Stories about Travel from April, 2007
Ukraine: Kyiv Photos
Michael Forster Rothbart photographs one of the Kyiv neighborhoods to which evacuees from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were relocated two decades ago – and gets his camera bag with 41 items in it stolen. (There are many more photos and stories on the blog, including a few from the...
Russia: Moscow
“But what makes Moscow that special?” asks The Turkish Invasion. (Definitely not its housing options.)
Romania: Old Cars
Romerican‘s dream of a Trabant has been replaced with something else: “There may not be a lot of nostalgia for old cars in Romania right now, but as more time passes the wounds get healed, average incomes rise, and the number of wealthy people grow.”
Bulgaria: A D-Type Visa Question
Petya is collecting answers to this “seemingly simple and straightforward question”: “Does one need a D-type visa when applying for a long-term Bulgarian residence permit?” Here's why: “Every person or institution we've asked has provided us with a different answer. So, I am thinking, we might as well come up...
Romania: More Bucharest Pics
More pictures of Bucharest at Novala, Europa.
Ukraine: Radiation
MoldovAnn tries to buy a dosimeter in Kyiv: “No wonder the general population long ago stopped actively worrying about radiation in their food – whether it’s there or not, you basically have no way of finding out.”
Ukraine: Corruption
MoldovAnn writes about corruption in Ukraine: “I’ve witnessed a few corrupt transactions in my day, both in Ukraine and in Moldova. Mostly, I’ve seen incidences with the local police.”
Romania: Bucharest Pics
Pictures of Bucharest, at Novala, Europa.
Russia: Cosmonautics Day
The Turkish Invasion and De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis mark the Day of Cosmonautics.
Russia: No Bikes Allowed
Copydude reports that it's not allowed to cross the Russian border on a bicycle.
Ukraine: Mykhailo Demtsiu
Olechko writes about Mykhailo Demtsiu's work currently on view at a Kyiv gallery.
Bulgaria: Names and Nicknames
Petya notes on the Bulgarian way of simplifying life for the local bureaucrats: “There are more nicknames in Bulgarian than names.”
Slovenia: Difficult Language
The Glory of Carniola explains “why you will never learn Slovene.”
Russia: Spring
The Turkish Invasion celebrates his one year in Russia and, with some unfortunate delay, the arrival of spring.
South Asia: DST, Agent MR-9, SAARC Car Rally, Tshechu ritual, Caste Practices, Driving and Piracy
A wide range of topics up for discussion in the South Asian blogosphere. The possible chaos of adopting Daylight Saving Time, Bangladesh's answer to 007, a car rally to improve people to people contact, on caste, religion and ritual and much more. Bangladesh: Sada Kalo endorses the Government plan to...
Vietnam: Hanoi Life
Juan Pablo Fernandez post pictures and describes the daily life in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Jordan: Car-less in Amman
Into the Wind contemplates how she will manage the traffic of Amman without her car: “Since I’m going to be car-less for over a week, I’m going to seize the opportunity to conduct a little experiment, and give our existing public transportation system a chance. I’ll try to minimize the...
UAE: Back to the Beach
Life in Dubai gives us a picture tour of the Dubai beaches.
Iraq: Shopping with your video camera
Journalist blog Moderate Risk takes us on a video trip to the local Souk (a bazaar) in Suliamaniya, Iraq.
Hungary: Space Travel
Pestiside.hu reports on the “first words of Hungarian spoken in space for 27 years.”
Hungary: Nyugati Underpass
Pestcentric writes about what seems like a pretty hellish place: the Nyugati underpass in central Budapest.
