Delayed due to injury – lastweeknotes. A mass protest, some great books, rest and then recuperation and then stacking myself into hospital
travel
Rail vs air: The tool that aims to make European train journeys as easy as booking a flight.
Rail is experiencing a renaissance across Europe, as countries continue to invest in train networks and travellers look for flight-free alternatives that are better for the planet. But, navigating complex and fragmented train networks has remained a challenge.
A new interactive mapping tool from slow travel specialist Byway hopes to change that.
French city of Nice backtracks on big cruise ship ban.
The mayor of Nice on Friday backtracked on plans to ban big cruise ships from the French Riviera town to prevent overtourism.
The original plan was lauded by environmentalists but caused dismay among local businesses owners and the cruise industry.
#Nice #Cruise #CruiseShips #Tourism #OverTourism #Travel #Environment #Business #Mediterranean #France #Riviera
KXAN: Mexicans warned not to travel to Texas over measles
https://www.kxan.com/news/mexicans-warned-not-to-travel-to-texas-over-measles/
Still limping, but still having fun. Successfully seeing some gigs but failing to see the Inspiral Carpets. Smoky Thursday, Star Trek and Philip K Dick books, tentacles, a good museum, a good dog and the usual load of bars.
#Melbourne based, working on being less chronically online. Embarking on a bunch of nerdy mid-life crisis projects (cheaper than a sportscar)
Work: Government, so professionally apolitical. Areas of expertise include:
#SocialServices
#Welfare
#Health
#Technology
#RiskManagement
#Equality #Reforms
Fun: The random assortment of nerdy and non-nerdy stuff I'd be interested in chatting about:
#Food
#Cooking
Budget #Travel
#Permaculture
#Ethics
#Philosophy
#Boardgames
#Warhammer / #Warhammer40k
#3Dmodelling / #3Dprinting
#FinancialLiteracy
#Sustainability
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Why are none of these wizards ever home?!?!
#BreakingImpossible #running #hiking #travel #travelphotography #photosafari #optoutside #Belguim
#introduction Hi everyone, I joined a while ago, but didn’t give it much a go, but want to now. All other social media pisses me off. I’m active in #druidry with #obod and practice #buddhism. I #read a pretty wide genre of #books - both #fiction and #nonfiction . I’m from #uk but now live in #tasmania #australia. I’m a retired #mentalhealth #nurse and keen at #photography - pictures to follow. @chestas (my husband) and I both love to #travel
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Grand Tetons From A Distance
Description: Back down to earth from today's earlier image (see here), the sun was up and the fog was dissipating in front of the Teton Range in Wyoming.
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America
https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/grand-tetons-from-a-distance/
#NationalPark #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #Wyoming #GrandTetonNationalPark #morning #mountains #NationalPark #NPS #PhotoOfTheDay #sunrise #travel #USA #wyoming
Fenster freitag from Mexico City
#FensterFreitag #mexicocity #photography #mexico #WindowFriday #travel #fujifilm
"On his second day in office, as part of his careless-or-intentional destruction of the institutions that have made the United States strong and safe, Donald Trump disbanded a group called the Aviation Security Advisory Committee."
~ James Fallows
#Trump #AirSafety #airlines #airports #AirTrafficControl #travel #chaos
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https://fallows.substack.com/p/it-had-been-16-years-since-a-fatal
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A Filiipino tourist was grazed by a train while she was taking a photo in Shifen Old Street, Pingxi, Taiwan. She was brought to the hospital to undergo spine surgery.
#Taiwan #Philippines #Balita #Asian #Taipei #ShifenOldStreet #Travel #Tourism #ABSCBN #Lanterns @pinoy
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A Green Sea Turtle, aka Honu, rising for a breath at an Oahu reef. Your #sealife #photooftheday
#Turtle #Tuesday #blue
#Oahu #sea #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wild #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #water #climatechange #reef #photo #photography #pictureoftheday #picture #scuba #snorkeling #travel
#monPetitTourDeFrance is done!
I completed my 2725 km loop in 7 weeks! The greater challenge was the total elevation gain of 35,814 m. Lots of memories, landscapes, photos, discovering...
Special thanks to all my friends & family for hosting me during my journey!
PS: I'm late to publish my photos, my ride finished July 9th
#travel #bike #Europe #minimalist #cycling #cyclisme #mastobike #VoyageAVélo #Biketravel #bikePacking #velo #voyage #outdoors #bikelife #cyclotourisme #cyclo #BikeTooter
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Another #Interrail journey finished, time for a map. 2800km+, 15 trains, starting in Vienna, looping through Poland, Germany, Switzerland to Genova & Milano and back home. #travel #rail
Hello all, a little intro from me. I'm Aaron, currently living in Dallas, TX. Enjoy #seahawks, #photography, #travel, cooking, and reading. Used to work in higher education, but am back working in business and automotive industry.
Find my musings at https://mindofaaronw.com.
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Do you enjoy Joshua Tree National Park?
I have always enjoyed hiking and photographing the park. It's a combination of natural beauty, a bit mystical, and to some degree a little quirky. Enjoy and be well, Joseph G Art.
www.josephsgiacalonephoto.com
#joshuatreenationalpark #nature #photography #travel #california
The New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo preserves the regions space history through interactive exhibits, demonstrations, artifacts, and educational programs.
#NewMexico #STEM #science #Alamogordo #daytrip #travel #ipulledoverforthis
[Video] 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝟭𝟱𝟱 𝗺𝗽𝗵 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴
#HongKong’s new #HighSpeed #SleeperTrains launched in summer 2024 and while they aren’t quite as fast as flying, or daytime #BulletTrains, what they do offer is a night’s rest. #CNN takes a trip on the new service from #Beijing which offers a perfect weekend getaway.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/travel/video/sleeper-train-hong-kong-china-connection-digvid via @CNN
📷 © CNN
#Railway #Railways #BulletTrain #SleeperTrain #Travel #Train #Trains #NightTrain #NightTrains #China
Discover the world with our new Sightseeing GPT! 🌍
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Boost this post to share the travel vibes! 🛤️✈️ #Travel #Sightseeing #ExploreTheWorld #ChatGPT #GPT #AI
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Mit dem ersten Schnee habe ich endlich Zeit gefunden, auf die Sommerferien im Norden Spaniens zurückzublicken. https://tertulia.substack.com/p/exploring-the-basque-country #travel #tertulia
Five years of no flying
✈️ ❌ ➡️ 🚅 ✅
5 years ago, I realised that my #academic travels were emitting way too much #greenhouse #gas #GHG (up to 20 t #CO2 / yr) and hence that my #professional activity was not #sustainable. I thus decided to completely ban air #travel (#plane) and travel mainly by #train within #Europe.
5 years later (i.e. now), my professional travels' #carbonfootprint dropped by **a factor 50**, without impacting my #publication records (compared to 2017 - 2019).
I wrote a post for the #blog of @a4e about my experience. Check it out: https://astronomersforplanet.earth/five-years-of-no-flying/
cc @labos1point5 @LAM_Marseille @CNRS_INSU @academicchatter @astrophysics @StayGrounded_net
#Research #Science #sustainability #ecology #Earth #NoPlanetB #Climate #academicchatter #academicmastodon #ClimateChange #ClimateAction
