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- May 2010 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- 05: In print and online (10)
- February 2010 (2)
- January 2010 (2)
- December 2009 (6)
- 13: Where travel writers stay when they go on holidays (13)
- 13: Cool Travel Guide’s Posting Policy (5)
- 13: What is Cool Travel Guide? (1)
- 12: In print and online (4)
- 11: The affection that comes with familiarity versus the energy of an unfamiliar destination (10)
- 10: Are you a once-in-a-lifetime traveller or a creature of habit? (13)
- November 2009 (1)
- 23: An update from the road (7)
- October 2009 (7)
- 16: Your worst hotel experience? (20)
- 13: Travel insights from travel experts (7)
- 12: Travel experts versus ‘real’ travellers (17)
- 09: Behind-the-scenes in a Michelin-starred chef’s kitchen and the kindness of chefs (0)
- 08: In print and online (2)
- 07: Envying a donkey his pace – the frenetic tempo of travel writing, part 2 (6)
- 07: Envying a donkey his pace – the frenetic tempo of travel writing, part 1 (0)
- September 2009 (1)
- August 2009 (15)
- 31: Postcript: blogging and Blogspot in Syria (6)
- 14: Blogging and Blogspot in Syria (7)
- 11: Access momentarily denied (11)
- 10: Aleppo’s labyrinthine souqs (6)
- 10: Aleppo and our room with a view (3)
- 09: Abu Shady, the last of Syria’s traditional storytellers still tells his tales (3)
- 08: Syria’s Bewitching Boutique Hotels (3)
- 08: Damascus is Buzzing (3)
- 06: Goodbye Dubai (2)
- 04: Travel with us on Twitter (5)
- 04: Trip Base travel awards (3)
- 04: Where to next? (2)
- 03: More on Mallorca… another day (0)
- 01: Mallorca’s most appealling beaches, part 2 (0)
- 01: Mallorca’s most appealling beaches, part 1 (3)
- July 2009 (11)
- 31: Musings on Mallorca: part 3 (3)
- 31: Musings on Mallorca: part 2 (2)
- 31: Musings on Mallorca: part 1 (2)
- 15: Snapshots from Mallorca: silly inflatables (3)
- 12: Snapshots from Mallorca: deckchairs and roundabouts (6)
- 11: Snapshots from Mallorca: surprising signs (4)
- 09: Postcard from Mallorca: savouring sunsets (5)
- 09: Bleeding Espresso giveaways – and it’s not coffee! It’s our Travellers Calabria guide! (3)
- 07: In print and online (2)
- 06: Postcard from Mallorca: some enchanting gardens (2)
- 05: Postcard from Mallorca: the alluring interior (2)
- June 2009 (10)
- 27: Postcard from Mallorca: our Palma apartment (9)
- 27: Postcard from Mallorca: Palma’s Old City (3)
- 25: Postcard from Mallorca: Valldemossa & Deia (0)
- 25: Postcard from Mallorca: Reads Hotel (5)
- 24: Postcard from Mallorca: Portocristo (5)
- 19: Twittering from Mallorca (2)
- 17: Our Italy books hit the shelves! (9)
- 17: Our latest travel writing: in print and online (6)
- 16: Greetings from sunny Mallorca (5)
- 06: On the road again… Melbourne, Singapore, Dubai, Venice, and Mallorca (14)
- May 2009 (24)
- 24: 3 days at Uluru (12)
- 19: What makes an airport cool? (22)
- 18: The developed world’s worst city airports? (10)
- 17: The appeal of Perth: endless sunshine, blue skies and a bearable “lightness of being” (11)
- 15: From here to there and back again (7)
- 12: Australia’s Top End: part 1 (6)
- 12: Australia’s Top End: part 2 (2)
- 11: Food reviewing, photographing chefs and reflections on ragu (0)
- 10: Top things to do in Kakadu: part 2 (1)
- 09: Top things to do in Kakadu: part 1 (0)
- 08: The flourishing of garden tourism – and it’s growing! (4)
- 07: Garden tours and the blossoming of thoughts on things green (0)
- 07: Can gardens tell stories? (2)
- 06: The garden of leafy delights: part 1 (4)
- 06: The garden of leafy delights: part 2 (0)
- 05: 2 Days in Tropical Darwin: day 1, a taster (3)
- 05: 2 Days in Tropical Darwin: day 2, a taster (0)
- 04: And the Pursuit of Happiness (4)
- 04: Sacred moments when you travel (13)
