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Comment on Health, Happiness and the Velocity of Life: Connecting the Dots Around the World by scenicviews

scenicviews — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:35:53 +0000

“the health and happiness formula is a more leisurely pace of life.” Does this statement include the way we live our religion/beliefs? I believe a more leisurely pace of life can be obtained through this factor.
Great post anyway.

Comment on Emerging Antimalarial Drug Resistance – Cause for Alarm by Bethann Lynch

Bethann Lynch — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:59:40 +0000

Important information to assist travelers in advance of their departure.

A pre-departure consultation with your physican about appropriate vaccinations might also include a discussion about malaria prevention medications.

The CDC has a chart that offers a list of recommended medications by destination that can be taken to prevent malaria.

See this link:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2010/chapter-2/malaria-risk-information-and-prophylaxis.aspx to be prepared.

Comment on Haiti In Agony by Roger Callen

Roger Callen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:54:47 +0000

Having lived through a number of hurricanes, the reality is that not only are these folks suffering now, but they will be suffering for many years to come.It will take years and an enormous amount of funds to rebuild the infrastructure, not to mention building dwellings, schools, and stores. One can only hope that the internatinal community continues to supprt the people in Haiti. Then, one can only hope that they will have leadership that supports the people of Haiti.

Comment on Health, Happiness and the Velocity of Life: Connecting the Dots Around the World by Mike Hartung

Mike Hartung — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:26:53 +0000

Thanks, Melanie. We will try to track down that post on stress relief and travel. I really like your observation that travel lifts us out of our “small sense of self.” Slowing down and widening our perspective seem to be mutually reinforcing and create a virtuous circle. Leisurely travel may be the best way to enter that state of mind. I’m personally a big fan of the Perseid meteor shower. Conditions permitting, I take it in with friends and family every August gently floating on a pontoon boat on a pristine lake in Northern Wisconsin.

Comment on Health, Happiness and the Velocity of Life: Connecting the Dots Around the World by Melanie Haiken

Melanie Haiken — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:23:47 +0000

Hey Mike, am loving your happiness investigation. I recently read a great post – can’t remember where– about travel as one of the best forms of stress relief; researchers studied people who’d been through traumatic experiences and found that travel was the best way to “reboot” the brain to a normal stress response. In my blog, http://www.health-conscious-travel.com (thanks for putting me on your blogroll) I have been focusing on making travel a priority for the new year with a new year’s resolution list of places I hope to go. I’ve been amazed at the comments from people who also have a dream trip they’ve focused on as a happiness goal for 2010.

Comment on More Happiness Data by Destination: Study Ranks States by Health, Happiness and the Velocity of Life: Connecting the Dots Around the World | Healthy Travel Blog

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:33:05 +0000

[...] comparative health and happiness around the world (Destination Happiness, Healthy Planet Index, and More Happiness Data) has been joined recently by New York Times columnist Nick Kristoff, Freakonomics columnist [...]

Comment on Planning a winter road trip? by John Wargo

John Wargo — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:46:20 +0000

My car has rear-wheel drive. First, if you live in an area that receives alot of snow annually, do not purchase a rear-wheel drive car! If you must, or have made that mistake, here are some additional tips for making your car safe for the winter.

Add extra weight to your car. The key to rear-wheel in the snow is keeping RPMs low and keeping weight in the back. I drive a car that is rear-wheel and my dad and I outfitted it with small moldings that would hold a cinderblock over each wheel well. It was easy to do using simple logic. Other things used to weigh it down are old microwaves, extra bags of sand/rock salt etc.

Of course you want to remove these blocks or heavy items when not in danger of snow to keep fuel efficiency as high as possible.

Comment on Planning a winter road trip? by Melanie Haiken

Melanie Haiken — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:14:45 +0000

This is reassuring information for people like me who are timid about driving in snow. You don’t mention chains (I’m assuming you’re writing this for regions where people use snow tires?) but l need to learn how to use them!

Comment on Traveling Responsibly: Part One – Safely sharing the road with riders by Cameron Maddoy

Cameron Maddoy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:52:01 +0000

Hi!.. thanks for the article. I was trying to find the same exact information today and found out about your cool website from Google. Kinda quaint to see how I was trying to find something and it just materialized.:-)

Comment on Tips for using Wi-Fi Safely while Traveling by karen brandon

karen brandon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:15:31 +0000

The travel tips provided are valuable. When using your laptop while traveling, one must be very cautious. There may be traitors around us, who try to know our personal information and make the use of it, which may get us into problem.