was my regular weekly Travelography podcast.
For 18 November 2007:
For 17 November 2007:
For 13 November 2007:
I joined a few days late, but you can find my posts from last week (Nov 7-9) here. Nov 10 was my regular weekly Travelography podcast.
For 18 November 2007:
For 17 November 2007:
- Travelography 2.0: China's Golden Weeks Explained - I just finished an essay on Domestic Tourism for the Encyclopedia of Modern China (due out sometime next year) -- so in today's podcast I talk about China's Golden Weeks -- what they are and how they are changing.
- My Travel Podcast Susbscriptions - Only a fraction of the 100 podcasts that I subscribe to are related to travel and tourism. I talk about those in today's podcast. And OOPS - I forgot to mention the Home Based Travel Agent podcast -- sorry Barry ...
- Traveler Resilience - Record numbers of Americans will hit the roads next week despite gas prices being $1 more than last year.
For 13 November 2007:
- EU Upsets US Airlines with New Emssions Rules
- related link: Original story from the International Herald Tribune
- Two PR Emails - a right and a wrong way to contact bloggers
- relate link: Web 2.0 Travel Tools
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Travelography #97 - Great Wall of Sand, 750 mi. Golf Course, and Cold War Tours
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Stories in today's podcast include: (1) Growing sand storms are eroding away the Great Wall of China; (2) Australia building 750 mile / 1200 km long golf course; (3) US National Park Service offering nuclear reactor tours in Washington State; and (4) New tour of life in a Communist town in Poland.
Main Story Links:
Friday, November 09, 2007
NaPodPoMo - Travelography 2.0 - Daily Podcast Challenge - Nov 7 to 9
So I was wondering what NaVloPoMo was that CherlyColan on Twitter was talking about, and I stumbled on the NaPodPoMo website on Ning.com. NaPodPoMo = National Podcast Post Month, and those who sign up in the month of November as supposed to post a podcast every day for 30 days.
Even though I came down with a head cold a couple of days ago, this sounded kind of fun, and I had just signed up for Utterz.com, so I though I would give it a try. I am calling these NaPodPoMo podcast posts "Travelography 2.0" as they will be very short, un-edited versions of my Travelography: World Travel and Tourism News podcast. I will add them to this blog entry as they are recorded.
Here is the first one for 7 November 2007:
Even though I came down with a head cold a couple of days ago, this sounded kind of fun, and I had just signed up for Utterz.com, so I though I would give it a try. I am calling these NaPodPoMo podcast posts "Travelography 2.0" as they will be very short, un-edited versions of my Travelography: World Travel and Tourism News podcast. I will add them to this blog entry as they are recorded.
Here is the first one for 7 November 2007:
- Travelography 2.0: Pumpkin Pie and Yucky Glasses - click to listen - Websites mentioned in this podcast include:
- Consumerist.com: Dirty Glasses Story
- RSS Feed for the Travelography 2.0 Podcast - use this to subscribe either with your podcatcher or other feed reader
- Travelography 2.0: Humidifier Attack and Travel 2.0 - click to listen - Sorry for the coughing, but my head cold has gotten much worse today! Websites mentioned in this podcast include:
- * Great Travel 2.0 Websites (The Ratings Guy)
- * Web Travel Sites (Washington Post)
- * My List of Travel Sites
- * My Other Hubpages
- Travelography 2.0: Nokia N800 and Cruiseship (and other tourist) Crimes - click to listen - Enjoying my recently purchased Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. Quite a few tourist crime stories in today's nes feeds. I focus on cruiseship crimes. Links mentioned:
- * Travelography News Feeds on Twitter
- * Travelography Show Notes (this website)
- * My Utterz.com site - http://www.utterz.com/~h-alew/
- * Cruise Ship Crimes story
Monday, November 05, 2007
Travelograpy #96:Cruise Rapes and Pollution, and What Loch Ness Monster?
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Today's Stories:
- Sexual assaults on North American cruise ships are much higher than in US overall.