- 03: Motives for dark tourism: enrichment, education and empathy? Or just plain voyeurism and morbid curiosity? (5)
- 02: Dark tourism resources, references and first-hand accounts (0)
- 02: Dark tourism, tours and DIY how-to guides (2)
- 02: The history of dark tourism: from Roman gladiator spectacles to contemporary conflict zone tours (0)
- 01: The rise in Grief Tourism or Dark Tourism (4)
- April 2009 (16)
- 27: Grief tourism or simply the thing that you do? Are war memorials the new churches? (12)
- 26: Anzac Day imagery and ‘young Australia’: national identity and the need for heroes (6)
- 25: Anzac Day, sacred moments, and the revival of Australian nationalism (4)
- 24: Travel by postcards: A Little Beijing (6)
- 19: Twitter, travel itineraries and travel junkets (13)
- 18: The Dubai Melting Pot is in the Kitchen Too (2)
- 18: Dubai – more of a ‘salad bowl’ than a ‘melting pot’ (0)
- 14: What’s in my backpack? (12)
- 11: The Dark Side of Journalism (14)
- 11: Looking at the bright side of Dubai (8)
- 10: The Dark Side of Dubai: a hilarious must-read parody of the Dubai-bashing genre (17)
- 09: At last, a hotel offers a full 24 hour stay – hurray for The Address in Dubai! (9)
- 08: Our Calabria book hits the shelves! (5)
- 06: Top secrets of travel writers: how to create an itinerary that is inspirational and useful (9)
- 05: Itineraries: a case study in how not to create them, OR how to have a bad time in 24 hours (7)
- 04: The beauty of a good itinerary: it’s simply about showing you a good time (6)
- March 2009 (20)
- 31: Itineraries: do you use them when you travel? Or do you simply create your own? (19)
- 26: Are you a casual tourist? Or traveller. The key word being ‘casual’. (18)
- 24: What happened to the quality of Australia’s restaurants – and its restaurant reviewing? (4)
- 23: Office essentials: a beautiful back-up process and a cute cat (3)
- 20: Travel quotes and the power of words to inspire us to move (8)
- 19: When you travel, how often do you stop to sit on the steps of a fountain? (7)
- 19: Want to get cosy? (66)
- 18: Tips on avoiding disappointment when you travel – from travellers & travel bloggers (2)
- 18: Avoiding disappointment on the road: reflections from travellers like you (0)
- 13: Disappointment on the road: how I attempt to avoid it (18)
- 13: Disappointment on the road: When places don’t live up to your expectations (0)
- 12: Sydney beyond the cliches and hidden gems – not! (4)
- 10: Road Warriors: Bloggers in Motion – travel challenges revealed at Enduring Wanderlust (5)
- 09: ‘Don’t believe the hype’: tales of Hollandaise in Tetra Paks and other travel research disasters (2)
- 06: 10 things we love about Abu Dhabi (6)
- 06: “More to Dubai than Glamour Alone”: when an answer becomes a story (4)
- 05: Full-time retail vs freelance writing? (9)
- 03: Blogging: the protocols of posting comments (30)
- 02: Ausssie Aussie Aussie! Arrested Arrested Arrested! (2)
- 02: There’s more to beaches and malls in Dubai: the case for using a guidebook (2)
- February 2009 (34)
- 28: Dubai: destination re-branding urgently required – from ‘playground of the rich’ to the complex compelling place we know it can be (10)
- 27: Once upon a time in Dubai: when the fairy tale doesn’t unfold (or get told) the way they wanted it to, Or, Why the media needs to grow up (4)
- 26: Dubai’s Global Reporting Meltdown (2)
- 26: The reward of rituals when we travel (9)
- 25: A night at the opera in Verona, or, When is opera not opera? When it’s pure spectacle (6)
- 24: A weather report: the results from my latest poll (8)
- 23: Travel by Twitter: travel revolution or evolution? Case Study #2 A Paris Twi-Trip (1)
- 22: Travel by Twitter: Case Study #1 The Twitchhiker (4)
- 21: Travel by Twitter… but first, an intro to Twitter, or, what Twitter means to you (6)
