What the hell is Florida thinking?

How a crackdown on illegal immigrants would affect all foreigners and could hurt the state’s biggest industry. What the hell is Florida thinking? Seriously! Tourism is Florida’s biggest industry, injecting $65 billion into the state’s economy every year. Sixty-five BILLION dollars. And over a MILLION jobs. Yet the state could be about to jeopardise all [...]

Best of the Web: A carnival of travel and food

Travel around the world with food, from gelato in Rome to coffee in Hanoi. Food in Europe Italy. David Lebovitz trades Paris for Rome and tries to find out how much gelato he can eat in a day. Spain. Michelle Rowe from The Australian takes a gastronomical tour of Madrid. France. These days it’s easy [...]

Peru awaits return of travellers after the rains

This is a guest post from Ariana Svenson, a mate of mine from university back in Australia. Originally from Western Australia, Ari travelled extensively over five continents before ending up in Peru. She is a director of sustainable travel agency Apus Peru Adventure Travel Specialists and also a director of Peruvian NGO Threads of Peru. [...]

Guardian article: A marriage of inconvenience

Violence and political instability made weddings in Baghdad virtually impossible in the years following the Iraq War. In July 2008 I joined one family who crossed the border to celebrate. Hind Al-Rubawawi twirls on the dance floor with her groom. Dressed in white, including the obligatory hijab, the 22-year-old university student from Baghdad beams as [...]

Dear Airlines: Humans come in all shapes and sizes

Dear Airlines, You are in the business of transporting humans through the air. Humans come in all shapes and sizes. Deal with it. There are tall humans and short humans, fat humans and skinny humans, humans in wheelchairs, humans on crutches, humans who max out their carry-on luggage, humans with small children and solo humans [...]

Fettuccine carbonara and other culinary misadventures

I enjoyed this piece by Matt on Abstract Gourmet about rediscovering fettuccine carbonara years after boarding school nearly put him off for life. He writes: “The list of things that boarding school food turned me off was actually fairly extensive. Among them, steak diane, ham steaks with pineapple, lasagne, meat pies, hot dogs, and pretty [...]

Photo Friday: Tidal power device on test in Orkney

Orkney, Scotland, UK; June 2009 The series on stone-age Orkney was one of my favourite things I did on the blog last year. But the day or two I spent playing tourist came after several days working on a story that is very much rooted in the modern era. The real reason I went to [...]

Sustainable food: Local versus organic

The latest post in my series on sustainable food in partnership with Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done. It’s time to buy groceries. You are armed with a shopping list, cloth bags and the best of intentions to buy food that is sustainable in every way. But the organic apples in Whole Foods are from [...]

Interview with Terence Carter of Grantourismo travel site

Recently HomeAway Holiday-Rentals announced a major new foray into the world of social media. The holiday home rental company has hired husband-and-wife team travel writer Lara Dunston and photographer Terence Carter for a year-long project called Grantourismo. The idea is that Lara and Terry will travel around the world – 24 locations in 12 months [...]

Nominate your favourite food and travel bloggies for the 2010 Bloggies

One more day to get your nomination form in – please consider a vote for Roaming Tales! 2010 Bloggies The Weblog Awards, or Bloggies, are on again and accepting nominations for one more day. I finally got my form in this afternoon, nominating a few of my favourite blogs, including several great food and travel [...]

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