It’s easy to get around Sydney, even for a first timer. The public transport system is extensive, so you wouldn’t have to rely on costly taxis everytime.

You can buy and pay for tickets everytime you board the bus, ferry or train. However, it’s more convenient to buy a travel pass, which can be used on all services.

Which ticket to buy?

I give you three choices: the Daytripper, the Sydney Pass and the Travel Pass.
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This is just too disgusting to imagine. I pity the passengers who had to endure this.

DALLAS - Continental Airlines Inc. is apologizing to its customers for “poor conditions” aboard a trans-Atlantic flight where one passenger described sewage spilling down the aisle from a lavatory.

“I’ve never felt so offended in all my life,” passenger Collin Brock of Washington state told Seattle’s KING-TV. “I felt like I had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours.”

Source: MSNBC.com

Update: Dana over at the New York Metroblog was on that flight, and needless to say, she wasn’t pleased.
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Mike of Vagabondish led me to this astounding newsbit from Reuters:

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.

“In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal … we went again in May and to our surprise we found the lake had completely disappeared,” said Juan Jose Romero, regional director of Chile’s National Forestry Corporation CONAF.

Uh-huuuh.

That’s a pretty sizable lake…it dried up completely within 2 months? I’ve seen a dried up lake in Australia, but it’s something that’s bound to happen because of the drought they were experiencing.

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Cebu Pacific is offering Php99 fares for domestic destination. The catch? You have to travel during the week.

Whoever said that the best time to travel or take a break is on weekends only? Catch our Midweek seat sale, travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to any of our domestic destinations, and get the P99 one-way fare!

Ticket sales start on the 21st of June until the 27th. Travel period is from August 1 - October 31, 2007.

As always, promo fare is only for a one-way ticket excluding fares and surcharges.

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Sounds too good to be true, eh?

I got this topic alert from Couchsurfing.com.

I’m launching a new backpacker company in the comming months and looking for 30-50 of the right people to work with me.

What do you do?
Throw parties and go on do attractions and activities.. white water rafting etc

What do I get paid?
Nothing

You pay for your food, I cover your flights and attractions, activities.

You get to backpack around the world, AROUND THE WORLD and I pick up the tab for you throwing parties and representing the brand.

Whats the catch?
Look at my profile, I do social things and if your lucky…. very lucky, you can come to a private Island next year for some time…. until the school is built.

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