Sigh in the window
Posted at 09:05PM Apr 23, 2008 by geekgal
Lonely Planet community member TonyK shares a passing snapshot he says reveals the Russian soul.
[Read More]
Category: CommunityHighlight | Tags: photos russia
Belize, a birds eye view
Posted at 08:03PM Apr 22, 2008 by geekgal
Lately the Lonely Planet community have been having an extremely lively discussion about guidebooks as a whole - how they should be created, what they should do for the reader, what is their role in a digital age.
Thorn Tree user Lan Sluder shares his review of Bruce Barcott's The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird and in doing so, adds another interesting angle to the debate.
[Read More]
Category: CommunityHighlight | Tags: belize book review travel
Travel fools
Posted at 03:20PM Apr 02, 2008 by geekgal
The grand tradition of April Fools Day brought out some curious travel stories yesterday, brought to our attention by many folks in the Lonely Planet community.
[Read More]
Category: CommunityHighlight | Tags: funny humour joke news travel
Backpacking in a blue chair
Posted at 11:09AM Mar 27, 2008 by CarolB
Thorn Tree user wbalenov is also known as Walt Balenovich, North America's Disabled Adventurer. Walt tells us about 'hitch wheeling', flat tires and how he was inspired to write a book while conquering the world.
[Read More]
Category: CommunityHighlight | Tags: adventure backpacking book community wheelchair
Silk Road Nomads
Posted at 03:01PM Mar 25, 2008 by CarolB
Meet the Steward family. We dig their moxie! This California quartet left it all behind to journey indefinitely along the Silk Road of High Asia.
Now based in Istanbul, they are fast racking up a tome of adventures that would put Indiana Jones to shame, all the while living a pretty extraordinary life.
We caught up with Stan for a chat.
[Read More]
Category: CommunityHighlight | Tags: blog community iran silk_road turkey
Sarah Baxter, responsible traveller
Posted at 09:13AM Mar 20, 2008 by G-Woman
Lonely Planet community member Sarah Baxter hopes to encourage greater dialogue on the importance of being more aware when travelling.
To achieve this, she started writing her own travel blog, The Exotic Durian, which examines the good and bad impacts of travelling in Indonesia... [Read More]
Category: CommunityHighlight | Tags: blog community indonesia sustainabletravel
(