Confessions of a rogue travel writer

Monday I received a review copy of “Smile when you’re lying, confessions of a rogue travel writer” by Chuck Thompson. The book is marketed as a “hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of the picture-perfect locales [...] from a guy who knows the truth about travel.”

Sacred Earth on my Christmas list

I’ve stumbled over yet another compilation of beautiful photographs, Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power, which went straight onto my Christmas list.

Get Travel Book Bargains on World Book Day 2007

I admit it, I am a danger to myself or rather to my wallet in a bookshop - any bookshop.

I have just been reminded that the World Book and Copyright Day 2007 is coming up on 23 April.

Best travel buys in 2006

With Christmas around the corner, I won’t be making any more purchases for myself this year. So I’ve had a little think about what have been my best buys.

In the spirit of sharing, here’s my list of best travel related buys in 2006:

I owe my travel bug to Pippi Longstocking

Pippi books stuck at customs in Istanbul
A Danish news site (dr.dk) reported today that about 1,200 Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump) and Alfie Atkins (Alfons Åberg) books are currently stuck at customs in Istanbul.
The books were on their way to five Kurdish libraries and had been donated by the Swedish organisation Komak, who fight for children’s [...]

The funny, the bizarre and the downright extreme

I have spent the past 2 hours coming up with excuses for not ironing that pile of clothes in the spare bedroom. This post is excuse number 11 and is just a few travel related thoughts I’ve had over the past week.
The funny
It was reported in the Guardian this week that Moscow officials are attacking [...]