Stories about Travel from August, 2007
Morocco: Peace Corps Bloggers Part 2
Due to the overwhelming response of last week's Introduction to Peace Corps Bloggers, Jillian York continues the series this week, showing you more bloggers - and more photos - from the Peace Corps.
Eiffel Tower Not ‘That Big’
Lebanese Mark, who lives in Kuwait, wasn't impressed with the Eiffel Tower during his trip to Paris and notes: “I was really expecting it to be much bigger. Weird.”
Tunisia: explanations about lodging regulations
Mouwaten Tounsi explains that the accusation of racism in a dispute over lodging regulation is much ado about nothing. He explains that in Tunisia, it is against the law to...
Kannada: Independence, festivals and more
20 runners from 12 countries; the youngest among whom is a 23 year old American woman and the oldest, a 60 year old American man; an Indian, Sunil Jayaraj, from...
Russia: “Mama, We're In Hell!”
A young Russian woman traveling from Helsinki to Moscow found herself in a railway traffic jam caused by the train derailment last week. She was so horrified by the sight of the Russian countryside that she called her mother on her cell phone and told her they were stuck "in hell." The blogger who posted this story has received 469 comments from his readers.
Ukraine: Corn
MoldovAnn is disappointed to discover that the corn people eat in Ukraine is feed corn: “I took one bite and nearly broke a tooth.”
Syria: Ambassador's Summer Holiday
Syria's Ambassador to the USA Mr. Imad Mustapha, takes some time off from Washington DC, hops on a plane back to Syria and spends his summer holiday with his family...
Syria: Through the Bloggers’ Cameras
Hovic and Abd are two friends from Aleppo in northern Syria. They are also among the finest photo bloggers on the blogsphere. Hovic and Abd's Blogs, named, Syria Looks and Syria Winks, are online show rooms of Syria. Here is a journey through some of their most amazing collections.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: “Voluntourists”
Bosnia Vault links to a piece on “voluntourists” in Srebrenica.
Cuba: Visit to Cuba
“In the end, despite all of Cuba's festering sores, I embraced the country like no other before. It was an odd feeling…I knew I could never live in the country,...
Barbados: Air Traffic Control
Barbados Free Press is concerned about air traffic safety at Grantley Adams International Airport.
Bahamas: Customer Service from Customs?
“It is well known that 50% to 60% of the Bahamas Government Revenue is from Customs/Import duty.” Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com wonders why this does not translate into better customer...
Kyrgyzstan: Naryn
Ivar Dale takes his readers on a trip to Naryn, on which he meets characters that each tell their story of life in Kyrgyzstan's highest, coldest and poorest region.
Russia: Photos From St. Pete and Vyborg
Megan Case posts more pictures of St. Petersburg, and of Vyborg, and writes this about her trip to this formerly Finnish town: “…while St. Petersburg has been getting cleaner and...
Russia: Speaking Russian Properly
Megan Case writes about a somewhat annoying initiative to get everyone to speak Russian “properly.”
Europe: European Bloggers (Un)Conference
The Accidental Russophile links to the site of the European Bloggers (Un)Conference, to be held in Amsterdam on Sept. 27-28.
Caribbean: Hurricane Dean & Tourism
MACO Caribbean Living blogs about the impact of Hurricane Dean on Caribbean tourism.
Bahamas: The Value of Culture
An international take on a Bahamian song leads Nicolette Bethel to muse about “the general dismissal of culture in general (and, by extension, of our culture in particular)”, stating; “most...
The Global Voices Show #5
[display_podcast] Finally, episode 5 of the Global Voices Show! In this edition we feature excerpts from the following podcasts: Gastronautics – Maldives PodMasti – India J.U.M.P. Radio – Kenya Mideast...
Slovenia: Genealogy
The Glory of Carniola writes about the Slovenes’ indifference towards genealogy.
Serbia: Aerial Views of Kosovo
Prishtine: Independence and Kanun posts several aerial views of Kosovo.
