· November, 2006

Stories about Travel from November, 2006

China: dog eats dog tourism

Joel Martinsen in DANWEI blogs about the notorious tourism industry featured in a magazine, Oriental Outlook: the conclusion the articles seem to make is that change in the industry really...

23 November 2006

Leila Al Haddad in Raising Yousuf, who is making her long trek home from the US to Palestine, and is now stuck in Egypt, waiting for the border to her...

22 November 2006

Serbia: Hiding From the Rain

Dictionary of the Serbian Mess posts a hilarious entry on how sometimes it is safer to get soaked than try to hide from the rain next to those old, crumbling...

21 November 2006

Lebanese Mark who lives and works in Kuwait had to fly into Dubai for urgent business. Although he didn't like his hotel, traffic and the fact that an exhibition he...

21 November 2006

Haiti: Reviving Tourism

JoJo at Collectif Haiti de Provence points to a haitian news article about Haiti's collaboration with Chilean architectural consultants in view of developing tourist resorts. The blogger's reaction to the...

21 November 2006

Russia: New and Old Hotels

Stop by at Snowsquare to see pictures of Hotel Rossiya (“The last of the great Soviet-era central Moscow landmark hotels will soon be no more.”) and its demolition (“All that...

20 November 2006

South Asia: Politics, Happiness, Religion and The Birds

The latest from different blogs about the following South Asian Countries: Bangladesh: Bangladesh is facing a political crisis. Unheard Voices: Drishtipat group blog informs about a citizens movement in Bangladesh...

20 November 2006

Albania: EU Visa Policies

Our Man in Tirana understands his Albanian friends, who are frustrated over the EU's travel visa policies: “Growing up in Northern Ireland, I experienced the same frustrations and resentments when...

15 November 2006