Category: archive
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Laos Snippet by Busby
I went on my two month long trip of Indochina. I skulked a bit in Qatar eyeing up the tablecloth-clad gentlemen and in turn being the recipient of their roving…
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Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
Travel Photographer of the Year is a new annual competition, supported by major names in the photographic and travel industries, that recognises and celebrates the very best travel photography. Any…
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Travel Quiz August 2003
Win a Frommer’s guidebook on Amsterdam 2003. See www.frommers.com for info on Frommer’s guidebooks. Some people have said the quiz is difficult, we say do some research; try google.com or…
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Travelling to Mikindani from Mozambique – Becky Stickland
Having allowed myself the luxury of a two-week break in Durban visiting a long lost friend I turned my thoughts towards the adventure that lay ahead. I have always wanted…
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Dubai Underwater Hotel Planned
We reported a while back about Dubai’s Palm, an ambitious hotel and resort development off the coast. Now, tourism and government authorities have gone one step further, or should we…
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Answers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
1. Angola: Luanda 2. Cyprus: Nicosia 3. Laos: Vientiane 4. Nepal: Kathmandu 5. South Korea: Seoul · 0 out of 5 – you need to get out more! · 1-3…
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Padmassana Travels To Japan – Part 3
Padmassana went travelling around Kyushu in June/July time. Here is the final of three extracts from his travel journal. From Kagoshima I went on a day trip on a small…
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Sahara Hostages Released
Fourteen of the European hostages, missing in the Sahara for over five months have been released by suspected Islamic extremist kidnappers. One woman hostage died whilst held captive in Mali.…
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New UN Heritage Sites
This is the third of three descriptions of the 24 sites of “outstanding universal value”, that have been designated world heritage sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
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Khmer Rouge Tourism
The Cambodian government has has released full scale tourism plans for a small village, Anlong Veng, some 70 miles away from Angkor Watt, Cambodia’s most visited tourist attraction. Anlong Veng,…