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Slate on Wikitravel {Gadling}
Apr 9th 2007 8:08PM Thanks for the mention. A minor correction though, Travelfish.org also covers Cambodia and we'll be opening some of our Singapore content in the coming weeks.
Cheers & congrats on 10,000 posts
Guide Book Questions you've Always Wanted to Ask {Gadling}
May 13th 2006 7:43PM Good find! An interesting story, particularly the comment on the internet not being considered "trustworthy"!
However its suggestion that researchers of "reputable" publishers visit every hostel they write about is absolutely incorrect -- more likely they pick up the telephone and call the place concerned. The suggestion that the researchers shy away from freebies is equally false. Some may choose not to chase freebies, but many researchers, from the very best known of publishers actively seek them out. When the story quotes LP as saying: "...do not accept discounts or payments in exchange for positive coverage" -- the key word is "positive".
To Travel or Not to Travel: That Is The Question {Gadling}
May 3rd 2006 12:51AM Absolutely go travelling. While travelling you'll learn far more about yourself, the world, and the people you need to share it with.
More on Ugly Americans {Gadling}
Apr 22nd 2006 11:03PM While perhaps the rest of the world is catching up to the US in the fat-stakes, an American traveller's concept of volume-control really is in a league of its own.
Every nationality of traveller has its stereotype -- Australian and beer, French and compaining, Israelis and the arrogance of youth, Chinese and high-impact tourism -- but stereotype by definition is an oversimplified conception.
