Stories about Travel from February, 2007
Taiwan: Flying Saucer Houses
Photographed by CantikFoto In Green Bay, Taipei County, there are some abandoned houses. Due to their appearance, they have been named ‘flying saucer houses’ by many people in that area. According to Echo-Maan, who lived in that area decades ago, the houses were built around 30 years ago by Tian...
Europe: Pre-Lent Celebrations
Wu Wei writes on Pancakes racing in Britain on Shrove Tuesday, Uzgavenes in Lithuania, Maslenitsa in Russia, and Kurentovanje in Slovenia. Nami-Nami shares a recipe of Estonian lenten buns.
Puerto Rico: Pondering corruption and passports
Gil the Jenius offers some points to ponder relating to government corruption and the new regulations requiring US citizens to have passports in order to travel: “Although Puerto Rico is exempted for U.S. citizens (meaning they can visit without a passport), many people won't grok that.“
Europe: Recycling
Wu Wei writes about rubbish recycling in the UK, Lithuania, Greece and Slovenia.
Serbia: Kosovo “Deadlock”
Balkan Baby writes on the Kosovo “deadlock.”
Albania: Observing the Election
Our Man in Tirana posts two more installments – here and here – on the experience of being an election observer in Albania.
Nigeria: Internet Exchange, Making Money, Abuja, Political Endorsement, And the Niger Delta
We begin this week's blog round-up with Timbaland‘s entry about Nigeria Internet Exchange. It so happens that I desire to create an Internet utopia in Nigeria. I have a dream of providing Internet access to every Nigerian citizen. This became stronger when I was having a discussion with a friend...
Peek at Poland: Time to Make the Pączki
“Polish Doughnuts” by Polska＊ポーランド＊Poland For at least one moment in the dark days of winter, life is sweet in Poland. Marking the last Thursday before Lent, Tłusty czwartek (or, Fat Thursday) is a day of over-indulgence in sweets. This past Thursday, in scenes disturbingly reminiscent of Communist days, the local...
Hindi Blogoshere: Going Places, Tag Epidemic & Indibloggies!
Sorry for the late update, I've been busy off late & then went to a weekend holiday, so wasn't able to do my fortnightly roundup of the Hindi Blogosphere. So without much ado, lets have a crack over the happenings of Hindi Blogosphere in the last fortnight! Disturbed with the...
Hong Kong: tiny Disney world
Onemanbandwidth visited Hong Kong's Disney world and explained why it did not affect the hotel occupancy rate: The Hong Kong Government, betting like they were in Macau, plowed millions of dollars more into the park than did Disney. They expected, acording to some bogus study, that the mainlanders would spend...
Iran:Inside Iran secret gay's world
A CBC documentary talks about Iranian gays. Nikahang says that documentary talks about some issues that we,Iranians, usually ignore them [Fa].
Russia: Sakhalin Photos and Interview
Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert posts photos of winter in South Sakhalin – and gets interviewed by Siberian Light.
Russia: Reactions to LaRussophobe's Interview
Siberian Light‘s interview with La Russophobe turned out to be quite a hit: read the heated discussion in the comments section as well as a note from Andy on why he decided to do this interview.
Russia: New Registration Law
Sean's Russia Blog posts a transcript of the briefing by a high-ranking Russian migration service official: “As I’ve already indicated, the adoption and enforcement of the January 15 migration law has caused confusion among administrators, police, officials, and foreigners alike. Nothing points to this confusion more than the following transcript...
Eastern Europe: Dubious Architecture
Copydude – and Vilhelm Konnander, in a comment – discuss the House of Soviets in Kaliningrad, Russia, the Resurrection Church in Kaunas, Lithuania, and Konstantinov’s Central Post Office in Skopje, Macedonia, as well as a few other “dubious” architectural monuments.
Ukraine: Fashion
Olechko makes this observation on the way Ukrainian women dress: “Kyiv fashion may either scare to death or wildly inspire newcomers.”
Ukraine: Carpathian Photos
Olechko posts pictures from the beautiful Carpathian Mountains.
Haiti: Don't stop the carnaval security
Alice Backer has praise for the Haitian government's efforts to encourage Haitians living abroad to return to Carnival in Haiti this year, but asks: “why can't it secure the country the same way it did during the 3 “fat”days of carnival all year long?“
Russia: Dissecting Thomas Friedman
In an email to a blogger friend, Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow explains beautifully what Thomas Friedman's Russia column is really about. La Russophobe guest-blogs at length on the same subject at Publius Pundit.
Estonia: Food
Hello Estonia reviews Estonian cuisine.
Slovenia: Brown Bears
The Glory of Carniola discusses the “unexplored economic potential” of Slovenia's decision to cull its brown bear population.
