Stories about Travel from November, 2006
Serbia: Open Letter to Belgrade Mayor
Desperate Serbwife writes an open letter to the Belgrade City Manager: “I have a few ideas. Instead of spending money on digging up perfectly good sidewalks and resurfacing streets that...
Brunei: Loy Krathong Festival in Thailand
Brunei resident Emma Good Egg visits Thailand and witnesses the Thai festival of Loy Krathong. “One lights the incense sticks and candles, make a wish and float the Krathong down...
Romania: Language-Free Enclave
Andy H of Csikszereda Musings posts a language distribution map of Romania, which shows that he lives in an enclave where Romanian isn't the dominant language.
Cambodia: Minefield Trip
The filmmakers writing the lianlian blog take an unusual trip in Cambodia. “But then, Aki Ra invited us to join him on a demining expedition. The offer caught us off-guard....
Belarus: Lack of Tourists
Some 95 million tourists visited the Czech Republic in 2003 – and only 90,000 toured Belarus in 2005, writes TOL's Belarus Blog.
Hungary: Paprika in Szentes
“Some like it hot” – Photo by Kris of Little Town in Hungary, a blog featuring daily photos “from Szentes, a small town located on the southern Great Plain of...
Laos: Guess What this Eggplant Preparation is
Stickyrice encounter Lao women burning and pounding the blackened eggplants into a strange preparation. The blogger is asking the readers to guess what the preparation might be.
Serbia: The Countryside
Trans Europa Express continues to post pictures and stories from the Serbian countryside.
Russia: First Yolki
Snowsquare reports on the first New Year trees – yolki – that have already appeared in Moscow.
Russia: A Dedication to Vysotsky
Adrian J. Erlinger of Leopolis dedicates a vignette on today's Moscow to Vladimir Vysotsky, a legendary bard who died in 1980: “What would Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky think of all this,...
Indonesia: Departure Tax Reform
Indcoup is happy that the Indonesian travelers exiting out of the port of Batam no longer have to pay a departure tax. “The tax is equally absurd from an economic...
Pana-Blogs Report
#1: Chiriqui Chatter on "Fatal Bus Fire Causes Identified" Don Winner posted the resolution of the bus fire that killed 18 people. To net it out, it was a failure...
Panama: Real Estate Blog
If you’re looking to purchase real estate to rent out for investment purposes, but aren’t sure how to identify a good real estate deal, there are a few things you...
Russia: Greeting Moscow Winter
It's winter in Moscow. Snowsquare posts a photo of a Beware – Icicles sign, and Two-Zero shares a few views of Moscow's snow-covered streets.
Serbia: Bad Things in Belgrade
Belgrade 2.0 posts a list of 44 bad things in Belgrade and readers are adding to it in the comments section.
Moscow: Photos of a Neighborhood
Two-Zero takes a late-autumn walk through one of Moscow's neighborhoods and posts pictures.
Bangladesh blog buzz
Here are the latest buzz from blogs on Bangladesh: * Diaspora: Zubaer in Drishtipat blog gives an insight into the Bangladeshi Diaspora worldwide and how their remittances are contributing to...
Moldova: Borat in Moldova and Romania
Peter Myers of Adventures in Moldova writes about Borat: “ Borat's “Kazakh village” was in fact filmed in Romania, so it was fun to watch the first four minutes of...
Serbia: Attractions of Halovo
Trans Europa Express writes about the blacksmith and other attractions of “Halovo, Serbia: 538 meters above sea level, 500 meters away from the Bulgarian border. Number of houses: Depends on...
Latvia: News Roundup
All About Latvia posts a news roundup.
Russia: Moloko Store
Snowsquare posts a picture of what looks like “the last unbranded store in central Moscow.”
