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FrequentMiler Use Kiva.org to Help with Minimum Spend Requirements frugaltravelguy.com/2011/08/use-ki… 7:13 PM Sep 10th, 2011 via Tweet Button Retweeted by globtrav and 4 others
The computer systems for @flyairnz are down. Expect delays. 5:53 PM Mar 12th, 2011 via web
ChasLicc Superb demonstration of why the shaking was only part of the problem during the Christchurch earthquake http://bit.ly/h7y5bv 6:20 PM Mar 2nd, 2011 via web Retweeted by globtrav and 23 others
@floraandflying oh I think the seismologists and geotechnical engineers will be busy for years from Christchurch 2010 & 2011 quakes 9:19 AM Mar 2nd, 2011 via web in reply to floraandflying
#chch #eqnz latest aftershock just 40 mins ago was 4.6, last week was 6.3 2:35 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web
@soultravelers3 I use timeanddate.com for timezones at a glance, meeting planner, time countdown etc #TTOT 2:33 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to soultravelers3
@MyPostcardFrom @soultravelers3 earthquake was just north of Wellington http://is.gd/9SeWvS only 4.5, tiny compared with #chch #eqnz 2:33 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to MyPostcardFrom
@NG_Geneva I just kept travelling & grew out of motion sickness (many years ago). #TTOT 2:30 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to NG_Geneva
@roniweiss Thanks for pics. What about someone travelling with you embarrassed by you? #TTOT 2:29 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to roniweiss
@NG_Geneva Seasick too on the regular 3-4 hour ferry crossings. And airsick when 1st flew. But worked it out of my system, thankfully. #TTOT 2:27 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to NG_Geneva
@soultravelers3 No is well past dinner time here. Now 11:30 #TTOT I can't sleep anyway after the earthquake we had 90 minutes ago. 2:25 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to soultravelers3
soultravelers3 #TTOT ALL of our travels around the world with our kid makes me feel like a kid again, that's the joy of family travel! 2:16 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web Retweeted by globtrav
jerickp Right on the spot! RT @tifany74: LOL. Childhood's greatest fears = poop, puke, and nudity #TTOT 2:17 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by globtrav
@roniweiss ah come on. Everyone is embarassed by something, especially when travel is involved. #TTOT 2:18 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to roniweiss
@CoolTravelVids Oh dear. Where parents & siblings also naked? #TTOT 2:17 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to CoolTravelVids
@NG_Geneva Ack. I'd suppressed memory of carsick when young quite well, or so I thought. #TTOT 2:16 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to NG_Geneva
@thatjohn Aye. Gales & quake not conducive to sleep. Perhaps a nightcap may help. 2:14 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to thatjohn
AboutLondon Q5 via @TravelBlggr: What's your most embarrassing moment traveling as a kid? #TTOT 2:10 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via SocialOomph Retweeted by globtrav
@conniehum Me too. A5: Food poisoning. Cousins taunting my about my trots. most embarrassing moment traveling as a kid? #TTOT 2:13 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to connvoyage
@tifany74 alas no, but we did get the guide in hysterics after lecture not to point or wave at north koreans and managed to get him to #TTOT 2:10 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to tifany74