threedaymonk + travel   39

The Unwelcome Mat
‘[A] 2006 survey by the U.S. Travel Association […] found that foreign travelers were more afraid of United States immigration officials than of terrorism or crime.’
travel  us  border  immigration 
11 weeks ago by threedaymonk
BusMapper.co.uk
Click two points on a map of London and it tells you the best single bus journey between them.
london  transport  bus  travel  maps 
may 2011 by threedaymonk
My Trousers and Airport Security
Read this before some ‘security’ goon tries it on with you on your next flight.
security  airports  airline  travel  freedom 
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Heathrow Airport Shutdown: What’s the Real Cause?
‘Suddenly, every terminal at the two main London airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, was remodeled around the shopping mall. The airports were, in effect, re-purposed, and the actual management and running of a business centered on flying people rather than selling to them became secondary.’
transport  travel  airports  heathrow 
december 2010 by threedaymonk
King’s Cross to Beijing in two days on new high-speed rail network
And all ‘within the next ten years’, apparently. I really hope this happens.
railway  trains  transport  travel  china 
march 2010 by threedaymonk
Hyperdia
Simple and quick way to look up Japanese train times and prices.
japan  travel  transport  shinkansen  railway 
october 2009 by threedaymonk
EuroVelo
A European (including the UK and Ireland) network of cycle routes with low car traffic and no big hills.
travel  cycling  europe  eurovelo 
july 2009 by threedaymonk
Prepay or Travelcard
Depending on how and when you travel, Oyster Prepay may be cheaper than a travelcard.
london  transport  travel  uk  underground  oyster 
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Schneier on Security: The Two Classes of Airport Contraband
I wish Bruce made the rules instead of the idiots who currently do it.
security  politics  travel  airline  airport  stupid 
september 2008 by threedaymonk
Porn on a plane: Flight attendants want filters
Seems reasonable, right? I’ve seen someone browsing his locally saved porn on a flight without internet access, though, so it’s not really solving the problem.
porn  society  travel  airline  internet 
september 2008 by threedaymonk
No t-shirt, no flight
A new nadir in airport security theatre. Wearing a t-shirt with a picture of a fictional robot holding a gun? You’re not allowed to fly from Heathrow T5.
uk  travel  airport  wtf  security 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Airport Security
A game where you keep the skies safe by removing arbitrary items from passengers. Just like the real thing!
flash  games  security  travel  humour 
april 2008 by threedaymonk
THE VICE GUIDE TO NORTH KOREA - VBS.TV
Really captures the absurdity of the place.
korea  dprk  travel  video 
march 2008 by threedaymonk
The Airport Security Follies
I know it’s bullshit; you know it’s bullshit; pilots know it’s bullshit: but when will the idiots who make up these stupid rules realise?
travel  airline  security  stupid 
december 2007 by threedaymonk
Anger as Japan moves to fingerprint foreigners
I won't visit the US for this reason. Now I can't go to Japan either?
travel  privacy  freedom  dystopian 
november 2007 by threedaymonk
‘Vatican air’ passengers’ holy water confiscated
The so-called security restrictions are stupid, but in this case I can’t help but laugh!
religion  travel  security  stupid 
august 2007 by threedaymonk
Bribe your way to the front of the queue in Britain and India
Wow. No wonder immigration at Heathrow is so horrible for economy-travelling commoners like me.
uk  immigration  travel  corruption 
january 2007 by threedaymonk
An insider’s guide to cheap tickets
Help with British railways’ kafkaesque pricing structures.
uk  travel 
january 2007 by threedaymonk
Sound of Station
Japanese railway station platform jingles.
japan  music  train  travel 
december 2006 by threedaymonk
Asians thrown off flight
Once again, a reactionary bigot succeeds in getting four people marched off a plane for wearing Islamic dress and not speaking English.
stupid  security  racism  airline  travel 
november 2006 by threedaymonk
‘Paris Syndrome’ leaves tourists in shock
Japanese visitors like the idea of Paris, but are disturbed when they find it’s full of French people.
travel  culture  japan  weird  france 
october 2006 by threedaymonk
Weird Meat
Snakes, rats, sea horses: I'm getting hungry!
cooking  food  weird  travel  culture 
october 2006 by threedaymonk
Welcome aboard
A truthful in-flight announcement.
travel  humour  transport  airline 
september 2006 by threedaymonk
A Plethora of Train Tickets
189 ticket types?! Something’s seriously wrong with the British railway system (as if we didn’t know already).
humour  uk  travel  trains 
august 2006 by threedaymonk
Which side of the road do they drive on?
Probably more information than you will ever need on the subject.
travel  reference 
july 2006 by threedaymonk
North Korea
Revealing photos from the DPRK.
dprk  photography  travel  korea 
june 2006 by threedaymonk
No smoking out jet door: airline to French flyer
She tried to open an emergency exit. Passive smoking can kill!
humour  travel  airline  news 
november 2005 by threedaymonk
WhichBudget.com
Make sense of the various cheap/no-frills airlines.
travel 
october 2005 by threedaymonk
Global GSM Prepaid Overview
Prepaid cards for various countries
mobile  travel  telephony 
may 2005 by threedaymonk
Assault on batteries
Ryanair don't know when to stop cost-cutting.
travel 
april 2005 by threedaymonk

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