- 17 March 2010
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Do you have an amazing food/travel story?
rosem Lonely Planet author
Really, what traveller doesn’t? It’s amazing how often travel and food intersect to produce your most lasting memories. With that in mind, veteran Lonely Planet author and editor Don George is putting together our latest anthology, A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Encounters Around the World.
As Don says, ‘every traveller has some unforgettable food story –…
- 17 March 2010
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Plane funny
HeatherC Lonely Planet author
If like me you’re not at your most relaxed in a metal container soaring 30 thousand feet above the ground you may find little to laugh about as you jet off on your travels, but a couple of recent incidents have led me to rethink.
On an internal flight within the Philippines, upon landing there was…
- 16 March 2010
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See Rome, draw Rome: the power of perception
Vivek Wagle Lonely Planet author
This may be an oldie, but we were blown away by it.
The other day, we stumbled across this video that shows Stephen Wiltshire of the UK taking a brief helicopter flight over Rome, then drawing nearly the entire city centre from memory alone.
Diagnosed with autism at a young age, Stephen has made a career of…
Continue reading 'See Rome, draw Rome: the power of perception' Comments (3)- 15 March 2010
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Has backpacking changed?
janeo Lonely Planet author
Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, recently received a letter from Bob, a dedicated traveller who had just rediscovered his old backpack in his garage. Like Tony and Maureen Wheeler, he too had crossed continents in the 1960s when the travel landscape was an entirely different beast to what it is today. Here’s what he…
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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!
Brice Gosnell Lonely Planet author
We’re excited to be launching a new type of guidebook: Discover
Why launch a new series? Because we know not every traveler is the same, and not every trip is the same.
For some folks, a guide is about in-depth information and having plenty of information. That’s what you’ll find in our classic country guides.
But others would…
- 10 March 2010
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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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