Rapid Travel Chai

On my mind: Newfoundland joined Canada only in 1949. It is easy to forget the youth of Canada and the US. Alaska and Hawaii joined the US in 1959.

Events:

• A Female World War II Pilot Is Finally an Equal at Arlington (NYT).
• Mongolia is changing all its addresses to What3Words’ three-word phrases (Quartz).
• How Bolivia Fights the Drug Scourge (NYT).
• The Case for Uniform Dressing (WSJ).

Ideas:

• U.S. Pledge of $90 Million to Laos Glosses U.S. History of Terrorizing Civilians (Robert Sheer – Truthdig).
• Ancient Syrian Sites: A Different Story of Destruction by Hugh Eakin (The New York Review of Books).
• Mohammad Javad Zarif: Let Us Rid the World of Wahhabism (The New York Times). (Editor: author is Foreign Minister of Iran, the two countries do not have good relations.)
• God Save the United Kingdom (Vanity Fair).

Travels:

• KLM to stop flying to Cairo (Business Traveller)
• Delta and Seaborne ease connectivity between U.S. and Caribbean (Delta News Hub).
• A Wine Lover’s Travel Guide to the Republic of Georgia (Departures).
• Grand Hyatt and SLS Hotels Will Not Abandon Troubled Baha Mar (TravelPulse).

Hacks:

• 2nd Night Free At Waldorf Astoria, Conrad Or Curio Properties + $75 Visa Gift Card + $25 Food & Beverage Credit (Doctor of Credit).
• Amazon’s Amazing New $89 8″ Fire Tablet (The Travel Insider).
• Hacking business travel: the good, the bad, the ugly (The Free-quent Flyer).
• You Should Go Check Facebook’s New Privacy Settings (WIRED).