"People try to insult me by saying my success is from a falang (foreigner)," said Nate, smiling as she steered us through the moped-filled traffic, "but it's just me." The story that emerged as Nate (in her taxi-service capacity) drove me from her restaurant to the Phuket bus stop was inspirational. But was also a desperately welcome antidote to the uncomfortable Older-Western-Man-funding-Younger-Thai-Woman situation thick on the … [Read more...]
Newly discovered color photos of old Bunker Hill bring lost Los Angeles back to life
WHAT: The first publication in fifty years of lost 3-D color photographs of the historic Bunker Hill neighborhood taken by vaudeville star George Mann in the 1950s and 1960s WHERE: www.onbunkerhill.org/georgemann LOS ANGELES- The lost Victorian neighborhood of Bunker Hill was demolished fifty years ago in a misguided urban renewal project, but a newly discovered set of incredible color photographs taken shortly before the bulldozers came … [Read more...]
Asia Transpacific Journeys Photo Contest
Asia Transpacific Journeys is having a photo contest with the grand prize being an Apple IPad. Every so often prizes such as this one come across our desk and we sent out notices in social media and sometimes on our travel blog. Stay posted for additional contests - this one is now closed and a winner was announced. … [Read more...]
South Africa Tweet Up!
South Africa Travel contest: Apply to be Acacia Africa's Wild Tweep & Win A Free Overland Safari Share It seems that everyone is a tweeter these days, but if you've still not signed up for your Twitter account here's a great reason to join the micro-blogging site. Acacia Africa has teamed up with AfricaFreak.com and Travelcomments.com the two expert safari bloggers judging the tour operator's Wild Tweep entries. One for South Africa fans, … [Read more...]
The Ultimate 2007 Top 10 Travel To Do List Share
(Santa Monica, CA) The annual year end polls have been tallied. All the magazine reader surveys conducted. And the hottest travel blog's have been monitored and the results for the Ultimate 2007 Top 10 Travel To Do List are in! Here's the Top 10 things that travelers want to do in 2007: 10. Independent travelers want real in 2007! They want to participate in real and authentic adventures--they want to trust strangers in strange lands! 9. … [Read more...]
Dave’s Travel Blog
Greetings! This particular blog will be my new travel journal home. To access this particular blog simply use the Website URL here: http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blog/ I will be posting new content to this blog, especially when I'm "on the road". Regards, Dave Dave's Travel Corner www.davestravelcorner.com … [Read more...]
Dave’s Travel Corner Launches Free Travel Blogs Share
(11/27/04) Today, after being in development for the past several weeks, our Journals section, has been launched. These notes from the road are online diaries that fellow travelers keep as they are traveling the globe. Visit the Journals section for reflections written by travels after returning from a trip. Each free travel blog account allows one to post travel articles in real time and also edit any previous articles that have been written. … [Read more...]
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