Odds n’ Ends – Page 31 – The Intentional Travelers

Don’t Become A Pack Horse While Traveling

What you need to pack when traveling is a topic that generates a lot of discussion and there are a number of extreme positions. Ever seen that couple at airport baggage check-in with seven or more suitcases? What’s in those suitcases? There’s also the person that comes to the international air terminal carrying only aContinue reading “Don’t Become A Pack Horse While Traveling”

All About International Hotel Rewards Programs

Like everything else, the hotel/hospitality industry has evolved over time in size and approach to marketing. They’ve grown from a handful of major names like Hilton and Holiday Inn, each with a reputation based on the market segment they try to serve, into mega-corporations. These newer brands feature large collections of brands ranging from economicalContinue reading “All About International Hotel Rewards Programs”

Avoid Alien Encounters While Traveling

There are all kinds of aliens out there. Alien hotel rooms, alien electric receptacles. It’s terrible being lost and disoriented in a strange hotel room or cruise cabin in the dark of night. It’s interesting to note that night lights aren’t a common part of American hotel rooms and traveling overseas – forget it. InContinue reading “Avoid Alien Encounters While Traveling”

Wallpaper • Yosemite Winter Storm

For Desktop Wallpaper It’s Free! Feed those travel daydreams using our computer wallpaper collection. This photograph by Ansel Adams of Y0semite valley winter storm was taken in a contract by the National Park Service. It is a beautiful and easy to navigate desktop image perfect for inspiring that wanderlust in each of us. Download thisContinue reading “Wallpaper • Yosemite Winter Storm”

The Roman City Of Pompeii

Almost 2,000 years ago a wealthy Roman city, with a population of 11,000 to 15,000 people was located near the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius, a dormant volcano. These Roman citizens enjoyed many beautiful public buildings, luxurious private houses that featured lavish decorations, furnishings and works of art. Mosaics covered the floors and frescos wereContinue reading “The Roman City Of Pompeii”

Exploring Battleships

America has never been known to back away from a fight and the American Battleship has served as a symbol of the American motto “Peace Through Strength”. Between 1895 and 1945, the United States Navy commissioned 64 battleships (sometimes referred to as dreadnoughts). As a class of ship they were the largest gun ships everContinue reading “Exploring Battleships”