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The travelers here at Gadling have seen a lot of world flags. We've seen the world's flags made out of food. We were also amused by this opinionated list ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The 11 coolest flags in the world?
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The travelers here at Gadling have seen a lot of world flags. We've seen the world's flags made out of food. We were also amused by this opinionated list ...Scottish Tourist Board not worried about travel boycott
Last week's controversial release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from a Scottish prison has sparked calls for a travel boycott of Scotland. Al-Megrahi was convicted of involvement in the plot to blow up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. A total of 270 people ...Dakar to Paris: Layover in Algiers or Tripoli?
You think that you know things about airlines until you start searching for flights in and out of African. There, the old knowns of KLM and British Airways go out the window and replacements like Afriqiyah Airways and Air Algerie come into play, carriers that many never ...Photo of the Day (03/03/08)
If I could only use one adjective to describe this photo, I would say "beautifully vertical." OK, that's not exactly one adjective, but close enough. I love the long, slim lines of the men and the buildings. I am guessing the streets are so narrow in order for the building ...Ranking the world's best and worst flags
Gambia's great, Senegal plagiarized, and Libya didn't even try. So says a fun new evaluation of the flags of every nation in the world. In an admittedly unscientific ranking of the world's flags, high marks are given for good color schemes and originality, while grades are ...Seven (screwed up) wonders of the totalitarian world
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There is something terribly crazy about totalitarian governments and their sense of architecture: monumental, gaudy, pompous, and, more often than not, in extraordinarily poor taste.
That's whey the fine folks over at Esquire Magazine have compiled a list of what they feel ...Libya: A new place to head in your travels
When I was in the Peace Corps one of my Gambian friends moved to Libya for some reason. This was back when the U.S. and Libya weren't on the best of terms. I wasn't ever sure why he went to Libya--all I know is that, once he went there, his wife and kids moved back to live ...Libya: From "Rogue State" to "Must Visit"
Despite being branded by George W as a "rogue state" in his 2002 addendum to the ridiculous "Axis Of Evil", the North African country of Libya is on fast forward to become one of the Middle East's prime destinations for curious and wordly travellers. And leading the way is a ...Friday Funny: Lifestyles of the Rich and Fascist
For today's Friday Funny, we bring you an entertaining, tongue in cheek piece from Radar Magazine on how the rich and autocratic live. From Libyan dictator Muammar al-Quaddafi, whose personal bodyguards are made up of an all-girl Amazonian unit alleged to be virgins to ...Libya Barring Americans
This news is kind of a downer. Libya, who had promised recently to be our friend, has been restricting the tourist visas of American citizens trying to go there. The cruise ship industry had added Libya to their ports of call so that the rich could sip champagne and visit ...Libya Improving
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Libya used to be right up there next to North Korea and the Soviet Union when it came to suspect countries a westerner should never visit. Two years ago the American government removed the country from its embargo list and basically opened the door for tourism.
The mad rush ...Diving in Libya
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The fine folks over at Divester have a rather cool posting that caught my eye even though I don't dive. Libya, it appears, is about to become the next hot diving destination.
Thanks to the State Department dropping Qaddafi's homeland off the state-sponsored terrorist ...Tripoli International Fair
When I think about the
word 'fair' images of pig racing competitions, hay stacks, funnel cakes, shaky half-constructed Ferris wheels,
baby strollers and big hair all seem to flood my mind. Every year I've ever been to a fair be it here in Florida or out
west in California ...Eclipse in Libya
Haven’t you heard? Tomorrow at some point in the day, the entire sun will be blocked out, possibly sending
all of humanity into darkness and killing off life everywhere. OK, it won’t be so bad. It’s just an
eclipse, and to be honest, you won’t even be ...Africa Travel: Libya
Travel talk on Libya appeared to be in full-swing again as early as late 2004 where the country was re-emerging as travel hot spot for the bold, daring, and forgiving adventurers who look past the not-so-welcoming and ugly past. Erik mentioned it sometime ago by pointing us ...Word for the Travel Wise (02/17/06)
Why I had to go through great lengths to get this word today is beyond me. Here I thought finding the words for colors in different languages would be fairly easy, but proved myself wrong. Or let me put it this way instead, I found the word, but couldn't read the text and ...Travel to Libya
First a quick question. You know the Marines' Hymn, the part that goes "to the shores of Tripoli!", who here knows where that comes from? What battle, historical event, I mean? The answer is provided on the next page if you click "next page" OK, now down to business. ...Let Loose in Libya
Following the lead of several other publications who have discovered the new travel opportunities for American in Libya, the New York Times today has a piece by Peter Wilkinson on his April trip to the desertified African nation. With Tuareg guides showing the way, Wilkinson ...The Shores of Tripoli
It is not often that an entirely new country suddenly becomes available to travelers. But that is more or less what has recently happened with Libya. Earlier thiis year the US lifted its ban on travel to the North African country. Like China up to the 1970s, Libya has ...