- 21: Travel by Twitter: travel revolution or evolution? (6)
- 20: Twitter: 50 great travel tweeters (2)
- 19: Please don’t tell me this is the future of guidebooks, or, Offbeat Guides part 3: a depressing postcript (18)
- 19: Offbeat Guides part 2: my conclusions (4)
- 18: Offbeat Guides part 1: my findings (4)
- 18: How ‘offbeat’ are Offbeat Guides? (9)
- 18: Offbeat: to be unconventional, original, quirky and weird – and tell a story (0)
- 16: More reflections on offbeat travel: when the mainstream starts to have kitsch appeal (15)
- 16: What does it mean to be ‘offbeat’ in an age where everyone is so ‘switched on’? (6)
- 15: Campervanning for Beginners (2)
- 14: Victoria’s bushfires one week later: the media’s coverage of Black Saturday (4)
- 13: Dubai! Dubai! Dubai! Some tales of a city: Part 1 Once upon a time… (4)
- 11: Got any questions about travelling to Dubai? Then join me for a live chat tomorrow on NineMSN Travel (1)
- 10: Victoria’s bushfires: radio to the rescue (0)
- 09: Victoria’s bushfires: random reflections on the trivial and the tragic, mostly the tragic (6)
- 08: Bushfires in Bendigo, part 2: the very tragic aftermath and a national tragedy (4)
- 07: Bushfires in Bendigo, part 1: why I’ve been humming The Clash’s “Should I (we) stay or should I (we) go now?” in my head all night (2)
- 07: Coffee break pottering and the compelling world of incoming traffic search results (4)
- 07: Australia’s well-trodden east coast trail… but why? (5)
- 06: When you travel, do you do the things you want to do or the things you think you should do? (22)
- 06: Sightseeing: taking time to take in the sights – or not. How do you ‘see’ the sights when you travel? (4)
- 05: Tourists versus travellers: refreshing takes on the (often ho-hum) debate (10)
- 04: The vanity portraits of today’s young ego-trippers. The focus? Forget about the journey or the destination. It’s them, themselves and their friends. (24)
- 03: The weather, part 2: how much do you let it affect your enjoyment of travel? (5)
- 03: The weather, part 1: how much does it impact your travel plans? (2)
- January 2009 (21)
- 31: Melbourne, a grisly view from a bridge: Father throws 4 year old daughter off the city’s West Gate bridge (6)
- 29: South Australia: from heavenly summer days to the living hell of a heatwave (0)
- 19: Taking in the atmosphere at the Tour Down Under in Adelaide (2)
- 19: Your chance to chat to an insider (4)
- 18: To haggle or not to haggle? (7)
- 17: 1001 Travel Writer Tips: here is Tip # 1002 from a travel writer (4)
- 16: My desert island blogs: the coolest travel blogs on the web (17)
- 15: What makes a travel blog cool (17)
- 14: The best job in the world? It turns out it’s not mine after all… (7)
- 13: Bespoke breaks: tailored trip planning with Triporati (12)
- 12: Best time to visit Australia? It may be summer, but don’t head Down Under (5)
- 11: The best new retro-luxe train journeys (4)
- 11: Breakfast in bed and the romance of train travel revisited (3)
- 10: Train noise… the ideal soundtrack to tracking shots of epic landscapes (5)
- 10: The Indian Pacific: from ocean to ocean across Australia by train (10)
- 05: Travel blogs you’ll love… top 2008 travel blog lists (4)
- 04: Our latest writing in print and online: January 2009 (3)
- 03: Places You Must Go in 2009 (12)
- 02: So where will you be going in 2009? (10)
- 02: Hot new travel destination lists… don’t you love them? Well, don’t you? (3)
- 01: My new year’s resolutions list for 2009 (15)
- December 2008 (4)
- November 2008 (5)
- 29: Mumbai’s nightmare: a terror attack on tourism (on innocents abroad – and at home) (7)
- 25: Moonshadow Villas: accommodation with more than a little good karma (4)
- 23: The Ghan: nothing like the romance of train travel to rekindle a love for travel (6)
- 22: In print and online (2)
