Travel Log
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Lone Gunman Opens Fire at Playa Del Carmen Nightclub
Five Dead, 15 Injured At A Playa Del Carmen Beach Nightclub by Heather Cassell Five festival goers were killed and nine others were wounded when a lone gunman opened fire at a music festival at a popular gay-friendly night club in one of the Yucatan Peninsula’s popular resort towns January 16. Electronic music lovers were […]
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CDC Issues Historic Travel Warning For Miami
The Zika numbers starting to climb prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a precedent travel warning to pregnant women and couples for Miami on Monday.
This is the first time that a federal health agency has issued a travel warning within the United States CDC officials believe, Tom Skinner, spokesperson for the agency told the media.
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Celebrating Women: San Francisco’s Women’s Building Hosts 45th Anniversary Gala
Walking into the Women’s Building in San Francisco earlier this month Girls That Roam felt like we were taken back in time to the politically awakened and turbulent 1970s of the civil rights, gay rights, and women’s movements.
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Travel Scholarship Encourages World Exploration
Hostelling International USA plans to help 81 young people travel the world with its new Explore the World Travel Scholarship.
Launched in March, the scholarship was created to encourage Americans between the ages 18 – 30 years of age to travel outside of the United States in 2016 and 2017.
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Black Women Settle Lawsuit With Napa Valley Wine Train
Sistahs on the Reading Edge settled their race discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train April 18.
The Wine Train’s governing board still needs to approve the undisclosed settlement with the 11 women who were allegedly unceremoniously kicked off of the train for being loud and boisterous in August 2015, according to media reports.
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Survival 101: Woman Lost In AZ White Mountains Did Everything Right
Ann Rogers and her dog were traveling to visit her grandchildren in Phoenix when her hybrid car ran out of gas and electric power in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona.
She was lost for nine days.
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US Workers Should Take A Cue from American Women Who Are Going On Vacation
US working women are more likely to go on vacation than their male counterparts.
The Alamo Family Vacation Survey’s in 2015 and 2016 found that during the past two years 63 percent of women took their paid time off in both years versus 54 and 52 percent men, each year respectively.
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Cologne Police Pledge To Protect Women During Carnival
Cologne isn’t taking any chances during its popular Carnival following the New Year’s Eve fiasco where police failed to protect women from being sexually assaulted and harassed by gangs of young men.
Carnival kicks off today, Thursday, February 4, with the annual Women’s Day Carnival (Weiberfastnacht) and ends on February 9, Ash Wednesday.
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UNWTO Says Tourism Worldwide Reached A Record 1.2 Billion In 2015
Travelers around the world are crossing boarders more than ever before rather than staying home, according to the United Nations World Travel Organization.
UNWTO’s world travel experts examined the number of international arrivals in countries around the world and determined that tourism globally grew 4.4% reaching a total of 1,184 million in 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
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Ancient And Modern Iran Is Number 12 On Our List Of Places To Venture To In 2016
Naturally, one of the first thoughts is travel. After all it’s the bed of the Persian Empire, the pathway of the Silk Road, and much more, but Americans and many other Western travelers don’t know what is behind the veil of Iran.
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Sizzling Cuba Is Our 11th Destination To Go To In 2016
So what’s the fuss about the communist island nation that is only slightly smaller than Kentucky and Tennessee combined? Is it the distant memory of Ernst Hemingway’s Havana? Why is Cuba such a hot destination for American travelers?
For starters, visitors will be stepping back in time with the 1950s era cars still occupying Cuba’s streets and historic buildings, some that have been preserved and others crumbling edifices. Cuba is a country of art, revolution, dancing in the streets, and just when you think you have grasped the spirit of the country and the people it spins away and transforms into something new to discover.
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US National Parks Are Number 10 On Our List Of Places To See In 2016
United States National Parks – Pick On Any Of Them – You Won’t Be Disappointed by Super G US national parks are celebrating 100 years since the system was officially indoctrinated by Congress as protected lands. Today, there are 59 national parks across the US. Girls That Roam has been to a few of these […]
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