- The US EPA is sued for not regulating air pollution from ocean ships, including cruise lines.
- Tourists are cancel their trips as Iceland resume whaling.
- Shy Loch Ness Monster has Scotland's tourism industry worried.
Links to original stories:
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Travelography #95: Global Warming Challenges for Travel and Tourism
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Stories in Today's Podcast:
- Global warming to alter when and where we travel.
- Honolulu's Waikiki will be under water within 100 years.
- UN and travel industry executives look for ways to reduce tourism's carbon footprint.
- Environmentalists protest the enlargement of London's Heathrow Airport.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Travelography #94: Nepal Maoists, Resorts Protest in India, and Monkey Attacks
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Stories covered in this weeks podcast are:
- Nepal's Maoists politicians try to calm the nerves of the tourism industry as they demand the overthrow of the monarchy.
- Kerala's fisherwomen protest against new beach resorts that limit their access to the India's southwest coast.
- Cambodia puts a bounty on monkeys who are attacking tourists in Phnom Penh.
Friday, October 19, 2007
G4T #59: Teaching Tourism with Social Software
This is a Geography for Travelers Podcast related post (click on the title above to open the .mp3 file)CLICK THE EMBEDDED LINK BELOW TO HEAR AND SEE THIS PRESENTATION
Today's podcast is a presentation that I gave at the NAU eLearning Institute in May, 2007. I gave a 1 hour presentation on how I used social media, especially blogs, podcasts and wikis, to teach an online class in Spring 2007. The class was titled "Planning for Sustainable Tourism."
Total Length: 54m 48sec
Here are some links related to this presentation
- Course outline posted on Web20Teach blog
- Elluminate.com
- InnerToob.com
- My Slideshare.net page - Powerpoint slides and forthcoming Slidecast for this podcast
- --- Slidecast for this presentation
- --- Bicycle Touring slidecast (from the 30 June 2007 G4T podcast)
- My Twitter
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Note that this version of the Powerpoint presentation is slightly different from the audio file. There are a couple of slides at the start and at the end that were not in the presentation when the audio was recorded, and there is one slide at the end that I mention (very briefly) that is not in the slidecast. --- Long story....
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Travelography #93: China's Golden Week and Hong Kong Disneyland Struggles
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Lot of tourism news from China and Asia...
- China, Hong Kong, Macau and Malaysia are leading Asia to a record tourism year in 2007
- Huge numbers of tourists during China's National Day holiday causes some to question the value of Golden Weeks
- Over 1500 foreign tourists get lost in the mob of domestic tourists at China's Tiananmen Square
- Hong Kong Disneyland is under-performing as visitors say it it too small and culturally insensitive
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Travelography #92: The Summer of Flight Delays, and Two New Attractions
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.- 30% of US Airline Departures were late this summer, up from 25% last year, and passenger complaints against airlines have nearly doubled.
- AvoidDelays.com lists the airports, airlines and flights to avoid month by month
- Delta's is offering business class seats and meals, in downtown Manhattan
- Larry Craig's restroom at the Minneapolis airport has become the country's newest tourist attraction.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Travelography #91: China Web Bookings, Flight Attendants, + Europe's Disabled
Use the players on this page, or click the title above to listen to this podcast.Online bookings in China lag far behind much of the rest of the world due to thin travel agent profit margins. Flight attendants have one of the toughest jobs in travel. The Europe Union passes new laws to protect disabled air travelers.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
G4T #58: Discussing Tourism and Ethics - part 2
This is a Geography for Travelers Podcast related post (click on the title above to download the .mp3 file)This is the discussion that followed Professor David Fennell's presentation on Tourism and Ethics at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in April 2007. The session was sponsored by the Tourism Geographies journal and the AAG's Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group.
To hear the presentation, go to show #57 at http://TravelGeography.info - where you can find the full show notes for Geography for Travelers.
AND to both Hear and See this presentation as a Slidecast, go to http://Slideshare.net/alew
You can also download the MP3 file here.
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