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Vivek Wagle Editor, lonelyplanet.com

Do you fear language class?

Children in a language class
Picking up the language of your chosen destination is the way to improve your travels. You'll know what train to catch, how to order the squid, and where the locals hang out. So what's stopping you? Renee, who's worked as an English language teacher in Rome, looks at common blocks and how to overcome them. 

Get talking!

Glasgow: second to none

Stone lion and spring trees
What's the biggest city in Scotland? The one with the best museums and galleries? The finest music scene? Nope, not Edinburgh. Follow the smart Scottish traveller and get yourself to Glasgow this Spring. We've even got an iPhone city guide for you to take along.

Come Clydeside

Why it's a great week to go around the world

Why it's a great week to go around the world
Math aficionados are still high on life after celebrating Pi Day on March 14  (3.14 - geddit?). Devotees marched in circles, ate pie...got us thinking about circular travel.

Go around and around

Young and alone in Asia - advice?

Cow trying to get a papaya from a woman
Thorn Tree forum member catemilymccormack found her first month in India a shock - sensory overload, dangerous pitfalls. Now she's a more seasoned traveller, but still only 18. Before she goes back to Asia, this time to the Southeast, she'd like to get some advice from the experts. Enter the forum!

What are your safety tips?

Photo competition: today's pick

Light through rocks
We're celebrating our 100 millionth guidebook by offering you the chance to win a round-the-world trip. Upload your fave travel pics to our photo mosaic and you'll be in the running. You might even feature on our home page, like Christian Campbell of USA, who took this shot in Antelope Canyon, Arizona. 

Check out the mosaic, upload your photos and win!