Archive for February, 2009
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I don’t usually talk about the mechanics of running a travel blog while on the road. Most of the people who visit here are more interested in seeing photos and hearing stories of the the places I visit. Nonetheless, it is occasionally necessary to delve into the dirty underside of the business (more…)
Barcelona means tapas. Well, it also means Gaudi, and Picasso and a whole lot more, but when evening comes and you’re starting to feel just a little peckish, tapas is the answer.
In Barcelona you are surrounded by tapas bars, and it can be a little daunting knowing how the whole process works, what the different tapas are, where the best bars can be found, etc. etc. So our Barcleone tapas walking tour is just the trick. I took (more…)
I have a really clear childhood memory of skiing indoors. Seriously. I think it was at a ski-hire equipment place, in Melbourne, Australia, where I grew up. I guess it must have been in preparation for the first time we went on a family holiday to the snow.
Yes, Australia does have snow and ski fields much to many people’s surprise. They are located in the mountains of the Great Dividing Range, between Sydney and Melbourne, not (more…)
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I actually ran out of 10,000 Dong notes so I had to give Jon 5,000 Dong and some equivalent Cambodian Riel.
I’ve heard back from 4 of the 5 winners so far (the 5th is in Indonesia so the mail could have taken longer).
Here are the photos I got from Jon. He won the original (more…)
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Sherry was one of the winners of my SE Asia contest. She finally got her stuff! Here is the video she made. She got a Cambodian Kroma scarf and a purse made out of a Vietnamese rice bag. If any of the other winners have gotten their stuff, send me a photo or just let me know it arrived.
The Twin Towers in KL
After two years of living in Malaysia, I am consistently surprised how few tourists visit this beautiful country. Lying between the famous beaches of Thailand and the cosmopolitan splendor of Singapore, Malaysia falls into the “overlooked” and “maybe next time” categories for most travelers.
And that’s OK. The fact that travelers tend to skip Malaysia makes the country (more…)
By Greg from Greg Wesson’s Esoteric Globe.
Hot air balloon in Goreme, Turkey. Photo by kavanadb.
I was walking along the Regent’s Canal this weekend as a new resident of Islington in London and wondering how I got here. Not, mind you, in a negative way. Not like those who – ball-gag in their mouth and gun to their head – wonder “How did I get here?” Rather, I was wondering in the happy, positive way of (more…)
Do you have kids? I have one. His name is Emmett. He’s nearly three years old. He loves penguins. And fish. And butterflies. And snakes. And jellyfish. And alligators.
Most of the time we only get to experience these things in books. (If you have kids and don’t own Goodnight Gorilla and Duck on a Bike, get thee to a bookstore!) Which is why I was excited super-duper excited to check out the newly reopened California Academy (more…)
If you took a straw poll at the Viator offices, I reckon the Dearly Departed tours in Los Angeles would rank among the most popular we offer, anywhere.
The reason? Partly it’s that fantastic mug shot of Hugh Grant. And partly it’s the concept of the tour itself: a 2-1/2 hour romp across Hollywood in a ‘Tomb Buggy’ tracking down gruesome, ghastly and notorious episodes in Tinsel Town history. From the Manson (more…)
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I spent most of today walking the streets of Alexandria. There is no better way to get to know a city than to walk around for a day and get lost in the process.
In some ways, I find Alexandria really depressing. This is a city where almost every building is 100 years old and looks as (more…)
