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Twities competition – Tweet the city of the week

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

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Can you get to the heart of a place in 140 characters? Each week our Twitter team will choose a city, and the tweet that best captures the essence of the place will win a free Lonely Planet guidebook. All you need to do is tag your tweets with #twities and you’ll be entered into…

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  • 25 February 2010
  • 1:38am
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Ten things you can learn from Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Travel Tips

Tom Hall Lonely Planet author

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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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  • 24 February 2010
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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…

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  • 19 February 2010
  • 9:57pm
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Surviving super-cold travel

Tom Hall Lonely Planet author

If not polar then really quite chilly bear, National Museum, Helsinki

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…

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  • 19 February 2010
  • 3:13pm
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This week in travel…

Robert Reid Lonely Planet author

A view of the Trans-Siberian

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…

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Your favourite city… in 140 characters

Venessa Paech Lonely Planet author

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Travel loving twitterers out there, we’ve got a challenge for you. Let’s call it, twourism. At Lonely Planet we tend to use a lot of words and images to capture the heart of destination, but a few humble words can often do the job. Those who use Twitter understand the power of 140 characters to…

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  • 17 February 2010
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76-Second Travel Show: ‘President’s pants-shaped sandwich’

Robert Reid Lonely Planet author

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Chester A Arthur, the USA’s 21st president, is rarely thought of. Those that usually dwell at all on the Vermont-born, New York City-lawyer, focus on his remarkable facial hair: a chuffy puff of sideburn connected tenderly by a slightly curled moustache. Chin bare. Nice work CA. Apparently Arthur saw himself as a real gentleman-type, pronouncing…

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Where to find romance around the world

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

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In a series of articles this week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Lonely Planet authors covered multiple destinations where one might find romance around the world, including Iceland, the steamy jungles of Malaysian Borneo, the surprisingly romantic Detroit, Japanese love hotels, and, the old romantic standby, Paris. Do travelers today really find Paris to be…

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What’s the buzz?

Venessa Paech Lonely Planet author

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We like to keep on top of things, and we like to do so on your behalf. So we thought we’d bring you a few highlights from our Facebook and Twitter communities this week. On Twitter, there was a lot of chatter about the launch of our Lonely Planet Magazine in India. An appearance from movie…

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  • 10 February 2010
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76-Second Travel Show: ‘US$10 luge lessons’

Robert Reid Lonely Planet author

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The Olympics debut this weekend in Vancouver, and — alas — so will follow the stream of  luge jokes. Like this one. Hey now, if luge is good enough for Dr Evil, it should be good enough for us all. If you want to luge, here are some places to try it: Winterberg, Germany. The…

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