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I MISSED MY STOP (v2.0)

Monday, July 12th, 2010

The melodic counterpoint of the Ukelele from Hawaii. Listening, as well as tasting, in the Napa Valley. Zipping across Manila… literally. Getting high in Spain. The forest for the trees in Sweden.
Herewith, the latest installment of some travel pages you may have ‘missed’. Enjoy!
• From The Honolulu Star Advertiser (Hawaii)…
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I MISSED MY STOP (v1.0)

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

A couple of travel websites we frequent offer articles every so often that provide a set of links to other sites that might have particularly good stories about the wonderful places on this planet. We think that’s a good idea – spreading the gospel, so to speak.


WHERE THERE’S A QUILL, THERE’S A WAY

Monday, June 14th, 2010

I’ve written a travel book. Doug’s written a travel book. We’re both working on other travel books as we speak. Hell, just about everyone we know in this business has, or is about to write a travel book.
So, in the midst of the worst downturn in travel book sales in a [...]


TRAVEL CHANNEL BECOMES EXPAT

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

If you live in Canada and love travel, then this news is for you.
CTVGlobeMedia, Canada’s largest private television network, has sold its specialty travel-based channel to a broadcast media group headed by two media icons, Raja Khanna and Jay Switzer.
Launched initially as CTV Travel back in 2001 the channel was re-branded as Travel+Escape five years [...]


ROUND THE WORLD BY CAR

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

I’m writing a new book at the moment. It’s a biography about the first woman to travel around the world by car. The attempt would be amazing enough for anyone, but realizing that she accomplished the feat at an early age during the Roaring 20s in a converted Model-T Ford is nothing short [...]