GallivantinGreg ~ 'a ship is safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships were built for'
~ Vivacious Writing ~ Voracious Planning ~ Vocational Travel.
Friday Fives 19-23/11/12
It’s the start of the weekend so what better way to celebrate than by rounding up my week in travel.
Best articles I’ve read this week
1. South Pacific Sandy Island proven not to exist.
By BBC News. Tweeted by @BBCNews
2. 45 great jobs to do while traveling the world and how to get them.
By @BarefootNomads Tweeted by @gapyeardotcom
3. How to maximise battery life when traveling.
By Macworld. Tweeted by @Kayak
4. The tourist destinations on the rise.
By gapyear.com Tweeted by @gapyeardotcom
5. World’s most remote national parks.
By Travel + Escape. Tweeted by @HTGlobe
The best deals of the week
1. Dubai returns from £305. By Flight Centre.
2. Thailand return flights for £545. By STA Travel.
3. 30% off Bradt guide to Haiti with code Haiti30. By Destinations Show.
4. Get a Gold Hostelworld card for a month – no booking fees. By Nomadic Matt.
5. 4 nights Bahamas cruise for $149 from Florida. By Best travel deals.
The top 5 places I most want to travel to this week
1. Cook Islands! (keep watching my video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efSR_Klm0aY)
2. Vienna, Austria
3. Zadar, Croatia
4. Mexico
5. Dubai, UAE
My travel quote of the week
‘Fear does not stop death – it stops life’
Most beautiful travel photos I’ve seen this week
My travel video of the week
Putting the people back into tourism, the Canadian tourism commission made this 2 minute video out of 65 hours of footage that they were sent by Canadians showing what they make of their country. It’s pretty cool. And yes, it will make you want to go to Canada…
GallivantinGreg ~ 'a ship is safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships were built for' 