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  1. The Unicycle Diaries 7: The Bison That Time Forgot

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 31 August 2011

    After my first Lonely Planet assignment in Poland in winter 2006, I pitched this bison-related story idea to a number of publications. Nothing came of it, but I thought it'd make a good backbone for a picture story here...I’ve never felt much like Little Red Riding Hood... until this very moment.

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  2. Companions on the Polish Road 2: Toruń to Lublin

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 13 August 2010

    “A good companion shortens the longest road.” This sentence is an old Turkish proverb, and it proved very applicable to my recent research trip through Poland for Lonely Planet.

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  3. Companions on the Polish Road 1: Kraków to Gdańsk

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 6 August 2010

    When I travelled around Poland in 2008, I made a point of talking with people I encountered along the way. As I was researching a possible travelogue book about Poland, I wanted to get the most out of encounters with locals on my journeys.

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  4. Poland 4: Beauty and the Beast

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 27 June 2010

    I've just made my latest visit to Białowieża, in Poland's east, and came away with the same confusion I always feel about how the place is marketed to the visitor.

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  5. Signs and Portents: Poland 1

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 7 August 2009

    Looking through my photos, I've noticed that I love taking shots of strange and quirky signs. They're often quite irrelevant to a story I'm pursuing, and therefore won't get published, but they are a lot of fun and tell you much about the local culture. And make you scratch your head in puzzlememnt. Or at least give you a good chuckle.

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  6. Poland 2: Hooray for Hollywoodge!

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 13 May 2008

    I'm typing this in the breakfast room of the Hotel Savoy in Łódź, Poland. But don't get too excited - it's a far cry from the Savoy in London (this place is two-star).

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  7. Gastro-tourism: Make Mine a Large One

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 23 March 2008

    The India Times published a piece last week looking at the unexploited potential of gastro-tourism - food tourism to you and me - in the subcontinent.

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