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About Airfare Bundling, Not THAT Kind Of Bundling


With air ticket fees ever on the rise, we’re sure there’s a nickel-and-diming department at every airline HQ, and the job of those nerds is to find more ways to tack on extra charges. Those of us who remember the good ole days when you bought your $99.99 ticket, and that’s exactly what you paid to fly.

Today, there’s the ever growing list of add-ons, including baggage fees, in-air food, blankets, special seating, state taxes, city taxes and oil price supplements. Of course, we can expect even more to come.

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Tianmen Shan, China: 999 Steps To A Natural Archway PDF Print E-mail


The picturesque Tianmen Shan (Heaven's Gate Mountain) is a huge rocky gap carved by eons of weather and seasons. It measures 180 feet wide and 430 feet high, and is five miles south of  Zhangjiajie in northern Hunan Province, and 800 miles west of the port city of Shanghai .

Before the experience of tramping up the enormous stairway, visitors can board a five-mile aerial tram after their scenic bus ride from the city. For more information, go to english.zhangjiajie.gov.cn

 
 
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