- 21: Life of a Travel Writer: when the travel writer needs to get ‘away’ from it all (18)
- October 2008 (1)
- 06: Damascus’ Best Boutique Hotel (14)
- September 2008 (13)
- 26: A message from this busy travel blogger (5)
- 18: Dubai on a budget: the best things in life are free (11)
- 15: Dispelling the biggest myth about Dubai (4)
- 14: Does anyone still research the place they’re heading to before they travel? (16)
- 12: Dealing with loneliness on the road (9)
- 11: 9 Reasons to Love Ramadan: part 2 (2)
- 11: 9 Reasons to Love Ramadan: part 1 (3)
- 09: What do you want to know about Dubai? Just ask away… (2)
- 06: Western Australia in Wanderlust (11)
- 04: Shopping Cyprus (3)
- 03: Northern Cyprus: 10 reasons to go now (5)
- 02: Got any questions about Dubai? (6)
- 01: Ramadan Kareem (3)
- August 2008 (59)
- 31: Top 10 things to buy in Dubai, pt 2 (9)
- 31: Top 10 things to buy in Dubai, pt 1 (2)
- 31: What to buy in Dubai: let’s get something straight (0)
- 30: 10 Reasons to Shop Dubai – a taster (3)
- 30: The Ultimate Dubai Shopping Guide (2)
- 30: The Guardian summer holiday travel writing competition: the winners are announced! (3)
- 29: The world’s most jawdropping drives, pt 2 (0)
- 28: The world’s most jawdropping drives, pt 1 (1)
- 28: Come hell or highways (0)
- 27: Top 10 Spas in Thailand (3)
- 27: The sublime Thai spa experience (2)
- 26: Wine Spectator award fraud (4)
- 25: How travel writers select hotels: the criteria we use, part 2 (0)
- 25: How travel writers select hotels: the criteria we use, part 1 (2)
- 24: How travel writers select hotels (1)
- 23: How travel writers ‘discover’ hotels (8)
- 22: 10 things that annoy us about hotels: oh, yes, there’s more… (1)
- 22: Postcard stories: share your passion here (6)
- 22: Pology: presenting the beauty in travel normally lost in the routine of the mundane (3)
- 21: Travel and the fragility of life (8)
- 21: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #10 Check in and check out times and never the twain shall meet… (5)
- 20: A literary guide to the world (2)
- 20: The Happy Hotelier interviews a travel writer who is perfectly happy to chat away about herself… woops, that’s me! (3)
- 20: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #9 Switches, buttons, knobs and other anomalies (1)
- 19: I’ve Travelled. Now What? (5)
- 19: Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: but should you judge it by its brand? (2)
- 18: Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: judge it by its author (or, How to choose a guidebook) (10)
- 18: Microsoft ‘innovates’ at the Sheraton (2)
- 18: 10 things that annoy us about hotels # 8 The bane of our existence, bain-marie breakfasts (2)
- 17: Happy 1st Birthday Cool Travel Guide (12)
- 17: Making connections: traditions and rituals of love and devotion, or, When you wish upon a heart (0)
- 17: Making connections: tokens of love and devotion, or, Tie a (yellow) ribbon ’round the… (2)
- 16: Developing your travel writing career: commissions and content gathering, part 2 (7)
- 15: Developing your travel writing career: commissions and content gathering, part 1 (6)
- 15: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #7 Power to the people! (0)
- 14: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #6 When using the bathroom is like undertaking an intelligence test (7)
- 14: 10 oddest travel guides ever published (2)
- 13: 10 odd jobs in travel and tourism (4)
- 13: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #5 Apples in vases and other silly design ‘trends’ (2)
- 12: Brilliant minds think alike, or, Why so many guidebooks share the same listings: part 2 (4)
- 12: Brilliant minds think alike, or, Why so many guidebooks share the same listings: part 1 (4)
- 12: 10 things that annoy us about hotels # 4 Surly faces at check-in (6)
