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  • 8 June 2012
  • 10:05pm
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Bangkok: still the world’s greatest backpacker hub?

admin Lonely Planet author

This is a guest post from Colm Hanratty, Editor at Hostelworld.com. Backpackers on the Khao San Road, Bangkok. Photo by Carol Wiley Bangkok is unique for many reasons. On every second street corner you can sit down and get food that will tantalise your taste buds for next to nothing. Upon sitting down to eat,…

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  • 6 June 2012
  • 9:12am
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Creative new ways to board an airplane

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

Open Seating

Airlines never stand still. Following recent months when airlines introduced fees for printing boarding passes and higher prices for sitting in window or aisle seats, airlines are getting creative with the way they board passengers. Thankfully, some recent experiments aren’t direct attempts to extract more money from passengers: while some airlines are simply trying to…

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Capture the City quiz: can you identify the city from the photo?

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

Many of the photos being submitted to our Capture the City photo competition, even if they’re not perfect guidebook cover photos, are really hitting the nail on the head and capturing the essence of the city in the photograph. Photographers are taking different approaches to the challenge: some go for the macro-level wide view of…

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Capture the City: 5 of our favourite photos so far

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

Many beautiful photos are being submitted to our Capture the City photo competition, where we’re looking for the photo that best captures the essence of a city and would be perfect for the cover of a Lonely Planet city or pocket city guidebook. It’s a tough challenge: great photos aren’t necessarily great guidebook cover photos.…

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Lonely Planet’s Year of Adventures coming to Travel Channel

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Lonely Planet has been producing travel-related television shows for over 10 years, but we’re especially excited about our latest and doubly happy to be able to announce the upcoming US premiere of the new television series Lonely Planet’s Year of Adventures on Travel Channel. Based on the Lonely Planet book of the same name, this…

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Road Trips: the winning picture

Javier Panero Lonely Planet author

Car standing on a cliff

Our independent judge has been busy assessing the final picture selection of our Road Trips photo competition and has now finally reached a verdict. Before we reveal the winning entry, let’s have a look at the 5 runner ups (in no particular order): 1. Top of the World trail in Moab, Utah. Just one of…

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A culinary adventure: the winner

Javier Panero Lonely Planet author

Pumpkin soup dish

We asked you to tell us what had been your best culinary experience while travelling around the world for a chance to win a tour of Morocco, Tuscany or South America thanks to G Adventures and you duly obliged: we had over 2,500 mouth-watering submissions! Here are some of the best ones: Gap year comfort…

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  • 2 May 2012
  • 1:55am
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Road Trips photos: our top 20 picks

Javier Panero Lonely Planet author

People pushing car

Last month we asked you to send us the best picture of your road trips to our Facebook Road Trips Competition. The result was overwhelming, with more than 1,300  submissions, ranging from the evocative to the adventurous (unicycle tripping, really?!) We have now gone through all of the pictures and have whittled them down to…

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  • 30 April 2012
  • 2:16am
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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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  • 28 April 2012
  • 3:05am
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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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