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The Roar of an Airplane, No More?

Nisha — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:12:00 +0000

The worst part of staying near an airport or living near an airport is the level of noise and disruption. Long nights punctuated with the piercing sound of an engine whine don’t tend to lead to sleep or a sense of peaceful quiet. Frustration levels always seem to rise as conversations must be paused frequently for the roaring overhead. It definitely isn’t music to anyone’s ears. Travelers at hotels near metropolitan airports and international airports in particular are accosted by a cacophony of sound around the clock, as flights leave as early as 5 o’clock in the morning well into the night.

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Some staying at airport hotels are in luck however as airports across the UK are slowly starting to implement their Noise Action Plans as required by a new European law. The plans must be approved the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Transport. These are intended to help airports learn how to further reduce the noise pollution for surrounding areas. Experts and local community members were involved in the investigations.

Stansted Airport Hotels in particular can count themselves lucky as Stansted Airport will be enforcing strict fines for off track flying and overly noisy aircraft as just one of sixty plus measures that will be enacted over the course of the next ten years. This might even affect the level of noise at Airport Parking as Stansted starts to phase out older, noisier aircraft. Stansted seems to have taken a very strong approach to solving this issue, and has left nothing off the table as far as a possible solution.

While guests at Heathrow airport hotels and those utilizing Heathrow Airport Parking should not feel left out, as it began its own investigation in 2005 and plans on adopting measures to change the level of noise pollution over the next five years beginning in 2011. The action plan was approved in May, and here’s hoping that one of the busiest airports in England is very quickly able to reduce the deafening noise.
All in all, things are looking up for seasoned and novice travelers as airports begins to take the level of noise more seriously. One can only hope that these measures are implemented quickly and without any complications. The more steps that they complete, the more certain travelers will be off a quiet, comfortable stay anywhere near an airport.
P.S.- This is a guest post by Nick Phillipps.

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Stylish bag holder

Nisha — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:13:39 +0000

I love to carry big handbags. Remember my red bag ? Large bags are roomy and can hold a whole world of items in them. But as much they help you in carrying things, carrying them to places like restaurants becomes a nuisance.

These large bags usually need a chair of their own or because of space crunch, have to be kept on the floor. I don’t like the idea of putting the bag down on the floor. Also, most of these places do not have a place to hang your handbag. So I usually keep my handbag in my lap. That puts me on ease but at the same time makes me uncomfortable while eating.

Looks like a key ring.

That is when this pretty ‘bag holder’ comes to your rescue. Foldable into a key ring, this handbag holder clutches the edge of a table and lets down a hook from which you hang your handbag.

Handy, small, and attractive; this piece has a face of Eagle. True to its name, it keeps a watch-eye on your handbag.

Clutches the bag firmly.

Holds the bag firmly.

Looks like a key chain.

Note:- The bag holder belongs to a friend Pushpa whom I met in Lavasa.

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Out of ordinary accommodation

Nisha — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:53:10 +0000

Have you stayed in any out of ordinary, unconventional accommodation? What do you prefer normally when you travel?
Here are a few from my collection.

Hut with thatched roof.

The inside. I felt it was cooler than an AC accommodation.

But demand from people for an AC hut and the rising cost of maintenance is going to change the look & feel of these huts.

A village like seating arrangement in front of a hut.

Or a tent ?

With all amenities such as air-conditioned, attached bath, TV etc., can it be called a Tree top ? Not really but it was called so.

I want to do that too…. just a sleeping space on a tree! But all alone…. no monkeys, snakes etc.

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What is a travel book?

Nisha — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:38:44 +0000

Sometime back I wrote about a few travel books that I own. Discussions which started on that article, Facebook and otherwise have led to this post.

What, in your opinion, is a travel book?

Is it something like Lonely Planet which guides you where to stay, what to see, what to eat etc. so that your stay at a place becomes comfortable?

Is it a book that inspires you to travel and see the world?

Or a travel book consists of a travelogue where author relives his or her experiences of a place or journey and what s/he went through?

One of the books in my collection.

Can we consider ‘Shantaram’ and ‘Maximum city’ as travel books which are basically novels but feed us in plenty about the local place, culture and people? These books make a place so interesting that we would want to visit it.

Then again, there are other books like ‘Da Vinci Code’. It describes a very detailed account of places such as Musee de Louvre just as any other explicit travel article would have done. I had visited this museum and other places mentioned much before the novel was even published ! And reading its powerful description I felt as if I was there again! So, should it be considered as a travel book ?

What do you think a travel book is or when a book is called a travel book?
Let’s debate, agree, disagree and if possible, conclude.
Note- What is a travel book? is a post of www.lemonicks.com.
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