Stories about Travel from March, 2008
Central and Eastern Europe: Easter Roundup
Adventures in Wheelville marks Easter in Slovenia; Polandian writes about the “ingredients” of “the nationwide ‘holiday shuffle'” in Poland, and Kinuk describes her family's Polish holiday feast; Csíkszereda Musings writes...
Ukraine: Construction in Kyiv
Ukrainiana writes about undesirable construction that is changing Kyiv – here and here (with photos and video).
Czech Republic, Slovakia: Whipping Girls and Other Easter Traditions
Easter is a very important celebration both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, called Velikonoce - from Veliké noci or Great Nights. Although the religious connotations of Easter were suppressed under the communist regime, nowadays Czechs and Slovaks are again aware of the strong Christian background of Easter, although they regard it as mostly fun times. Many traditions are still observed, especially in villages. Several bloggers have been describing some of them.
El Salvador: Accidents on the Roadways
Holidays are often deadly places on the roads of El Salvador. It is no different during Easter Week writes Hunnapuh [es] and much of it can be attributed to drinking...
Egypt: A Lebanese in Egypt – From Occupation to Liberation
One day, she felt humiliated, and the next, liberated. This is the story of Layal El Katib, a Lebanese Blogger who lived in Egypt for a while, brought to us by Tarek Amr.
Haiti: Discovering Jacmel
Blog de Port-au-Prince invites us to discover Jacmel, “the cultural capital of Haiti”.
Iran:Iran in Slides
Damon Lynch in asianreflection presents Iran in several slides/photos.
Lebanon: At the Lebanese-Syrian border
Returning to Lebanon after a trip to Syria, Bech shares his experience with the officials at the Lebanese side of the border.
Croatia: Zagreb's New Synagogue
Balkan Baby writes about the opening of a new synagogue in Zagreb.
Azerbaijan: The Nicer Side of Baku
Lindsay Fincher says that contrary to popular opinion of the Azerbaijani capital as one of the dirtiest cities in the world, it isn't just oil workers interested in visiting. The...
Armenia: The Epic Land
Deep Roasted Blend posts a guide for tourists interested in visiting Armenia. The guide, accompanied by many photographs, was written by Rhyne from The Armenia Blog.
Poland: Arts, Posters and More
Polandian writes about Polish artists and Polish poster art, and posts another installment of the Inside Warsaw series: Q-U.
Ukraine: “Fortress Kerch”
The Gaws writes about a tour of a fortress in Kerch.
Singapore: Pakistani Roads
The blogger at Meditation Chamber shares his views on driving in Pakistan.
Hungary: Budapest Airport
Pestiside writes on what it takes to reach Budapest Airport.
Czech Republic: Book on Prague's City Government
Dr. Sean's Diary reviews Martin Horak’s Governing the Post-Communist City, a “study of city government in Prague in the decade following the collapse of communism.”
Slovenia: Radovljica
Adventures in Wheelville writes about things to enjoy in Radovljica, Slovenia.
Iran:Protest Travel Ban on Parvin Ardalan
Human Rights First protest travel on Iranian women's rights activist Parvin Ardalan.
Cuba: A Broader View
“It’s not easy to write objectively about Cuba. Two polarized views often distort any rational discussion”: Circles Robinson attempts to take a broader look.
Zambia: A single visa for SADCC?
Cho discusses comments from Zambia's Tourism Deputy Minister about a single visa for the SADC region: “The Univisa proposal should make the SADC region more attractive to tourists , relative...
India: Losing Goa and the Scarlett Keeling homicide case
My heart cries out that Goa the land of Sex, Drugs, Music, the once land of the hippies and lost Gods, had to be brought under the crime radar as...
