Carnival of Cities for 30 December 2009 – From New York to Nairobi

Happy new year! I am delighted to be hosting the Carnival of Cities this week. What a great round-up of interesting posts about cities around the world. To all the participating bloggers, thank you and don’t forget to promote this post!
Please note, the Carnival of Cities is a blog carnival for posts about any single [...]

Video: Turtle hatchling on Heron Island

Video of a turtle hatchling crawling to the sea on Heron Island set to “Girl You Never Knew” by Georgia Wonder.

Adult turtles have no natural predators, but only one in a thousand make it that far. On Heron Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, I follow one newborn green turtle on its hazardous first journey [...]

Travel back in time to 1920s London

This gem of a video is from the British Film Institute but came my way via my friend Joanna Moncrieff on Facebook. Jo is a qualified tour guide in London and has a blog Westminster Walking.
The video shows London in 1927 – in colour! Lots of familiar landmarks like Westminster and Buckingham Palace and plenty [...]

Sponsored post – Gap Year in New Zealand

The success of the Tourism Queensland ‘Best Job in the World’ campaign seems to have spawned a whole new way of promoting destination tourism. I particularly like the look of this ‘Gap Year’ competition from the New Zealand Tourist Board.
Can you believe that I grew up in Australia and I’ve never been to New Zealand? [...]

United Airlines breaks guy’s guitar and heart (video)

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. When [...]