· May, 2008

Stories about Travel from May, 2008

Poland: The Liban Quarry, Schindler, and Sendler

Polandian visits the Liban Quarry and posts pictures: “In 1992 Steven Spielberg built a replica of the Nazi’s Płaszów Labor Camp for his movie Schindler’s List. The remains of this highly realistic set can still be seen today a short distance from the center of Krakow.” In the comments section,...

Caucasus: US Immigration

Social Science in the Caucasus examines statistics released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Service on the number of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas issued to citizens from the three South Caucasus countries. According to that data, Armenia has the most number of visas issued with Georgia second and Azerbaijan third.

Trinidad & Tobago: Maxi-ing Out

  13 May 2008

“Like politics, maxi travel has a morality of its own”: Ramblings and Reason provides a few tips on surviving travel by “maxi-taxi” in Trinidad and Tobago.

Czech Republic: Travel

The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks posts a report on a bicycle trip “through the protected landscape area up to Litovel.” The Czech Daily Word writes about the oldest pharmacy in Central Europe; the Brno Dam and the Veveri Castle; and the panelaky buildings that many Czechs live in.

Laos: Vietnam War bombs in ricefields

  12 May 2008

MirmurR is surprised to learn that some Lao farmers are not using some of the fields for their crops because they find more and more bombs dropped by the U.S. during the Vietnam War which can explode, injure or kill them.

Dubai: Whales and Planktons

Jordanian blogger Sha3teely is in Dubai for a few days and shares his feelings and some photographs in this post. “This trip simply showed me how much poor, unimportant, dispensable and small creature I am… it showed me how big is the world and how far are we. It showed...

Haiti, USA: Food Riots and a Wedding

  12 May 2008

Haitian blogger kiskeácity is moved by former Village Voice writer Gary Dauphin's musings about Haiti and Haitianness and links to his latest piece on the food crisis “through the eyes and stories of various relatives who have traveled from Haiti to the US to attend (a) wedding…”

Cuba: Why?

  12 May 2008

Both Uncommon Sense and Ninety miles away…in another country blog about José Manuel Caraballo Bravo's “rumination on the decided aversion to all things y on the part of the Havana ‘Commission'”.

Japan: Yushukan Museum

  12 May 2008

Adamu blogs about his visit to a Shinto Shrine, Yasukuni Jinja, and Yushukan Museum. The Shrine is dedicated to Japan’s war dead while the museum displays the military history of modern Japan through World War II.

Fiji: Blog Roundup

  11 May 2008

Failedparadise carries a round-up of Fijian blogosphere with links to notable posts from the last two weeks.

Kuwait: The Blind Leading the Blind

From Kuwait, Desert Girl writes about a website which tells expatriates what to expect in countries they will be moving to. She comments: “I think a lot of newcomers are being misinformed by well-intentioned people that don't really understand. It is a matter of the blind-leading-the-blind.”

Lebanon: Stuck in Beirut

Lebanese Mark, who lives in Kuwait, says he is stuck in Beirut. He explains: “Looks like I am stuck in Beirut. The airport is closed and doesn’t look like its going to open anytime soon if anything it looks like there will be a war with hezbollah. Now I am...