- 4 December 2009
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How travellers should use Twitter
Christine Gilbert Lonely Planet author
By now, you’ve surely heard of Twitter. You know it’s popular when your 72-year-old father-in-law is responding to your tweets. But like any new tool, after the novelty wears off you’re left with the question: what’s the point?
For travellers, that’s easy. It’s like being able to shout your latest travel question out your window, only…
- 2 December 2009
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Dine at one of the world’s best restaurants – for less than $2
janeo Lonely Planet author
Next time you’ve got your nose pressed up against the window of a fancy restaurant, feeling like Holly Golightly at Tiffany’s, don’t worry. Help is at hand. With a few dollars, you can dine at a Michelin-starred restaurant if you know where to go.
Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong has just become the world’s cheapest…
- 2 December 2009
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76-second travel show: ‘How to save college football’
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
Episode 11, featuring 32 bonus seconds.
LP/SSTS DECLARES FORT WORTH’S TCU AS 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPS
A couple years ago when the New Orleans Saints played their first home game at the Superdome after its role in Hurricane Katrina, the crowd reaction was so energized and loud, that the announcers could only liken the NFL game to a…
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27 travel tips (or, how to get more out of your trip)
markbroadhead Lonely Planet author
Travelling is all about experience, so here are 27 generic* travel tips towards improving your experience** on your next trip.
*I mean “generic” in the sense that these tips pretty much apply to all destinations.
**I mean “experience” in the sense that it is about you and the destination sharing a moment together.
1. Before you go or…
- 26 November 2009
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Hostel horror stories
Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
I’m in transit on my way home from Lviv, Ukraine. In this lovely and still good value city I was able to afford a hotel room, and jolly nice it was too. But like all hotels it was missing a few things that you only find in hostels, those friends of budget travellers everywhere. Any…
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Thanksgiving: more than talking turkey
janeo Lonely Planet author
It’s that time. All over the US, tables groan with turkey and pecan pies, talk turns to Pilgrim hats and everyone rubs their hands in anticipation of the latest balloon float faux-pas.
In New York’s famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, monster-sized helium balloons of cartoon characters float eerily down New York streets. (Some of the balloons…
- 23 November 2009
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When good animals go cartographic
VivekW Lonely Planet author
A bunch of penguins just mapped the Patagonian Sea. (They had some help.)
In a novel experiment, the Wildlife Conservation Society and BirdLife International teamed up on a major project. Stretching from the coast of Brazil to the waters off Chile, the Patagonian Sea is one of the least understood marine ecosystems in the world. But…
- 20 November 2009
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Polar tourists escape Antarctic ice trap
Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
As excuses for being late go heavy pack ice in the Weddell Sea sure beats a Spanish air traffic controllers strike.
This week brought news that the Kapitan Khlebnikov , one of the hardy icebreakers which carries passengers to and from Antarctica had, in the grand manner of polar exploration, got stuck. Inclement weather – on…
- 19 November 2009
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Nantes’ bizarre hamster hotel
VivekW Lonely Planet author
‘Your mother was a hamster!’ yelled the taunting Frenchman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
A pair of hotel owners in Nantes appear to have taken this line a little too seriously. They’re offering a unique experience at the Hamster Villa: the opportunity to be a hamster for a day (and night).
For €99, you get a…
- 19 November 2009
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Europe’s high-speed train revolution continues
Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
December is a red letter month for train travellers in Europe.
First up, December 13: the first date of operation for the speeded-up Paris and Brussels to Amsterdam Thalys service. This train was already pretty zippy, but with the completion of the 78 mile Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid (High-speed Line South) in the Netherlands, journey times have been…
