- 30 April 2012
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Are Americans safer in Mexico than at home?
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
Every week or so I get asked, ‘Is it safe to go to Mexico?’ I had always said, if you’re thoughtful about where you go, yes. But after my most recent trip there, I’m changing my answer… to a question: Do you think it’s safe to go to Texas? To be clear, violence in Mexico…
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Better ways to have fun in Cartagena
Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author
Cartagena, Colombia has been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past weeks, in the wake of a scandal implicating a group of US Secret Service agents alleged to have hired prostitutes while on the job. Earlier this week, we were amused to see The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart, poking fun at…
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When should you use a travel agent?
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
That tiresome argument between what makes a ‘traveler’ different from a ‘tourist’ is sometimes split along the lines that the latter used a travel agent. A tourist goes where he or she’s led by an agent or package tour, the traveler does it all on your own. Yeah, well… While the number of travel agents…
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US National Park Week 2012: where to go when the parks are free
Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author
It’s April, so it’s time once again for one of the most tempting deals in American travel: National Park Week. Each of the 397 parks in the National Park System is offering free admission to visitors from April 21-29. The US National Parks are a bargain at any price, and the $80 annual pass is…
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Google’s smart glasses: ‘Project Glass’ for travellers
Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author
For a few months the tech world has been buzzing about Google’s work on Terminator-style smart glasses. Today, Google released a video (see below) showing their vision of the potential of such a product, which they’re currently calling ‘Project Glass’: taking photos, getting directions, checking the weather and making a phone call all while having…
Continue reading 'Google’s smart glasses: ‘Project Glass’ for travellers' Comments (6)If Amsterdam’s hash bars closed, would you still go?
Robert Reid Lonely Planet author
Think quick: Amsterdam! What’s the first thing you think? Don’t lie. It’s the hash bars. The Netherlands’ infamously lax policy regarding small amounts of cannabis is so legendary that the whole national economy would fall flat without it (or at least it wouldn’t have attracted John Travolta’s character from Pulp Fiction, or prompted articles like…
Continue reading 'If Amsterdam’s hash bars closed, would you still go?' Comments (3)What are the seven wonders of nature?
Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author
This past week, the New7Wonders Foundation released a provisional list of the ‘New7Wonders of Nature’ based on popular vote, part of a series of lists attempting to define the wonders of the world as we see them today. The list (in alphabetical order) includes some well-known natural sights, but also some that are perhaps a…
Continue reading 'What are the seven wonders of nature?' Comments (2)World Tourism Day: just another excuse to travel
Jane Nethercote Lonely Planet author
27 September is the United Nations’ World Tourism Day and places around the world are marking this year’s theme of ‘Linking Cultures’. In Jaipur, historical monuments have been illuminated while in Rwanda, the government is using the day to encourage domestic travel with the message, ‘tourism, it begins with YOU’. At the Lonely Planet office,…
Continue reading 'World Tourism Day: just another excuse to travel' Comments (2)Airline fees: what’s next?
Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author
The proliferation of airline fees in recent years for formerly free services has certainly not gone unnoticed by travelers and the media. Charges for meals, luggage, entertainment systems and blankets seem reasonable and almost quaint when compared with Ryanair charging travelers to print out boarding passes and threatening to install pay lavatories. With the latest…
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Tom Hall Lonely Planet author
The rioting and looting that swept London earlier this week and proved so disturbing for locals and visitors alike appears to have abated. Areas across the capital have been affected, but the names of most neighbourhoods involved – Tottenham, Croydon, Clapham, Ealing and Hackney among them – are not normally associated with tourism. Areas more…
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