GADLING TAKE 5: Week of 4-18-2008
I suppose this week will go down in travel-writing history as the week of the TKA. In case you've been at the South Pole all week, that would be the Thomas Kohnstamm affair. The whole fiasco prompted all stages of grief in the travel-writing world: shock, denial, anger, despair, and, finally, acceptance -- sort of. Aaron, Jeffrey and Justin covered the scandal, and if you'd like a play-by-play, read the following posts: - Lonely Planet writer admits he never visited country he wrote about
- 5 reasons to be outraged by the Lonely Planet fraud
- Thoughts on the Lonely Planet scandal: guidebooks are a sham
- 'Unethical' Lonely Planet writer not unethical at all, though he wants us to think so for the sake of promoting his own book
- Choice reviews of Lonely Planet: Columbia from Amazon.com
- Does Thomas Kohnstamm deserve an apology?
- Rest in peace, Lonely Planet scandal: a final note from Thomas Kohnstamm
- Grant flew Virgin America -- read his review of the airline here.
- Aaron discussed whether or not it's okay to hire a servant in a foreign country.
- The Dalai Lama visited Seattle.
- Jamie told us how to get a great deal on theatre tickets by waiting for "rush" tickets.
- And, of course, we got the news that Delta and Northwest are officially going to merge.
Filed under: South America, Colombia, Airlines
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