- 11: The Guardian summer holiday travel writing competition: a lesson in the harsh realities of travel writing (0)
- 11: Beijing insider guides (0)
- 10: Point and shoot: is a spoiled photo opportunity a spoiled vacation? (2)
- 09: Beijing’s 2008 Olympics and its cinematic Opening Ceremony: spectacle and its power to inspire (8)
- 09: The Cool Travel Guide to Beijing (2)
- 08: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #3 white Wi-Fi lies (7)
- 07: The travel journalists’ junket: why we don’t do them (8)
- 07: 10 things that annoy us about hotels # 2 Fixed Coat Hangers (13)
- 06: 10 things that annoy us about hotels #1 Minibar Sensors (4)
- 06: 10 things… an introduction (0)
- 06: Our latest travel writing: in print and online (0)
- 05: Making connections: the lock of love (5)
- 05: Our latest travel writing: in print and online (0)
- 04: Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook: the challenges of guidebook research and other considerations (7)
- 04: Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook has hit the shelves! (3)
- 03: The Cool Travel Guide to the Italian Lakes (2)
- 02: Tips for travelling Italy’s autostradas: thank god for Autogrill (0)
- July 2008 (8)
- 20: The Navigli: Milan’s hippest neighbourhood (3)
- 13: Random musings from the road: Italy (10)
- 12: Inspiring Italy and The Grand Tour (0)
- 08: On the road again… in Northern Italy (2)
- 07: Hotels or apartments: what you’ll be choosing when you next travel (2)
- 06: 5 reasons to love Italy (8)
- 05: Life of a Travel Writer: Italy and the angels who make life easier than it’s meant to be (3)
- 04: Life of a Travel Writer: Italy and the tediousness of red tape (0)
- June 2008 (31)
- 29: Dubai Insider’s Guide (4)
- 29: Life of a Travel Writer: when the travel writer dreams about taking a holiday (2)
- 21: 10 Reasons to go to Dubai now (9)
- 20: Breaking News: Orientalist Dubai Dream Tour Shattered! (Part 3) (0)
- 20: Breaking News: Orientalist Dubai Dream Tour Shattered! (Part 2) (2)
- 20: Breaking News: Orientalist Dubai Dream Tour Shattered! (part 1) (0)
- 19: Life of a Travel Writer: when the travel writer’s plans come together… (2)
- 19: Life of a Travel Writer: when the travel writer comes to her senses (0)
- 18: Life of a Travel Writer: when the dream job is a nightmare (7)
- 17: Italians passionate? Si! Especially when it comes to football (0)
- 17: Are hotels going out of favour? Let’s hear what the apartment rental gurus think (0)
- 16: Hotels going out of style? The globetrotters’ jet-setting take on the topic (0)
- 16: A Tale of Three Tastings in Rome: Tasting #3 Ristorante Il Pagliaccio (2)
- 16: A Tale of Three Tastings in Rome: Tasting #2 La Taverna dei Fori Imperiali (0)
- 14: A Tale of Three Tastings in Rome (0)
- 14: A Tale of Three Tastings in Rome: Tasting #1 L’Arcangelo (0)
- 13: Living like locals versus luxury and the lifestyle upgrade (0)
- 12: More imaginative travellers seeking more (3)
- 11: Are hotels going out of fashion? (18)
- 11: Like what you’re reading and seeing? Then let’s talk, but please don’t steal my content (6)
- 10: Our latest travel writing: in print and online (2)
- 09: At home in Milano: remembering the importance of having a room with view (3)
- 08: Liquorice: one more reason to visit Calabria (2)
- 07: 10 reasons to travel to Calabria: part 2 (2)
- 07: 10 reasons to travel to Calabria: part 1 (6)
- 06: Calabria: Europe’s best value destination (3)
- 06: Is Calabria the new Puglia? (0)
- 06: Putting context back into travel, OR why contextualizing travel is cool (7)
- 05: Enriching the experience of travel: it’s all about context (4)
- 04: The Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel after hours: the only way to go (3)
- 03: When guided tours are close to spiritual experiences: I’ve been converted (2)
