Stories about Travel from August, 2006
Trinidad & Tobago: Eco-friendly
Is the eco-resort you plan on visiting really that eco-friendly? Karen Walrond shows you how to make sure.
Cambodia: A Cambodian Geek in Malaysia
The blogger at khmerak.com is in Malaysia to attend an e-media training at a Malaysian online journalism organisation. The blogger describes his first day in Malaysia.
Ukraine: On To Poland on the Tuk Tuk
Jo and Ants The Tukkers of Tuk to the Road share their impressions of Odesa, Lviv and Poland, and the Ukrainian traffic police: “We’d been warned that the police here...
Romania: Hitchhiking
Romerican posts a lengthy account of hitchhiking in Romania.
Trinidad & Tobago: Tourism truth
Asks Trinidadian Elspeth Duncan: “Can our ‘tourism truth’ continue to lie in pretty cliches, unchanging statistics and glossy, tropical images Photoshopped to seduce foreigners?“
El Salvador: Art, Blogs, and Hostels
Planning on traveling to El Salvador? Why not stay at the hostel of “super-art blogger, dancer, and artist Paola Lorenzana.” Liz Henry explains at BlogHer.
Montenegro: Driving Tips
Novala, Europa has reached the beautiful Montenegro and shares tips on how to drive there: “If you think drivers in BiH are totally nuts, wait until you reach Montenegro. The...
Ukraine: Tukkers in Odesa
Jo and Ants The Tukkers of Tuk To The Road have driven through Crimea and reached Odesa/Odessa.
Montenegro: Vacation Report
Pristina-based Kushtrim Xhakli writes about a vacation spent in the newly-independent Montenegro.
Serbia: Travel Observations
Balkan Ghost of Finding Karadzic has visited Serbia and Republika Srpska and shares his observations. Here's one on Belgrade: “Belgrade's educated middle class has undergone a diaspora to western Europe...
Bangladesh Blog Buzz:
What the Bangladeshi blogs are saying:
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Sutjeska National Park
Novala, Europa felt like jumping and running through the fields in the beautiful Bosnia & Herzegovia, but was afraid of landmines; he did find a safe place eventually: Sutjeska National...
Ukraine: Tuk Tuk in Crimea
Jo and Ants The Tukkers of Tuk to the Road have reached Crimea now, where one of their encounters was with a Crimean Tatar man who told them about the...
Ukraine: Trip to Kyiv
Moscow-based Digenis spends some time in Kyiv and compares it to Russia's capital, among other things.
China: play and wan
Maryannodonnell explores the meaning of “wan” (play) in Chinese via her experience in Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park.
A Google Earth Canary Islands Conspiracy?
In late July Google updated the satellite imagery of the Canary Islands in both Google Earth and Google Maps. The former satellite images from 2005 and 2006 were replaced by...
Slovenia, Slovakia: Antidote to the Confusion
The Glory of Carniola posts “The Ultimate Guide to the Mix-Up: An Antidote to the Slovenia/Slovakia Confusion” – as well as a “guide to the similarities between the two countries.”
Trinidad & Tobago: CSME politics
Jamaican Francis Wade is disturbed at the Trinidad and Tobago opposition leader's efforts to politicise the Caricom Single Market and Economy and tries to discern the thinking behind it.
Guyana: At the airport
MediaCritic describes the experience of arriving at Guyana's international airport, wondering why the place is so empty and desolate: “Is it the election effect? This is after all the height...
Barbados: Perils of air travel
Jdid outlines a few of the hazards, real and imagined, posed by the new restrictions around carry-on luggage.
Romania: Parking in Bucharest
Owlspotting writes about the dangerous business of parking your car in downtown Bucharest.