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Category Archives: Public Transport
Take A Virtual Vacation
Virtual Vacation is a web directory that pulls together the dozens of walking, driving, hiking and other point-of-view videos scattered across the web where people explore unique places with a camera in hand. Beware, it’s easy to fall down this … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Public Transport, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged driving tours, virtual travel, walking tours
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A little water music
Bergen Norway is a stunningly beautiful small city with lots to offer any visitor. One morning last year the town was treated to a unique musical event that was created by the Native American composer Raven Chacon. Four ships in … Continue reading
Amsterdam: On the Waterfront
I have been to Amsterdam more often than any other foreign city. It’s one place that I know I will never be bored. A great way to get around and to get a sense of the importance of the city’s … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Amsterdam, ferries, Festivals, Netherlands
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Kyiv Forever
With all of the horrendous news coverage from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the brutal devastation of its cities and town it’s easy to forget that just a short time ago it was a normal European nation. The wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Film, Photography, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Kiev, Kyiv, tiltshift, Time-lapse photography, Ukraine
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Travel the World With Explordle
Despite what its name might imply Explordle is not another Wordle clone at all. Instead it’s a game that offers you a videoclip shot in first person, walking around a particular place – the challenge is to guess the town … Continue reading
In-flight Entertainment
On this date in 1925, the first in-flight film was shown on an airplane on an Imperial Airways flight. The film was The Lost World, one of the first science-fiction films. Based on a 1912 Arthur Conan Doyle novel, it … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Europe, Film, History, movies, Public Transport, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Air Lines, Arthur Conan Doyle, stop-motion
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Don’t Call It The Underground (but it is)
If you visit here on a regular basis, you are well aware that we at TBTP World HQ are big fans of urban transit networks. So we get preternaturally excited when a new service launches in one of our favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged London, London Underground, TFL, United Kingdom
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Mapping The Way
Waymap: Is an exciting concept for hyperlocal mapping software that can turn most smartphones into personalized guidance devices. Originally designed for people with visual disabilities, the app can provide local navigation directions for anyone in unfamiliar territory. “With Waymap, anyone … Continue reading
This is the feeling I get before I take a plane
HOW TO WRITE Anne Waldman Perhaps I’m kidding myself about the life I lead Sometimes I feel I’m dying like a lot of things I see around me Then I turn on the TV and understand that everything must still … Continue reading
Cranes are flying
The end of the year always seems like the appropriate time to clear out my overwhelming cache of saved images. Of course there are lots of travel posters. This time I found a small collection of Japanese travel related posters. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Japan, railways, steamships, Travel Posters
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Travel Between The Pages 