Linkapalooza - the top 10 and all drama edition

Here's your periodic look at the best of travel on the web this week - complete with a play-by-play of the AA/Kayak dramz:

Travel inspiration, dreams & ideas:

The 10 best South Pacific Islands [Times Online]
The stone secrets of Easter Island - and I must add that Easter Island remains my #1 all time favorite trip... [Times Online]
Top 10 beaches in Europe [Guardian]
Top 10 clothing optional resorts (admit it, you know you wanna know) [Reuters]
36 hours in Denver [NY Times]
The locals guide to Edinburgh (if you are going there soon, this is a must read!) [Guardian]
Reader's guide to Beijing (ditto...if heading there soon, read this!) [Guardian]
The world's coolest hotel rooms [Times Online]
Wanna go "swimhiking"? [Guardian]

The business of travel (all drama edition):

AA no longer on Kayak.com Kayak says that AA wanted to suppress it's display [LA Times]
AA secretly offers customers who used Kayak.com bonus miles to bypass Kayak and book direct. Also says it didn't start the fire (yes, that was a lame Billy Joel reference) [DM News]
Kayak says AA is lying [Kayak.com Blog]
AA sues Kayak; saying "Oh no we didn't. You lied!" [Dallas Morning News]
Read the filing for yourself [Dallas Morning News]
Ryanair - fighting it's own battle against evil "scrapers" - says they'll just cancel the tickets wayward customers book on price comparison sites (and you just know the AA guys saw that and said "ooooh, good one!" - but what the sites Ryanair is objecting to are doing is way more underhanded - but it sucks that the customer sadly stuck in the middle in both of these stories...) [Guardian]

The bizarreness:

Just see AA/Kayak news above...
Funny travel signs - trust me, it's an amusing click! [Times Online]

[Super cool snap via Flickr]