Jun 1st, 2009 at 7:00PM: I love this great shot shared by t3mujin, of a hostel in Estonia. I think the more predictable shot would have been to just take a photograph of the stained glass window; instead, t3mujin shoots down the hallway, showing the play of colour caused by the window -- which, really, when you think about it, is why we love stained glass in the first place. Lovely capture. If you've got some great ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Jun 1st, 2009 at 7:00PM: I love this great shot shared by t3mujin, of a hostel in Estonia. I think the more predictable shot would have been to just take a photograph of the stained glass window; instead, t3mujin shoots down the hallway, showing the play of colour caused by the window -- which, really, when you think about it, is why we love stained glass in the first place. Lovely capture. If you've got some great ...Top travel destination countries? Canada is number one and Nigeria is. . .?
May 28th, 2009 at 3:35PM: When asked the to respond to the statement, "I would like to go to visit this country if money were no object," Canada ranked number one in a recent global survey conducted by Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brand Index.
Where was the U.S. in the mix of 50? Number 10. Harump!
Steve Stephens, the travel editor for the Columbus Dispatch offered up these tidbits last Sunday and provided the ranking for the ..."Vodka Pipeline" Links Russia and Estonia
Mar 6th, 2009 at 2:00PM: An ambitious group of smugglers managed to build a 1.2 mile long pipeline across the Russian-Estonian border with the intention of pumping contraband vodka into the EU. According to this story from the Telegraph, they actually managed to get more than 1630 gallons across the border before their operation was discovered and shut down. It seems that vodka is far cheaper in Russia than Estonia, so ...Travel sans visa coming for European, Caribbean, Mauritius, and Seychelles nationals
Feb 13th, 2009 at 2:00PM: A mutual agreement allowing Europeans, nationals from four Caribbean countries, and citizens of two island nations in the Indian Ocean is expected to be passed and approved by the end of March, which will allow for hassle-free and smoother travel. If you hold a passport from any of the following countries, it means you're that much more free to travel between those listed sans visa: Austria, ...Tour the world's vandalism
Feb 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Eyesore or art, graffiti is part of any culture's public dialogue. Vandalism is visual profanity, and we all swear in our own f---ing ways. I've been drawn to these wall scrawls for a while, probably since I read Holden Caulfield's concerns about the subject in Catcher in the Rye. My fascination gained momentum while I was stationed in South Korea. A soldiers' bar in Tong Du Chon (the Peace Club, ...Talking travel with PBS travel host Rudy Maxa
Jul 14th, 2008 at 9:30AM: I'm here with Rudy Maxa, PBS's "Savvy Traveler" and host of the awards-winning series Rudy Maxa's World. His sixth season is currently airing, featuring locales such as Estonia, Argentina, and Thailand (he's already done a whopping 65 episodes). He began as an investigative journalist at the Washington Post and then became the "Savvy Traveler" 15 years ago for public radio. He's now a contributing ...
