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News just in… Africa’s Eden, the eco-tourism project in Loango National Park in Gabon, is closed due to a dispute between the Gabonese government and the tourism operator / regional airline. The press release from Africa’s Eden says Loango Lodge will be closed to international visitors until at least 20 September this year. Catherine Eviter, [...]
Just when the dust from United Breaks Guitars was starting to settle, the second of Dave Carroll’s three videos came out this morning. This song, which takes a closer look at his dealings with United employee Ms Irlweg, has 3,305 views already after just a few hours. The first video, which came out five weeks [...]
Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else. Debates, trends & reflections Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in [...]
Goroka, Papua New Guinea; September 2007 After yesterday’s post on Borough Market in London, here is a market of a wholly different kind. This is the weekly market in Goroka in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Papua New Guinea is a vast country with a tiny population – just 6.25 million people in an area [...]
This has to be the best complaint letter ever. Singer-songwriter Dave Carroll from band Sons of Maxwell flew from Halifax, Canada to Omaha, Nebraska in March 2008. He tells the full story on his site but in summary, he says he was on the tarmac when he witnessed baggage handlers throwing his guitar case around. [...]
Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore; March 2009 “Millac Maid. Tastes like fresh milk. Long life skimmed milk with non milk fat.” Hmm… Do you think this is what Michael Pollan means when he talks about the difference between food and edible food-like substances? I wonder what the non milk fat is? Vegetable oil, [...]
Travel article for Australian Women’s Health on a kayaking trip to Spitsbergen in the High Arctic in 2006. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons The seal reclined on the ice floe, its stumpy flippers looking slightly ridiculous against its tubby body. We stopped paddling and let the kayaks glide in silence for a closer look. The seal lifted [...]
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