Best BootsnAll Travel Photos: April 2011 | BootsnAll
The “One-stop Indie Travel Guide” highlights its favorite photos among user submissions for the month of April, including this stunning shot of rice fields in Bhutan. Click here to view all of selected submissions.
Photo: Rice Fields | Punaka, Bhutan | by Kim Walker
Behind the Faces: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2011 Travel Locations | Away.com
Each year, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition hits newsstands with a thud, its photogenic content radiating beauty and emptying our checkbooks. And I’m not talking about the women (though they are beautiful). From the low-lying Maldives and the eco-chic digs in Nicaragua to the down-home charm of our own BBQ-centric Memphis, SI’s gang has traveled to some of the most picturesque locales in the world to capture that perfect shot. This year was no different, with even a cold-weather backdrop making the cut for a second year in a row. Take a closer look at the 2011 destinations and get inspired for your next cashing in of saved vacation days. Now if only we were all six-foot models or world-renowned photographers and could get paid to travel…
—Lacy Morris, Away.com
If it wasn’t entirely clear, this article serves merely as an excuse to post a photo of Kate Upton (as if one were needed).
Photo: Kate Upton | Boracay Islands, Philippines | Sports Illustrated
World’s Ugliest Hotels | AOL Travel
An interesting take on the whole “list” thing - highlighting some pretty hideous hotels. The strange thing? Some of these are rather high-end or hip hotels (See: The Standard, New York)
Photo: The First World Hotel | Genting, Malaysia
Photo of the Day | Kabira Bay, Japan
Source: Flickr / ippei-janine
10 of the Most Beautiful Bridges in the World | Flavorwire
Holiday travel will bring millions of people back and forth across bridges over the next few days. Most of them, we’ll be honest, are boring, pedestrian ones that barely deserve notice. Seen from many a car and bus window, I-95’s span across the Delaware River gets a nod for height and length, but offers only views Delaware and New Jersey’s grim industrial decay. So, in other words, nothing to write home about. On the opposite end of the spectrum: the 10 striking feats of engineering combined with picturesque locations that we’ve compiled after the jump.
-Wilson Dizard, Flavorwire
Photo: Nanpu Bridge | Shanghai
Hottest Travel Destinations of 2011 | Travel + Leisure
The magazine highlights Lhasa (Tibet), Kimberly (Australia), Zambia, and San Miguel de Allende (Mexico).
Photo of the Day | St. Petersburg, Russia
