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June 27, 2012 by DontFlyGo

Go Green: Environmentally Friendly Travel in Chicago

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Today we turn over DontFlyGo.com to regular guest poster Felicia Baritz-Savage who talks to us about environmentally friendly travel in Chicago.

Travel is a worthwhile endeavor in so many ways; it expands our horizons, opens our eyes to new cultures and exposes us to food, people and sites we would never otherwise encounter. Unfortunately, though, travel can be decidedly unfriendly to the environment; the consumption of fossil fuels and the waste produced by all those roadside fast-food meals alone can drastically increase the average wanderer’s carbon footprint while on a typical vacation. Read More »

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June 25, 2012 by DontFlyGo

The Association of Ticketless Travellers

Once described as the ‘Lifeline of the Nation’, Indias rail network today remains the countries most important means of transport. The rail network is the second largest employer in the world, after the Chinese state army, and transports a stagering 30 million passengers daily.

Eight million of these passengers board and dismount in the city of Mumbai on their daily commute to work. Conditions are bad with trains carrying four times as many passengers as they were designed to. Excess passengers ride on the roof or hang out the side of the carriages. Bodies being wheeled out from railway platforms are a common sight with a reported ten deaths a day.

Two years ago, a group of passengers frustrated by the lack of a modern transport system decided to band together to take a stance. They declared they were going to strategically evade paying for any ticket by forming an organisation called the Association Of Ticketless Travellers.

The concept is simple yet genius. To join the association, one is required to pay an annual fee. One can then ride the transport system with reckless abandon without ever paying for a ticket. In the unlikely event that you are caught, the association will pay your fine. It’s a sort of insurance scheme for train anarchists who hold a gripe against the network or those unwilling for fork out for daily tickets.

Some say this association is an urban myth, others say that the association has now been disbanded. Write in and let us know if you’ve heard of it before and if any other systems like this exists around the world.

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June 18, 2012 by DontFlyGo

Top Ten Reasons NOT to Drive in London

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London is one of the busiest cities in the world, and navigating its gridlocked and traffic-choked streets is strictly for the brave. In comparison with other modes of transport, motoring offers few advantages in terms of cost or convenience, so if you’re thinking of taking on the capital by car on your next London break, be sure you read this list first. We investigate the reasons why public transport is the smarter choice! Read More »

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June 14, 2012 by DontFlyGo

Fuelling Your Overland Travel Desires: 10 Cracking YouTube Travel Channels

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If you’re anything like the team at DontFlyGo (undeniably handsome and quick-witted) then you’ll love spending hours hitting up YouTube and pouring over all the travel goodness there is on display.

From sumo wrestling, to hitchhiking whole countries, there’s plenty of entertaining moments to feast on from these cracking YouTube Travel Channels.

Which ones do you dig the loudest? Read More »

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June 13, 2012 by DontFlyGo

17 Vintage Travel Posters from Oceania

Having covered Asia and Africa in our series of vintage travel posters, we now turn our attention to Oceania, the continent comprising Australia and the surrounding islands. Such a distant location provided quite the voyage for travellers of the past but this doesn’t seem to have affected the number of beautiful travel posters from the age. Leave us a comment letting us know your favourite.