- May 2008 (16)
- 29: It’s good to be a tourist in… Rome! (4)
- 27: On the road again… in Calabria! (0)
- 17: Or… everything old is new again (3)
- 17: One traveller’s ‘latest discovery’ is another’s old favorite (0)
- 15: Life of a travel writer: loving the work (3)
- 14: Life of a travel writer: VIP openings, acrobatic waiters and private parties (4)
- 05: Strange Planet (part 4) or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Lonely Planet Loophole (0)
- 05: Strange Planet (part 3) or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Lonely Planet Loophole (0)
- 04: Our latest travel writing: in print and online (4)
- 04: Creating a ‘home’ away (2)
- 04: Antalya, Turkey: hot nuts on a cold night (0)
- 03: Antalya, Turkey: silhouettes and beers at sunset (2)
- 03: Living like locals (0)
- 02: Top secrets of travel writers: #2 the art of parachute artistry (5)
- 01: Top 10 dream tours (0)
- 01: Top 5 indigenous cultural tours in Western Australia (0)
- April 2008 (39)
- 29: Guides: a model guide from the Mulgana mob at Monkey Mia (0)
- 27: Guides: how to pick them (0)
- 26: Good guides, bad guides: the good guides (3)
- 26: Good guides, bad guides: the bad guides (2)
- 25: cool travel tips: an explanation (1)
- 25: cool travel tip #1: learn the 10 language basics on the plane (0)
- 24: Top 5 destination essentials (5)
- 24: Dead Cities: reading the signs (0)
- 24: 5 good reasons not to use a guide (4)
- 23: Fraud or flawed? (3)
- 23: Doing it alone at the Dead Cities (2)
- 23: Guides: getting in the way of a good travel experience (1)
- 23: Guides: who needs them? (2)
- 22: Death of the (guidebook) author? (5)
- 20: Death of the guidebook? (4)
- 19: An invitation to come to Marrakesh: to learn travel writing among the peacocks and enjoy picnics in the olive groves (9)
- 19: Top secrets of travel writers: #1 hidden gems are kept hidden for good reason (2)
- 18: Fueling those feelings of anticipation (9)
- 18: Travel writing and travel blogging: how and why we do it (3)
- 17: Our latest travel writing: in print and online (2)
- 16: Decoding Lonely Planet’s explanation (3)
- 16: The Thomas Kohnstamm Affair continues (3)
- 14: Strange Planet (part 2): fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride (1)
- 14: Strange Planet (part 1): an unusual tale of a travel writer who didn’t have the itch (2)
- 14: Media reels: Lonely Planet author fraud (2)
- 13: Top 5 tips to planning a luxury escape: getting the most out of your hotel (2)
- 13: Top 5 tips to planning a luxury escape: selecting your hotel (4)
- 12: Planning a luxury escape (0)
- 12: The price of luxury? (0)
- 11: Glamping: is it worth it? (6)
- 10: Carry on Glamping (7)
- 09: We’re all going on a glamping holiday – again, and again, and again (0)
- 08: The travel media goes glamping (1)
- 07: ‘Trailer trash’ and ‘glamping’ (0)
- 06: Moving Stories (2)
- 05: Caravanland (2)
- 04: Keeping up with the Joneses in caravanland* (0)
- 03: The rising interest in four-wheeled holiday pleasure in Turkey: motorhome tourists rule! (0)
- 02: Caravanning and camping are… posh! (3)
- March 2008 (35)
- 31: Cool camping: how many hipsters believed the hype? (1)
- 30: Hands up if you traded the Airstream for a gypsy caravan? (5)
- 29: Cool camping vs cool caravanning: a case study in ‘cool’ travel writing (0)
- 28: Cool camping: cowboy-print tipis and other chic accoutrements (0)
- 27: Cool camping: creature comforts, clever marketing and celebrity campers (0)
- 27: Cool caravanning: it’s okay, it’s safe to mention the c-word (4)
- 25: Travel has no (age) limits (1)
- 24: Home is where you park it – for citizens of the road (4)
- 23: Recollecting Easter Holidays and the Renaissance of Caravanning (0)
- 23: Places You Must Go This Spring: part 2 (2)
- 23: Places You Must Go This Spring: part 1 (0)
- 22: Spring is here! (0)
