The short answer is that lightning usually strikes the aircraft on the nose, then travels along the skin until exiting the aircraft at one of the extremities. While it is true that aircraft continu…
The ultimate beer lover’s road trip
If you love beer and traveling, there no better way to combine the two than with a European beer road trip. Europe is home to some of the best breweries and beers on the planet, and many of them ar…
These Are Officially The Happiest Countries in the World
They say that the most important rules of real estate are “location, location and location,” and it would seem the same goes for happiness. If the World Happiness Report, an annual surv…
I got robbed in Costa Rica
Follow Matador on Vimeo Follow Matador on YouTube “But half an hour later I started to realize how lucky I was to be able to travel and be alive and living. How small this problem was compare…
Not Even the Hotel Workers Fully Understand the New World of Hyatt
To begin 2017, I completed 25 stays at Hyatt properties in order to enjoy the new World of Hyatt program by earning top-tier Globalist status through February 2019. The published benefits should yi…
How to Survive Long Flights with Young Kids During the Electronics Ban
When news of the electronics ban broke earlier this week, I really didn’t know what to expect, especially since I’m about to take an overseas flight with my two toddlers next week &mdas…
Speed flying in Canada
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I Flew Spirit Airlines and Kinda Liked It
Some people think I’m a spoiled snob who only flies first class, but that is far from true, as I proved last summer when I flew Ryanair from Brindisi to Rome and had a great experience. As mu…
SuperStar Virgo begins Philippines homeport
The Philippines officially welcomed Star Cruises earlier when SuperStar Virgo arrived in Manila to begin her inaugural homeport deployment in the country.The occasion was commemorated with a specia…