We wrote yesterday about Tim Baynes' delightful travel sketches from around the world on BBC and liked them so much we came back for more. You can (and should!) get lost for hours looking at his drawings on Flickr with fun anecdotes and scribbles bringing depth and humor ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gallery: More travel sketches from BBC's Tim Baynes
We wrote yesterday about Tim Baynes' delightful travel sketches from around the world on BBC and liked them so much we came back for more. You can (and should!) get lost for hours looking at his drawings on Flickr with fun anecdotes and scribbles bringing depth and humor ...Africa's new middle class benefits travel
Africa's middle class is growing.
The African Development Bank says one in three Africans are now middle class. While the bank's definition isn't comparable to the Western definition--the African middle class makes $2-$20 a day--the lifestyle is similar. Middle-class ...Travel industry battered by world crises says CNN
A recent report from CNN says that the spate of world crises that have occurred in the first three months of the year has hit the travel industry especially hard. Natural disasters and political unrest have left many travelers rethinking their plans or cancelling trips ...Tourists returning to Tunisia
If they haven't already begun doing so, tourists will soon be returning to Tunisia. Travelmole reports today on renewed interest in traveling to Tunisia following the uprisings that first rocked the north African country in December.
The key fact behind this ...Marseille's Noailles quarter: a taste of Africa, in Provence
The Provencal port city of Marseille has historically been associated with bouillabaisse, and, to a lesser extent, whores, thieves, and the usual debauchery that goes with being a sea port. Things started to turn around about a decade ago, and today it's a safe, vibrant, ...Travel Q&A with author & cook Tamara Reynolds
Tamara Reynolds is a the co-founder (with Zora O'Neill) of The Sunday Night Dinner, an Astoria, Queens-based supper club. The Sunday Night Dinner, which continues to thrive, was well ahead of what has become a supper club trend. Out of the Sunday Night Dinner came a fabulous ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 12.9.2009
While some of you were catching some sick rides on the slopes, these pro surfers were riding mountain-sized waves on the North Shore of Oahu at the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational yesterday. Either way, I hope you all had a great start to the week. We're in the thick of ...Photo of the Day (11.14.09)
Nothing makes a more beautiful photo than rolling sand dunes at sunset. Having recently experienced the tranquil oasis of Huacachina in Peru, I now fully appreciate the dry, natural beauty of the world's deserts.
This particular photo was taken in Tunisia but expert ...Lonely Planet's Blue List
Here at gadling, we're all about finding new travel ideas. And equally, we're about pointing you to places where those ideas are most abundant. Well, where abundance is concerned, I have just closed the covers on a cornucopia of ideas that, frankly, has me feeling a little ...The Doctor is Out
Thailand used to be a destination for exotic travel, perhaps even for sex travel. Now, it is a well-established member of the ever-increasing ranks of surgery destinations. Yes, travel is not just for the well or even the well-heeled, now it's for the wellness-seeking. too. ...Inside Africa Vol. 1 & 2
TASCHEN books are some of my favorite to collect. If I had hundreds of dollars to blow I could easily do so on their website, but for now I'll have to place some of these titles on my Christmas wish list or refrain from doing so much running to and fro' to buy a few more. ...Photo of the Day (6/13/2006)
Don't confuse this photo called "Sun setting over the great lake" with the other great lake that you know. The one in Utah. This shot comes from laurenz and is a lovely shot of Tozeur, Tunisia. I was almost tempted to hark back to the Apocalypse photo, since this has such a ...Tunisian Star Wars Locations
I’ve always loved articles that detail the shooting locations of popular
movies. Actually traveling to visit the places is equally as exciting.
It was therefore with great pleasure that I ran across a short article in the LA Times about film
locations in ...
