TSA: TSA Announces Expansion of 'Diamond'...

This week: extra baggage fees, delays

The new fees for an “extra” bag kick in this week. Airlines will start charging for more...

Google Maps - Sort of travel-related

Travel Tips for Globetrotting Geeks - Wired...

The Associated Press: Air safety, passenger...

Air marshals grounded in list mix-ups - The...

Strandings on the tarmac may be solved

Or maybe not.  File under be careful what you wish for. Today’s Wall Street Journal (page D1)...

Princess and the Bea-kini | The Sun

Martinique: The Slave Memorial at Anse Cafard from...

Declarations - WSJ.com

Newsvine - Tips to ensure the TSA doesn't...

L. B. Cebik is a silent key (Not about travel...

TSA Worker Brings Gun to Work, Keeps Job

One of the many lovely paraders

on Fat Tuesday in Fort de France, Martinique. Click the photo to see more on Flickr.

Luggage services to St. Barth

I looked at two services which promise to send your luggage from the US to St. Barth (but not...

Merger Most Foul: Hard Road Ahead for Delta,...

Airplanes: Delta "Cozy Suite" Seats Make...

Top 11 Deserted Beaches Around the World |...

Encyclopedia Britannica Now Free For Bloggers...

Las Vegas Casinos Roll Out the Deals -...

Airline Tickets, Cheap Airfare, Discount...

Delaycast · Flight Delay Predictions

US Airways | Choice Seats

U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters...

Real eye-opener on vouchers and such if...

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article beginning on page D1 about which airlines offer...

MapJack - Your City Online

Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of Social...

Videos at civex.magnify

Northwest-Delta deal shifts focus to...

Cheap hotel rooms for travelers

Back in 1998, Louise and I stayed in the Hotel Matic on Guadeloupe. The cost back then was US$44 a...

Bankruptcy: Frontier Airlines Joins Airline...

13 euro disposable cell phone coming to...

American cancellations abate: Only 200 more

BBC NEWS | Fast food, German-style

Summer of cancellations

Expect the summer of 2008 to have lots of cancellations. The FAA has been conducting an audit of...

More American Flights cancelled today;...

They expect another 900 cancellations today; 1,100 were cancelled yesterday, affecting about a...

Trip Insurance revisited

After yesterday’s cancellation of flights for inspections, I’d be seriously considering...

American cancels 850 more flights - CNN.com

Seat 2B: The Big Airlines Smell Blood ......

Our photos and videos from Martinique 2008

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HealthMap | Global disease alert map

Air Canada to charge for customer service

Bloomberg.com: Alitalia Nears Bankruptcy as...

ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy and...

Advice I read on the Web.

Also, don’t lean in the plane and yell ‘Hey, Achmed! Fedihl!’ Because if someone...

civex: Hotel Le Toiny-St. Barths

civex: Luxury Resorts of the Caribbean-Carl...

The Star Treatment: Flying Like Jennifer...

Aloha Airlines

Russian Calendar for 2008

Fliers await a bill of rights - San Jose...

BBC NEWS | UK | 15,000 bags stranded at...

Time to consider travel insurance?

The news this morning was all about cancellations. The FAA ordered inspections of MD88s, and a...

Savvy air travelers ship their bags ahead -...

New York Times: Getting to Europe Is About to...

MacBook Air: New Airport Screening Procedure...

Montana Governor: DHS 'Blinks' on Real ID

California Backs Off Real ID - Update |...

Techdirt: The Real ID Theft Act?

The Great No-ID Airport Challenge (you don't...

Major candidates' passport files breached -...

TSA's Blogger Bob Screens the Apple MacBook...

Airlines change direction - plan cuts, not...

Best t-shirt for a mugshot ever. (Sorry, not...

Sports Express Luggage Delivery - Luxury...

TSA Gangstaz

I would have embedded the video but it is so not safe for the...

Mid-air bomb threat, stabbing drama - New...

Security Checkpoint Wait Times

Security guide to customs-proofing your...

Evolution of Security: Apple MacBook Airs are...

International Polar Day | Tagzania Blog

FAA mandates major aircraft 'Black Box'...

Fly Through Airport Security - Wired How-To...

