Red Oxx Sky Train

Red Oxx is a US based company that manufactures high quality backpacks for various kinds of tourists. This one, Sky Train, is the latest generation of packs that perfectly fits all requirements for both business and leisure travel. It combines functionality and great look; this pack is available in 12 colors, so even the most hard-to-please travelers can find the shade they will like.

This pack has two main compartments. The first one is designed to keep all clothes you have wrinkle free as compression straps keep all your belongings in place. This compartment is large and it can hold clothes enough for a whole week. Second compartment can be used for storing various things including notebook, papers or digital camera. Also there is an internal pocket that is ideal for toiletries. Sky Train has a front pocket as well that is extremely convenient as you can keep all your tickets and documents handy. (more…)

Forbidden Beer in Mexico

Cerveceria Minervia makes great craft beer - something rare in Mexico, where the big two breweries have a stranglehold on the market and hawk rather watery suds. Thus, this offering should be good - even if the name is a bit naco.

A brewery in Guadalajara, Mexico has caused a bit of a stir over a new beer named for the patron saint of drug traffickers. The Minerva Brewery says that its Malverde Beer simply honors the Mexican legend of Jesús Malverde, a Robin Hood-type figure believed to have robbed from the rich and partied with the poor in the late 1800’s. The only problem: drug smugglers in the western State of Sinaloa claim him as an inspiration - and vindication - of their violent narco-culture. (more…)

Sooner or earlier all travelers face with the same problem. You chose a nice hotel room by catalogue or made a reservation online and truly hoped to get the same as you arrive. Unfortunately our expectations don’t always come into reality. What should you do in this case? Don’t hesitate and ask to change your room!

“I never come directly to my hotel room assigned with us when we arrive with my wife. I sit in lobby instead and wait until she accepts or declines the room”, says James Hurries, 52, entrepreneur. “She usually rejects first room and thank God if second one is what we need”. This practise becomes common. Shutters on the Beach hotel managers in Santa Monica, California, tell they have from five to ten customers a day who want to change their rooms and at 3,500-room Atlantis Hotel in Nassau at least 200-250 customers a day ask to give them another room. (more…)