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Suffering from back pain should not stop you from exploring the world. Thousands of travelers live with back pain and still visit exotic destinations on a regular basis, and you can too. The key is careful planning; as long as you can manage your back pain, you can have a lot of fun going on trips. Managing your back pain while traveling is not as difficult as you think. In this article, we are going to take a look at the best, most practical tips and tricks you can use to travel smart and manage your back pain at the same time. Let’s get started! 1. Avoid Queues Timing your flights (and other parts of the trip) lets you avoid hold-ups that could cause back pain. Long queues are never fun, so make sure you design your travel itinerary with the perfect timing in mind. You can even ask your airline for details about the quietest time to fly. 2. Yes, Tell Your Airline Speaking about asking your airline, telling the airline that you are traveling with back pain also helps. Many airlines le...

Monsoon in the Western Ghats and waterfall holidays are synonymous. This wet season brings to life many waterfalls and streams and their tropical setting, lush environment and thunderous force simply absorbs all of your mental and physical stress. One such tropical waterfall is the Talasi Abbi falls that lies hidden in the Western Ghats between Mastikatte and Tirthahalli in the Malnad region of Karnataka. The place is so remote that you might lose your way a couple of times before you find the right path. And unlike the more popular waterfalls of the Western Ghats, there will be hardly any people here. At the maximum, there might be one or two groups in addition to yours. And unlike the bigger waterfalls, you can actually get close to this waterfall and enjoy a shower right under it. To me, Talasi Abbi falls is the perfectly hidden waterfall holiday during the monsoons. The green environment, the pristine waterfall, the mountain stream, the sounds of nature, the short tropical trek, th...

One of the features of the ever more connected car is that carmakers are increasingly ‘over the air’ in charge of many functions, writes Brian Byrne. In the same way that we have got used to the operating systems in our phones and computers being automatically updated across the internet, this is happening in many of the latest new cars which are ‘always on’ connected to base by proprietary online systems. For extra services owners can subscribe via a monthly fee. But that electronic ‘street’ is very much a two-way thing, and the extra services can be disabled if the subscription is ceased.  Ford is one manufacturer looking at bringing that control a step further. In the US is is trying to patent a system for disabling a car over the air if the buyer hasn’t kept up repayments on the vehicle. The company’s application for a patent titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week. Looks like th...