Stories about Travel from October, 2010
Bermuda: Runaround?
Breezeblog comments on the media roundtable hosted by the outgoing Premier: “More like the media getting the runaround.”
St. Maarten: Garden Isle
“Citizens of St. Maarten have been urged to mark their new political status…by taking practical steps to transform the new Dutch Caribbean nation into a ‘Garden Isle,’ with a view...
Namibia: Adventures of a Bush Pilot in Namibia
Follow adventures of a bush pilot (bush bird) in Swakopmund Namibia.
Russia: Bloggers Meet With Iranian Ambassador, Avoid Sensitive Topics
The meeting of Russia's top-bloggers with the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow three days after Hossein Derakhshan had been sentenced to 19.5 years of imprisonment for "anti-government propaganda" highlighted the clumsy attempts of the Iranian online diplomacy in Russia. It also showed commercialization and excessive cynicism of some of the popular Russian bloggers.
Trinidad & Tobago: Eighth Wonder
“Does the Wonders of the World list go past seven? If so the Pitch Lake would definitely be included”: MEP Caribbean Publishers visits La Brea.
Trinidad & Tobago: Easy & Lazy?
Do Trinbagonians take the easy way out? KnowTnT.com‘s Edmund Gall cites three instances in which he thinks “it's a case of doing what's easy and wrong rather than doing what's...
Philippines: Dancing flight attendants
A plane flight safety demonstration danced to pop tunes by the flight attendants of a Philippine-based commercial airline is a recent a hit on YouTube. Netizens debate whether the gimmick is entertaining or sexist.
Liberia: I will take my potato greens with a side of Jesus
Glenna Gordon's photo of the day: “I’ll take my potato greens with a side of Jesus and some teddy bears.”
Bangladesh: The History Of Ahsan Manzil
Eye In The Sky posts the history and travel tips of the legendary Pink Palace in Dhaka – The Ahsan Manzil.
Norway: Macedonian Blogger in Trondheim
Maja, a Macedonian living in Norway, describes the beauty of Trondheim [MKD, ENG] in a bilingual, photo-studded post on her travel blog.
Incorrect names of places in Southeast Asia
Paul Wilding reminds everybody that Laos, Saigon, Bangkok, and Burma in Southeast Asia already have new names.
