Stories about Travel from November, 2009
Bhutan: Shangri-La or Ethnic Cleanser?
What is Bhutan? One camp glorifies Bhutan as the last Shangri-la and the other claims that it is practicing ethnic cleansing. Sonam Ongmo breaks some stereotypes.
Taiwan: Introducing Best English Blogs
David on Formosa publishes a series of posts introducing some of the best Taiwan blogs in English(bridge bloggers).
Mali: My Mali visa experience
Dino's visa experience at Mali embassy: “My Mali experience made me think about the visa experiences both with South -South travels, and South-North travels. I also thought of what it meant to be a North-South traveller. South-South Travels were clearly much easier than South-North travels. Just recently, there has been...
CEE: The Berlin Wall
The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall: How To Marry a Bulgarian hosts a series of readers’ personal reflections: Biliana Velkova, Alexandra Grashkina-Hristova, Maria Vassileva; Hungarian Spectrum writes that “for Hungary and the Hungarians the whole thing started much earlier”; Belgraded writes about the upcoming and much-awaited...
Thailand: “Demon” statues at airport bring bad luck
Airport officials in Bangkok will remove 12 “demon’ statues because they believe the statues cause bad luck to shopkeepers.
Thailand: House of Museums
My Unseen Thailand is impressed with a Bangkok museum called House of Museums. The said museum displays everyday items of the 1950s and 1960s.
Geocodes for Bangkok sub-districts
New geocodes were updated for Bangkok's new sub-districts.
India: The State Of Mumbai Airport
“Mumbai airport has to be the worst that exists in any major city in the world. With two runways that crisscross each other, arrivals and departures are severely constrained,” comments Rajesh Jain at Emergic.
Culture and Business News about Capetown in Japanese
“Information that you'll never find in guidebooks!” Emi, a Capetown resident that works in tourism, celebrates [ja] the launch of a Japanese portal for information about Capetown called “ケープタウン新聞 (Capetown News)”.
Brunei: Youngest woman to ski South Pole
Iantie Safar is happy for Dk Najibah Eradah, Brunei's first and youngest woman to ski the South Pole. The young Bruneian will join the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antartic Expedition.
India: Delhi Metro Rail Project Is Not A Solution
Ram Bansal at India In Peril opines that the Delhi Metro Rail “is not going to solve any problems of Delhi but going to make it the most unsafe city in the world.”
MENA: H1N1, Vaccines and Conspiracy Theories
Many countries have introduced vaccinations to help combat the spread of H1N1, or swine flu. As the sickness toll increases, so does the buzz online.
Egypt: Max's thoughs on Azaan
Max Strasser, a journalist living in Cairo, wrote his thoughts on government plans to sync the call to prayer in every Cairo mosque to a radio broadcast.
Ghana: Ghana highlights part I
Gayle's first part of Ghana highlights: In Ghana, every region has something to offer. Culture, history, beaches, flora and fauna, you can sample it all over the country, from the tropical jungles of the south to the savannah plains of the north. If you’re a beach or history lover, you’ll...
Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados: Yuh Lie!
As Trinidad and Tobago's National Security Minister makes an inaccurate statement about the processing time for machine-readable passports, B.C. Pires is irritated that the media did not ask questions: “I’ve seen Trinidadians in action so I understand ‘boldfacity’. I don’t understand the people on the other side going along with...
India: Deliveries Up To The Mountain
Mridula at Travel Tales From India posts a photo showing how international refreshment brands are delivered to a tea shop at Ilaka glacier in Triund near Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh.
Vietnam: Too many ads in an airport
Charvey notices an unusually big number of ads in a Vietnam airport
Poland: Graffiti
Polandian writes about and posts photos of the Polish graffiti.
Albania: Giving Directions
A Nevada Yankee in King Zog's Court writes that “Albanians are so poor at giving directions that it's easier just to take the lost soul directly to his destination than it is to give directions.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Traffic Solutions
Alien in the Caribbean has a few suggestions to ease Trinidad's traffic woes.
Trinidad & Tobago: “Solo” Mio
Trinidadian blogger Club Soda and Salt shares his thoughts “on how to beat that nagging feeling of being quietly judged” when dining alone.
