Entries from April 2007

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Swiss Army Knife by Wenger

Northwest Airlines legally stole my Swiss Army Knife (SAK) which I was carrying in my backpack on my trip to the US a few years back. If I say that I was angry about losing my SAK, it would be an understatement. I have learnt that I should never carry any preciousables (I coined this [...]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Night Vision Glasses in Color

Many movies and TV shows feature special glasses that provide vision in dark. Usually this vision is bi-colored with green and black colors. Many tourists make use of these night vision goggles especially when they go hiking or camping. Having vision in the night has been a great advantage to several travelers even though everything [...]

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Indian Beach Destination

You don’t often associate an Indian city which is popular for its beaches and party life. A cow sitting in the middle of a crowded street is the first thing people think of when they hear about India. Let me introduce you to a western-like place. Buckle up and believe what you read. Goa is [...]

Friday, April 13th, 2007

PairUp: Connecting Business Travelers

We have had social networking sites for different sections of the society. We have one for students, one for young chaps; well my list can go on. But, I found a new social networking website today which connects business travelers. PairUp in its beta stage helps business travelers find contacts in their destination cities and [...]

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

World’s Most Livable Cities

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has published a list of World’s most livable cities. The cities are rated on 39 different criteria which include transportation, political stability, currency-exchange regulations, political and media censorship, school quality, housing, the environment, public safety and others. Mercer is known to give advice to multi national companies like Microsoft, Accenture, Dell [...]