Vacations Blog

Last week, I was asked to select my favorite submissions to the weekly Travel Blog Carnival, organized by Darren from Travel Rants. This week, he asked me again! A plethora of new content this week, and lots of interesting ones to boot, I had fun choosing!

Barbara over at Hole in the Donut writes about the dangers of Zimbabwe and her personal trip to this area in 2007. I don’t know if she was a fearless adventurer or just in the right place at the right time, but her experience sounds exciting and diverse. Now that Zimbabwe has been put on the list of dangerous places to visit, Barbara’s account might be the closest we all get to visiting!

Claude from Les Explorers showed us the pitfalls of the current hotel search system, and how he managed to find the lowest rate for his upcoming stay for ITB PhocusWright in Berlin. What a nightmare to go through, there is definitely an opportunity for innovation here.

Over at Yearn To Travel, Medelise talks about the Stowe Derby, the oldest and most unique ski race in North America. While not a skier myself, I was fascinated by her description of the terrain. Definitely sounds like a “crazy” race!

And finally, Brian over at International Listings put together a very detailed list of the top 25 castles in the world. The pictures are outstanding, and based on his descriptions, my favorites would have to be Kolossi Castle in Cyprus and Himeji Castle in Japan. Even our lovely Hearst Castle in California is included!

Wonderful submissions, thank you to all who took the time, I enjoyed reading and getting to know some new bloggers. If you would like to participate in a future carnival, please send your submissions to travelblog.carnival at gmail dot com.

Welcome to the December 17th, 2007 edition of the Carnival of Cities.

We asked Carnival of Cities bloggers to post about “Where they would go, if they could go anywhere right now.” We received some great posts that met our theme and a few that didn’t, but were still well worth sharing. Hey, you never know what you will find at a carnival.

The Seattletraveler recommends a holiday spent at the Seattle Fairmont Hotel. It offers a replica of Pike Place Market made from gingerbread, caroling choirs and chestnuts roasting. This sounds like a great place to escape the rain and enjoy the season.

After reading this post by arewethereyet, arewethereyet, I am ready to plan a family trip to Milwaukee. I want to go to an indoor water park in the midst of a winter snowstorm. I think it would be surreal and fun.

The San Diego Nightlife Guide has some great suggestions if you are seeking a bit of a warmer climate and a little night life in San Diego. It offers ideas for the hipster, a mover and even the beer lover.

Madkane gave us a short limerick about the weather in New York. Ummm…I think I like winter’s in San Francisco a bit better. But, I can’t beat her limerick. Maybe, some of you can.

For a New Year’s celebration in Alexandria, VA, the dctraveler suggests a holiday with a bunch of parrotheads ringin’ in the New Year Jimmy Buffett style on the Potomac. I wonder how many times they will play Margaritaville?

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Some days, as we sit around the Kango offices, we like to day dream about our next trip. Rather than do it all by ourselves, we invite you to join us! Kango is proudly hosting a Carnival of Cities, and welcomes submissions on the theme of “Where do you want to go today.” For those of you new to Carnivals, they are an opportunity for you to submit your own blog piece on a theme, and the host compiles the best of these posts into a themed blog hosted on their site and linking to yours. For more information about carnivals and participating and hosting, please visit the Carnival of Cities.

Happy writing, we look forward to seeing your submission!