TGIF Friday Newsletter Vol 17
Travel, Good Stories, Issues & Fun Stuff
TRAVEL GOOD STORIES ISSUES FUN STUFF
This is the seventeenth TGIF Friday Newsletter, humbly brought to you by Marinarena Creations! Sit back, relax with your preferred refreshment and check out news and stories I have been reading lately plus some miscellany fun thrown into the mix.
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CURATED TRAVEL STORIES
Get a lowdown on all things travel. Recent news bits, tips, travel deals, cultural trends, and industry insights.
FROM THE EPOCH TIMES (invitation to read for free)
A UNIQUE WILDERNESS EXPLORATION BUDGET FOR THE SHORE BEFOREHAND
Along the longest river of Florida, St. John’s. ARTICLE
GO DIRECTLY TO ADELAINE, MATE
Head to south Australia via San Francisco on a direct flight. First of its kind for USA travelers. Via United Airlines ARTICLE
FROM FROMMERS:
WILL 2025 BE DISNEY PARKS BEST TRAVEL YEAR?
No closures as in previous years. All 6 amusement parks in Flroda are set to be open ARTICLE
FROMM’S WRAP-UP OF BEST SPRING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Is your dream place on the list? ARTICLE
BOOKING.COM
Plan your Niagara Falls Trip
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TRAVEL, AND THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Check out “Travel” features on EVIE
GOOD STORIES
Egg prices going down in the USA! Yay!
As it turns out, not all is crazy upside down in the world. Lots of stories are out there that focus on the good. I’ve narrowed down a few for you.
WILD EQUINE TO THRIVE IN KAZAKHSTAN
150 new horseys added ARTICLE
CLASSIC UK RED PHONE BOOTH SAVED
Locals rallied together to save it ARTICLE
A HISTORIC SWIM IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
First blind woman to conmplete the swim ARTICLE
Marinarena recommends: getting HILTON POINTS
ISSUES
A topic of interest with a tie-in to travel.
LACK OF CULTURAL POLITENESS IN JAPAN
Sadly, in this mad modern day, instances of rudeness, disrespect and “main character syndrome” exploits have been commited by foreign visitors (who should know better) on the island of Japan. Check out Shohei Kondo’s video on several cringe-worthy moments of bad behavior, including terrible tourists who…
block streets to get very Instagrammable selfies with Mount Fiji in the background
kick and otherwise abuse deer roaming in Nara
speak loudly and crudely on public transportation
enter the “women only” tram as a person of the opposite sex
do pull-ups on physical shrines, dance and horseplay at holy sites
Argh! The nerve with certain people! (thankfully, rude tourists in Japan still make up the minority. Let’s hope that more tourists wise up, be nice, kind and never take advantage of Japan’s niceties and warmness.
FUN STUFF
On the lighter side of things…
Funny Flight humour from the Ab Fab ladies!
A GENUINE JOYRIDE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Another good news story. Check out Tracy’s Trolley, in Philadelphia
Like & Share: my Philly poems below
PHILADELPHIA 2.0 (PAID for full audio)
ROAD TRIP: GREAT HACKS
Super easy to do!
Greta compilation of travel tips. And this is totally just a silly Australian joke, but why I’m earth would anyone want to go to south Australia? Hehehe :)