Jaunted - Tag: travel snapshots http://www.jaunted.com/ The Pop Culture Travel Guide en-us Copyright 2006 - SFO MEDIA 2008-10-07T08:46:19Z Jaunted Jaunted Jaunted http://www.jaunted.com/images/jauntedw.jpg http://www.jaunted.com/tag/travel%20snapshots New York: Travel Snapshots: Celebrating Park(ing) Day http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/9/19/155034/890

Earlier today, we told you about Park(ing) Day, the celebration of hastily created parks in parking spaces around the world. Jaunted member JetSetCD spotted a couple in New York City and sent us this report:

Took a walk down 8th Avenue today over lunch and spotted two such reclaimed spots.

One is right in front of Balducci's at 8th and 14th (featuring bike parking--yay!) and the other is by Swich Pressed Sandwiches on 8th between 16th and 15th.

The latter is getting the most attention because they've got it fully cordoned-off with twine and have been decorating the sidewalk with chalk flowers. Cute! Sadly, no swimming pools.

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You know how you can always tell the tourists headed to warmer climes when you walk through the airport? They're always the ones wearing goofy print shirts and short shorts even though it's bound to be frigid on the plane.

Jaunted member JetSetCD sent us this funny snapshot, along with a bit of an explanation:

I mean, it may be the Motor City and all, but really? Gotta love the guy in the tropical shirt at the bar; the flights around it were headed to various parts of Mexico.

Have your own travel snapshots? Drop 'em in our Flickr pool.

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· Tourists coverage [Jaunted]]]> pbb 2008-08-05T11:46:17-05:00 New York: Travel Snapshots: Keeping Kosher at JFK http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/7/28/17580/6331

Don't you hate when you're walking through an airport, dying for a hot dog or a potato knish with not a one in sight? Us too! So we were thrilled to find these vending machines on a recent trip through JFK's Terminal 4.

To the left, the frankfurter dispenser had kosher dogs ($4.50), while the Hot Nosh machines had all sorts of goodies, from cheese pizza to onion rings to knishes (around $4 each). Surprisingly, the gizmos didn't stink like fry oil!

But the best part? The machines advertise that they're open for business 24/6. Nothing like a religiously observant vending machine.

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We thought Orlando's inadvertently raunchy billboard was the greatest travel advertising of the year, but this ad from maverick LCC entrepreneur and washing machine salesman Tony Fernandes has just surged into the lead.

It should come as little surprise that this billboard is in Queensland, Australia, a country known for edgy advertising.

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[Photo: Beth Whitman]]]> pbb 2008-07-21T13:12:43-05:00 Tokyo: Travel Snapshot: Weary in Japan http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/7/17/15102/3613

Jaunted reader ultraclay! has just dropped more photos in our Flickr pool, and we love, love, love this shot.

While this picture was made on the sly--so we don't know this guy's backstory--we like to think that he's been on a super-bender in Tokyo that's just coming to an end. To snap in your own candid shot, hang around bustling Shiodome with your camera on the ready.

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[Photo: ultraclay!]]]> pbb 2008-07-17T15:15:18-05:00 Tokyo: Travel Snapshot: Baseball in Japan http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/7/11/121647/365

Flickr user ultraclay! just dropped a bunch of photos into the Jaunted Photo Pool, and we were particularly taken by this snap from a Yomiuri Giants game in Tokyo. What makes Japanese baseball so special?

The entire experience was fun and culturally very interesting, but the best part has to have been the beer girls. Unlike stadiums in the US where pisswater beer is poured and then carried around until you finally get it, warm and flat, this beer is always fresh. That's because they pour it in front of you... from a keg... on their back! Yeah, really.

Why are we still going to games in the states?

Have your own travel snapshots? We'd love to see 'em.

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[Photo: ultraclay!]]]> pbb 2008-07-11T12:30:14-05:00 Travel Snapshots: The Geekiest Photos We've Ever Seen http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/7/9/115752/9604

Tired of bland snapshots? Let your inner geek run wild with a Google Image Search template. Just print it out, cut out the little windows and you're ready to go.

The person who thought this up--as far as we can tell--did a series in Stockholm, but our buddies at Geekadelphia turned us on to the idea with a similar template for their hometown. Download it and tweak it to fit your destination in just a couple minutes with Photoshop or another image editor.

Once you've got your geektastic photos, won't you drop 'em in the Jaunted Flickr Pool?

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