February
25
/ 2009
One of our travel guides partners, Not For Tourists, has several unique offerings for travelers on their website this week. Check out the following highlights from their Washington D.C. correspondents this week...
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Pad-See-Ew and Happy B-Day Too By: Emily Groves
Crystal Thai
Where have all the teachers gone?
The E-2 Visa Process
Arriving at the Incheon Airport earlier this week I was amazed at how few
Lonely Planet's Cambodia guidebook starts off with a respectably comprehensive narrative about the kingdom and it's six thousand year old
history, and at 19 pages long, this is actually the single lengthiest topical section within the book - by almost double. Which is fortunate,because it's also one of the most valuable, and a careful read-through will give any prospective traveller of cambodia (whether as a backpacker, classic tourist, or luxury-hunter) a thorough understanding of why things are the way they are in the magical kingdom of Cambodia.
Yesterday I returned from a 40-day road trip around the US, and although that span may appear to have Biblical proportions, it simply wasn’t long enough.
Late last year, we profiled a very important social documentary organization, SalaamGarage. In the interview, SalaamGarage Founder Amanda Koster noted that she "created SalaamGarage based on these observations and over a decade of experience as a traveler, backpacker, documentary photographer, producer, media maker, etc., and teacher.
Ontario, in eastern Canada, is a musical melting pot when it comes to traditional music, taking influences from settlers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, and Germany, to name but a few, along with music from the First Peoples who lived in the area before all those folk came along. It’s also a musical crossroads within Canada, for the country sounds of the plains to the west, Quebecois nearby, and Cape Breton to the east.
Greek Food!! What is there not to love? I have to share with you one of my very favorite food sites on the internet. Greek Food Recipes and Reflections is an excellent resource for Greek recipes (they always turn out!), culture, and history. It is published by our very own Greek Food Editor , Sam Sotiropoulos.
THE CALLING OF THE BUSH