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By Ken Hegan for MSN Imagine you were grounded on a runway for hours in the brutal Nevada sun. Would you freak out? Mutiny? Or break into song? This happened last Sunday at McCarran International Airport. Passengers were stuck on two consecutive planes on the Las Vegas tarmac for hours without air conditioning or water.…
By Ken Hegan for MSN So I’ve been hunting down interesting summer music festivals. And I’ve found a strange one in Sherwood Forest and Double JJ Ranch near the tiny village of Rothbury, Michigan. It’s called ELECTRIC FOREST, it runs 4 days from June 27-30th this summer, and it’s a trippy mix of jam bands,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN There were two remarkable recent pilot stories. The first happened on a JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh to Boston on Monday night. The flight took off shortly after the visiting Boston Bruins upset the heavily-favoured Pittsburgh Penguins, destroying the flightless fowl by a whopping 6-1 in the Penguins’ home rink. Brutal.…
By Ken Hegan for MSN In the nick of time, I’ve discovered that May is Zombie Appreciation Month. Why May? According to the Zombie Research Society, “many films important to the evolution of the modern zombie are set in the month of May, most notably George Romero’s original 1968 zombie classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING…
By Ken Hegan for MSN A young Toronto man has created a map of every flight path in the world. The result is a lovely, ethereal map with exploding clusters of arcing blue lights. [click on the images to expand them] It looks like thousands of ghosts flying between continents. Either that or a glowing…
By Ken Hegan for MSN I’ve had three fantastic open air massages in my life: 1) A beachside couples massage at Rockwater Secret Cove on BC’s Sunshine Coast 2) A warm cliffside massage at Cabanas Copal resort on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico 3) The infamous Kenya safari massage. That’s when your safari Jeep bounces…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Bah, it was only a matter of time. Airbnb, that great gift to thrifty travellers, has been ruled illegal in New York City. Airbnb is a crowdsourcing hospitality site that lets you rent (or rent out) a private home for the night. It’s a great way to avoid the nightmare…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Here’s some breaking (eardrum) news: Last Thursday, an American Airlines flight left LAX in Los Angeles at 3:30 pm. The flight was bound for JFK in New York. But at 6:06 pm the plane had to make an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport. Apparently the flight crew was…
By Ken Hegan for MSN I’m constantly on the lookout for innovative, offbeat travel gear and gadgets. Previously I’ve checked out fun carry-ons like the scooter suitcase, Ostrich Pillow, jetlag-fighting glasses, a suitcase you wear like a jacket, and Knee Defender seat clamps that prevent the jet passenger sitting in front of you from slamming…
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