TRAVEL NEWSLETTER
Sunday, July 29, 2007
July Newsletter
Notes from the Editor
---- Staying in a Japanese Capsule Hotel ----
Tokyo offers a wide range of accommodation options, but nothing is as quirky as a capsule hotel. The first capsule hotel opened in Osaka in 1979 and they can now be found in major cities across Japan. The capsule hotel idea has not taken off anywhere else though which makes for a unique Japanese accommodation experience.
Staying in a Japanese Capsule Hotel
Featured Travel Sites
---- Literary Traveler ----
If you have been to Paris in the last few years you may have bumped into someone with a copy of The Da Vinci Code in their hands as they retrace the key scenes in the book through the city.
This type of travel activity is not new though. People have long been visiting destinations from books or visited places that gave their favourite writers inspiration.
Literary Traveler provides travel writing featuring writers and the places that they have travelled. The site also includes a wide variety of literary tours.
literarytraveler.com
---- Alptransit ----
The new Gotthard rail link is currently being tunnelled through the Swiss Alps. In a country already full of amazing engineering wonders, this one will top them all.
AlpTransit Gotthard is creating a flat rail link for future travel through the Alps. At the heart of the new transalpine rail route is Gotthard Base Tunnel. With a length of 57 km, the world's longest tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016.
alptransit.ch
---- Oz Bus ----
Did you know that you can travel from the UK to Australia by bus. Ozbus is an overland bus service that travels from London to Sydney, going through 20 countries in 12 weeks.
oz-bus.com
---- Staying in a Japanese Capsule Hotel ----
Tokyo offers a wide range of accommodation options, but nothing is as quirky as a capsule hotel. The first capsule hotel opened in Osaka in 1979 and they can now be found in major cities across Japan. The capsule hotel idea has not taken off anywhere else though which makes for a unique Japanese accommodation experience.
Staying in a Japanese Capsule Hotel
Featured Travel Sites
---- Literary Traveler ----
If you have been to Paris in the last few years you may have bumped into someone with a copy of The Da Vinci Code in their hands as they retrace the key scenes in the book through the city.
This type of travel activity is not new though. People have long been visiting destinations from books or visited places that gave their favourite writers inspiration.
Literary Traveler provides travel writing featuring writers and the places that they have travelled. The site also includes a wide variety of literary tours.
literarytraveler.com
---- Alptransit ----
The new Gotthard rail link is currently being tunnelled through the Swiss Alps. In a country already full of amazing engineering wonders, this one will top them all.
AlpTransit Gotthard is creating a flat rail link for future travel through the Alps. At the heart of the new transalpine rail route is Gotthard Base Tunnel. With a length of 57 km, the world's longest tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016.
alptransit.ch
---- Oz Bus ----
Did you know that you can travel from the UK to Australia by bus. Ozbus is an overland bus service that travels from London to Sydney, going through 20 countries in 12 weeks.
oz-bus.com
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