Consumer Traveler Today: Feb 15

Consumer Traveler Today: My Tripod is Verboten! What do I do?
 
 
My Tripod is Verboten! What do I do?
What we’re reading: Permits now required for Half Dome, BA gets approval for tie-up, Boeing sees demand improving
Oberammergau, Germany — a once-a-decade passion experience
Surviving a Mexican sweat-lodge religious experience
My Tripod is Verboten! What do I do?
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:05 AM PST
Ned Levi notes that many travel sites now ban the use of tripods and monopods, and discusses alternatives, so you are able to take sharp, detailed photographs even for night photography, when using long lenses on your DSLR, low light conditions anywhere, etc.
       

What we’re reading: Permits now required for Half Dome, BA gets approval for tie-up, Boeing sees demand improving
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:00 AM PST
In Yosemite permits now required for Half Dome, British Airlines, American Airlines, Iberia gets approval for anti-trust immunity, Boeing sees aircraft demand improving
       

Oberammergau, Germany — a once-a-decade passion experience
Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST
The Passion Play, the story of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, is performed in this small Alpine village once every 10 years. It is a performance unlike any other in the world — all of the actors and musicians must come from this village. Every actor is a citizen of mountain town of Oberammergau deep in the Bavarian Alps.
       

Surviving a Mexican sweat-lodge religious experience
Posted: 14 Feb 2010 06:30 AM PST
Contributor Lynn Rosen while traveling in Mexico had a chance to experience a hard-core sweat lodge. Here is her story. The temezcal or Mexican Huichol sweat lodge is a traditional native aboriginal cleansing ritual where water is poured over hot rocks and steam is enclosed inside an igloo-like shelter.