- 20: Life of a Travel Writer (4)
- 20: The Cool Travel Guide to: getting the most out of archaeological sites (part 2) (2)
- 20: The Cool Travel Guide to: getting the most out of archaeological sites (part 1) (2)
- 19: Notes on Observations and Conversations Overheard at Ancient Knossos: part 2 (0)
- 19: Notes on Observations and Conversations Overheard at Ancient Knossos: part 1 (0)
- 17: Romantic representations in guidebook writing: case study #2 (2)
- 17: Romantic representations in guidebook writing: case study #1 (0)
- 17: Romanticism versus reality: what do travellers really want? (2)
- 16: The romance of poetry – and guidebooks (0)
- 15: Scenic touring and tips on appreciating ‘the picturesque’ nature of travel (0)
- 13: Guidebooks to ‘the picturesque’: creating a new generation of traveller (2)
- 11: Spots of time and memory making (1)
- 10: Reasons to be alive: spots in time (0)
- 09: Rural travel: the restorative powers of nature (0)
- 08: Strolling with shepherds and olive-picking picnics: an eco-tourism experience in Northern Cyprus (0)
- 07: Close encounter of the goat kind (0)
- 06: Traffic hazards in Crete (2)
- 05: Observations on Cretan Village Life, or enjoying a bit of ethnographic travel (0)
- 04: Cherry blossoms blooming in Crete (0)
- 03: That was then, this is now: how we travel (6)
- 02: Cool Travel Guide’s Alternative Holiday Mojo Maintenance Programme (7)
- 02: Maintaining your holiday mojo (2)
- 01: Old doors: a taverna that understands its market (or shares its passion) (4)
- February 2008 (26)
- 29: Old doors: wondering what’s behind them (1)
- 28: The ebb and flow of Crete’s cafe society (0)
- 25: Blue Chairs: imagining Greece, the perception & reality (7)
- 24: Sweets in Crete: loving those little extras! (0)
- 23: Memorable meals (3)
- 23: Sublime travel scenes (3)
- 22: Sleet in Crete and floods in Dubai (0)
- 22: Collecting #3: miscellaneous travel paraphernalia (or, the equivalent of the bottom drawer, the back of the cupboard, or the shoebox under the bed) (2)
- 21: Collecting #2: hotel room keys (0)
- 20: Collecting #1: ticket stubs (3)
- 17: Postcard stories (9)
- 16: Postcards: sending secrets (0)
- 14: Postcards: our processes of selection and identity formation (0)
- 14: Postcards: to my mum (2)
- 14: Postcards: does anyone read them? (2)
- 14: Postcards: does anyone still send them? (4)
- 13: Cyprus: the search for traditional charm (2)
- 13: Travel and nostalgia (0)
- 11: My guide to Brussels on Lonely Planet TV (3)
- 11: Dubai: a first-timer’s guide (4)
- 10: Why I will never use Expedia again: part one (3)
- 10: Why I will never use Expedia again: part two (2)
- 10: The simplicity of travel by caravan (5)
- 10: Off-season travel: Cyprus (0)
- 06: Travel Writing? A Dream Job? (6)
- 05: You’re a travel writer? But that’s not a real job! (5)
- December 2007 (21)
- 29: I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… (6)
- 20: Travel inspirations and travel trends: movies, museums and sports move us (2)
- 19: Slow travel: train-dreaming (4)
- 19: Shway shway, slowly slowly: slow travel (1)
- 18: Another Room With a View (0)
- 17: A Room with a View (4)
- 16: 10 Places You Must Go in 2008: places I have been (11)
- 15: Or the smartest exercise in exacting (free) travel research ever? (5)
- 15: The most outrageous travel essay in recent history, according to budget travel guru (3)
- 14: Why travel wish lists matter, or, why a lack of imagination is a dangerous thing (4)
- 14: What’s wrong with the New York Times ’53 places to go in 2008′ list (0)
- 14: The season of listmaking: the New York Times ’53 places to go in 2008′ (3)
- 12: The travelling mind-set: mundane journeys and the banality of travel, part 2 (5)
- 12: The travelling mind-set: mundane journeys and the banality of travel, part 1 (0)