Steve Jobs Made Me Miss My Flight

More on "Clear" Travel

Earlier, I posted about a WSJ column on Clear. Here’s a photo of the card, held by an actual...

U.S. PASSPORT CARD

Kansas City TV Station | TSA: Missing Luggage...

martinique tagged map by philip - Tagzania

The Slave Memorial at Anse Cafard

Le Pagerie

Fleur de Sel

Le Table de Mamy Nounou

Flying Through Airport Security - WSJ.com

Online photo editing

While we were in Martinique, we used Cyber Base as our internet access provider to upload photos and...

Travel news: baggage costs more to...

 Today’s San Jose Mercury News has an article on two airlines charging extra for more than one...

Earthquake felt in the Eastern Caribbean

Security Beat

More videos on Magnify

I’m seeing more videos of Carnaval from Guadeloupe and even one from St. Barth on...

Cyber Base in Martinique

Martinique has Cyber Base stores in many of the larger towns in Martinque, and Diamant has one right...

Other Carnaval posts on the Web

We’re getting Guadeloupe Carnaval posts on our Magnify site. Because the site updates itself...

Uploads to Smugmug, quick overview

We are now uploading our photos and videos to Smugmug for your perusing pleasure.   A few general...

Final photos

We’re posting our final photos while on the road, and maybe a video, too, to smugmug....

Carnaval Photos on Smugmug

We have posted 8 photos on Smugmug from Carnaval, taken on Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. We will...

More photos; rain day today

It has been raining all afternoon. The porch of our villa is at 14.46376N, 61.04740W, and we can no...

Posting to Smugmug

I remembered that European keyboards were different, but I;d forgotten how different. I can;t find...

Update to our "on the road" post

Unfortunately, Phanfare has no reliable means to post photos and videos while on the road, so...

AT&T To Deliver Free Access To Its Wi-Fi...

We'll be on the road soon

Changes have been made. See the post of January 25.  The Civilized Explorer team will be off to...

Who's the idiot?

The blogging world was all agog a few days ago about a five year old boy detained by TSA for being...

The Civilized Explorer Portal

The problem with Li-Ion batteries

The FAA has recently announced changes in how airline passengers are to carry and store Lithium ion...

Atlas: Airport Delays Are Getting Worse, So...

We don't know what we're talking about

Portal for Work Abroad, Study Abroad,...

“A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a...”
— Newsvine - Man Drinks Liter of...

MAXroam - the sim that doesn't know that...

TED | Talks | Barry Schwartz: The paradox of...

Review: Travel writer Chuck Thompson dumps...

:: Welcome to MyBadFlight.com ::

The Associated Press: JetBlue to Test Limited...

TripIt Adds Calendar Sync, Travel...

7.3 magnitude earthquake off Martinique...

civex: Landing in St Barth with St barth...

Continental Airlines - Offer

Spammed by Baggage Quest

Oops. Strike Baggag Quest from my list. They started spamming me today with promotions for...

“The federal government disclosed details yesterday of a...”
— U.S. Plans to Screen All Who...

Liquid-free toiletries

Follow-up on baggage service; double...

I got my quote this morning on luggage delivery to Diamant, Martnique from SFO - $1,426.90. One way...

Natca: Avoid Delays - Check Your Flight

Natca: Avoid Delays - Check Your Flight

Lost baggage for the holidays?

We have some information already about baggage delivery services in Guadeloupe and St. Barth. These...

From our flickr page with our set of French West Indies...

Martinique Nature - Cartes et Photos de la...

Mairie du Diamant - Martinique

Cyber-base in Diamant

civex: St Barth By Car

Napkin Notebook

Today's Wall Street Journal - complaints...

No kidding.  The TSA’s claimed reason is something only our government would say: They have so...

PlaneBuzz: We Knew This Was Going To Happen:...

Sad truth revealed

The LA Times has a story today headlined “Airport tests reveal major security flaws,”...

Martinique - the island of flowers

La Martinique du Pirate

Reseau France Outre-mer

La Martinique sur Zananas.

Martinique tagged map on Tagzania

Revenge of the ticket agents - CNN.com

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Photos of our trip to Key West

Géoportail - le portail des territoires et...

Géoportail - le portail des territoires et...

You predict the weather for the night of...