travel

The Weekly Watch

Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 7:34am

A Swiss Watch

(conclusion)

I'm back home now...where crickets chirp and the forests drip with rain. In last week's essay I was in the North and West of Switzerland. This week we'll look South and East. I want to try to give my take on the local people rather than the tourists. The title of this essay describes much about the country...it runs like a Swiss watch...with precision. However there are strong regional differences...much like the US (despite it's smaller size). I'm no Rick Steves, but I'll also give you few of my travel tips. So if you would like, join in and take this last ride though Switzerland with me.

Open Thread - Friday, August 3, 2018

Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 3:20am

There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars .
- Jack Kerouac -

Twenty-four days, eight thousand miles, nine national parks and more than a dozen high mountain passes, but alas my indulgent adventure has come to an funkin' end.

TSA Institutionalizes discrimination against trans folk

Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 03/06/2016 - 2:46pm

The Transportation Security Administration has identified the greatest danger to your travel: it's us transgender people.

TSA officials announced a new (and they say, final) rule that sets forth the discrimination we are due and you should be be safer with.

The rule implements the widespread use of body-scan technology which requires a TSA agent to choose a pink or blue button based on the perceived gender of the person traveling through U.S. airports. Transgender people, as a result of the policy’s gender bias, are stopped by TSA agents and forced to undergo pat downs and inspections of genital areas and chests.