- 11: Tackling the tediousness of travel (1)
- 09: Travelling Inspirations: air travel blogs (6)
- 08: Up up and away: junior jetsetters and the formation of air travel fascination (0)
- 07: A Celebration of Air Travel and the Democratization of Travel (1)
- 06: Tourism and ‘hospitality’: the little extras (1)
- 04: The Welcome Drink (3)
- 01: Liquid Travels: coffee, tea or chai? (2)
- November 2007 (18)
- 29: Travelling inspirations: liquid travels (4)
- 28: Nostalgic Journeys: part 1, the Travelling Lunchbox (1)
- 26: Travelling Inspirations: food blogs, part 2 (2)
- 25: Travelling Inspirations: food blogs, part 1 (1)
- 25: Travelling Inspirations: food (3)
- 24: The Joys of Travel: Food Markets, part 3 (the food – the good stuff!) (6)
- 24: The Joys of Travel: Food Markets, part 2 (a case for hiring guides) (0)
- 24: The Joys of Travel: Food Markets, part 1 (1)
- 23: Traffic Hazards in Thailand #4 (0)
- 23: Traffic Hazards in Thailand #3 (0)
- 23: The disappointments of travel: Burger King at the Night Market (2)
- 20: Local colour: painted buses and other vehicles (3)
- 17: Traffic Hazards in Thailand #2 (1)
- 17: Traffic Hazards in Thailand #1 (0)
- 10: Touristic experiences #2: staged tourism and the charm of cute children (1)
- 05: Touristic experiences #1: Thailand’s ‘longnecks’ (2)
- 05: Assessing hotels: flip flops, yoga mats and other thoughtful extras (1)
- 05: Travel writing and the pace of research (3)
- October 2007 (4)
- 16: Thailand and good manners (8)
- 05: Travelling: anticipation (6)
- 03: Travelling: inspirations #3 (6)
- 02: Maps: their inspirational power (6)
- September 2007 (26)
- 28: Aspirational travel: wanderlust and wish lists (4)
- 28: Buenos Aires: tango and experiential travel (6)
- 26: San Telmo #4: browsing bric-a-brac (3)
- 25: San Telmo #3: local experiences (2)
- 23: San Telmo #2: bohemian Buenos Aires (2)
- 23: San Telmo #1: bliss in Buenos Aires (2)
- 21: Travelling: journals (5)
- 21: Travelling: inspirational travel blogs (8)
- 20: Travelling: inspirational reads (0)
- 19: Travelling: inspirations #2 (3)
- 18: Travelling: inspirations #1 (1)
- 18: Summer holidays: Beijing (0)
- 17: Travelling: potent images (0)
- 16: Morocco: the cute cats you meet on the road (2)
- 16: Essaouira: backstreet barbershop (0)
- 15: Essaouira, the beautifully designed (3)
- 13: Travelling: scents and sentimentality (0)
- 12: Morocco: the people you meet, part 4 (0)
- 12: Travelling: the road trip, part 1 (0)
- 11: Travelling: the journey, part 2 (0)
- 11: Travelling: the journey, part 1 (0)
- 07: Travelling: peoplewatching #4 (0)
- 06: Travelling: peoplewatching #3 (0)
- 05: Travelling: peoplewatching #2 (0)
- 03: Travelling: peoplewatching #1 (0)
- 02: Travelling: connections #1 (0)
- August 2007 (24)
- 31: Travelling: incongruities #2 (3)
- 30: Travelling: incongruities #1 (0)
- 29: Travelling: textures (0)
- 28: Travelling: virtues put to the test, example 1 (0)
- 27: Travelling: virtues of a traveller (0)
- 26: What happened to the the journey? (2)
- 26: It’s the people you meet (0)
- 25: Dubai: best backstreets vol 2 (0)
- 25: Dubai: best backstreets vol 1 (0)
- 23: Hong Kong: what’s to love about the backstreets (0)
- 21: Hong Kong: it’s all about the backstreets (0)
- 18: Hong Kong: local colour, part 2 (3)
- 18: Bangkok: local colour, part 1 (0)
- 17: Thailand: as imagined (0)
- 17: Thailand: the missing palm trees (0)
- 17: Morocco: how my memory deceives me (0)
- 16: Morocco: the people you meet, part 3 (1)
- 16: Syria: the people you meet, part 2 (2)
- 16: Alexandria: the people you meet, part 1 (0)
- 16: Taroudant: the hot chip man (0)
- 16: Aleppo: souq pharmacy (0)
- 15: Marrakesh souq midday Friday (2)
- 15: Morocco: Marrakesh Mona Lisa (1)
- 15: Aleppo: no practicalities (3)
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