Cheap chic accommodations
Mention the word "hostel" and most people recoil in horror, perhaps haunted by memories of dirty dorms, queues for the bathroom and rowdy backpackers. But hostels have transformed in recent years into some of the best value accommodation around, offering the same comfortable rooms and range of facilities ...
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Send for help, track your travels
Spot Cool Stuff has spotted The Spot. The Spot Satellite Messenger, that is. This rugged cell-phone sized device allows your friends and family to pinpoint your exact location while you are out on an adventure and allows you to signal for help should need it.
Here's how it works:
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Cruise into Hawaii
Almost everyone knows you can take a cruise to Hawaii. Less well known is the cruise that goes into Hawaii.
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Stay at the eccentric Miller’s Residence
Imagine you had eccentric British relatives who lived in an enormous 18th-century London townhouse, who were veracious collectors of antiques, and who stuffed their house full of every painting, sculpture, mirror, book, armoire, clock, chest, candelabra, and exotic curio they ever obtained. The hypothetical townhouse you are imagining ...
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A Boeing 747 is now the Jumbo Hostel
Next time you fly out of Stockholm’s Arlanda International Airport, spend the night on an airplane before boarding your airplane. On the airport grounds there's an old Boeing 747 has been converted in a hotel, the Jumbo Hostel.
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The amazing Langkawi Sky Bridge
Imagine being at a shopping mall. And then hopping on a cable car for a 15-minute ride. And then getting off of the cable car and finding yourself on a long walkway that's all of 1.8 meters (6 feet) wide, suspended high above a green jungle, with virtually ...
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