- 15 March 2010
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Why it’s a great week to go around the world
Vivek Wagle Lonely Planet author
Ever felt like you were going around in circles? Well, this is the week to do it.
Math aficionados worldwide celebrated Pi Day on the fourteenth of March – 3/14 in the American dating system, corresponding to the first three digits of pi: 3.14. Devotees commemorated the unofficial holiday (which also happens to be Albert Einstein’s…
- 12 March 2010
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Discover our new guidebooks!
Jane Thompson Lonely Planet author
It’s pretty buzzy around Lonely Planet HQ. We’ve got some big news, and we’re all so excited we’re in danger of behaving badly.
Our new colour country guide series, Discover, is about to hit the shelves. These beauties are full of colour photos and they look amazing – but even more importantly, they’re seriously smart.
We’re almost…
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76-Second Travel Show: ‘Spring Break is 50, kinda’
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
There is absolutely nothing more embarrassing about Americans than how many act during Spring Break. Well, it at least makes the Top 5.
The traditional week-off from school in March can be measured in the misty rainbows seen in the spray of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ wet t-shirt contests, or still pools of puke dotting the beaches…
- 9 March 2010
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Eat well on the move in Europe
Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
The sniff of Spring is in the air in Europe, which means planning for summer journeys can begin. One overlooked detail of riding the rails in Europe is the food, glorious food that you may or may not end up enjoying. Here are some suggestions for those planning a trip, short or long, around Europe…
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The world’s greatest travel stories… yours!
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
LONELY PLANET/WALL STREET JOURNAL CONTEST
Ever want to be published in the Wall Street Journal? You can be. Lonely Planet has teamed up with WSJ to search out the world’s greatest travel stories – and print the best in WSJ’s Travel Report this May.
What to do? Think about the travel moment that changed you, places where…
- 3 March 2010
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76-Second Travel Show: ‘What travel teaches’
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
At the New York Times Travel Show last weekend, I learned that Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing author Don George is a failed poet, Sree Sreenivasan of Columbia University believes it’s impossible to be a ‘thought leader’ in social media YET, the New Yorker’s Susan Orlean doesn’t prepare before traveling, you can hire a…
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Ten things you can learn from Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Travel Tips
Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Travel Tips has just hit the Shop and bookshelves around the world. As the author of this book I had a lot of fun putting it together and learnt a lot from the experts in their field who contributed to it. So, with a respectful nod to those who shared their…
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76-Second Travel Show: ‘Here come the Siberians’
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
The 5663-mile ride from Moscow to Vladivostok — aka the Trans-Siberian Railway — may be the world’s most legendary ride. It takes over six days, passing through seven time zones and connects you from Europe to the Far East, just past North Korea.
It’s essential travel, but — some don ‘t realize — not always for…
- 19 February 2010
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Surviving super-cold travel
Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
Northern Europe is still shivering in the this winter’s formidably icy grip. And with no end in sight it felt like high time to wrap up and get out there.
I pondered the wisdom of this as my flight from London to Helsinki, the capital of Finland and the European Union’s north-eastern outpost. The runway was…
- 19 February 2010
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This week in travel…
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
What we learned the week of February 15, 2010:
Haiti voluntourism opportunities are starting.
Some observers are worried a ’spring break in Haiti’ (to volunteer) is too early to visit, but some volunteer groups are getting ready to rebuild the devastated country as early as April. Erin Courtenay of the New Zealand-based Global Volunteer Network told me…
