Cherished customs
Posted at 02:37PM Apr 04, 2008 by geekgal
Travelling exposes us to a range of customs and cherished traditions. Often these are delicate matters, such as funerals.
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Category: ThreadOfTheDay | Tags: asia culture funeral heritage music threadoftheday tradition
Elephant Rodeo
Posted at 03:29PM Jan 24, 2008 by CarolB
How to keep fit? How to look good on the road? How do I connect with the locals? These are the kinds of burning issues that keep the backpackers of today tossing sleeplessly in their bunk beds. Luckily help is at hand. Huge in Asia, the guys behind one of our all time favorites (The Hanoi Hustle) come to us as 'The Travel Doctors'.
Here they dole out fitness advice and then put their own recommendations to the test at an elephant rodeo. Check out the video here.
Category: TravellerVideos | Tags: asia elephants staff-picks
First time travel. Africa or Asia?
Posted at 04:16PM Oct 29, 2007 by CarolB
You're finally free from the shackles of school or university. Time to high tail it outta here! Then reality sets in. You're faced with a fantastic but bewildering number of choices. Where should you go? Follow your dream or play it safe and build up your confidence?
Today's post of the day highlights such a conundrum in the Gap Year and Round The World (RTW) branch. We've all been there. Help 'stuckinatree' out here.
Related Thorn Tree Posts: Solo Travel; Bluelists: The Best Things About First Time Travel, Going Solo; Lonely Planet Shop: The Gap Year Book, A Year of Adventures, Traveller’s Tips, Health Travel Africa, Healthy Travel Asia & India, Travel Journal
Category: ThreadOfTheDay | Tags: africa asia gap-year rtw staff-picks
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