January 2009
56 posts
10 Websites To Make You A Photoshop Ninja →
Using the Web, you can learn how to do just about anything in Photoshop, and either become great at it or just get really good at faking it. Either way, you’re doing cool stuff.Here are ten sites to…
Secret Suppers: Where To Dine With Locals... →
Photo by Vicky Baker
What could make you feel more at home when travelling than an invite to dine at someone’s house? It sure beats a restaurant for making an experience relaxed…
Secret Suppers: Where To Dine With Locals Worldwide - http://is.gd/hNUL
Always Plan Your Fire Escape →
Photo from World Nomads
Going on holiday should be a fun and exciting time, filled with meeting new people, new places and new foods. Nobody wants to think that they might get…
Cool night timelapse photography taken from the window of a plane above the USA - http://is.gd/hNDJ
Samosas With Coconut Salad Recipe From Vorovoro, Fiji - http://is.gd/hNxh
Samosas With Coconut Salad Recipe From Vorovoro,... →
Vorovoro Samosas & Chef / Photo by Amy Briden
These were originally made by one of our tribe members back in September and have been in high demand ever since! Sarjeet Gill…
RT @BootsnAll Overnight Bus Tips From an Expert http://is.gd/hN2Z
Sharing Stories →
Photo by Ben Keene
It’s not often that we link from Make Travel Fair to articles published on other sites. When we’re not writing material ourselves or editing submissions we’re…
Sharing Stories - http://tinyurl.com/bx3bkn
RT @ tsawday If u have 2 fly, Carbon-friendly Flight Finder http://tinyurl.com/ag92yz helps you pick the best airline (efficiency etc).
RT @picturetheuk Analysis of BBC/online travel. Spot on: http://tinyurl.com/cxgdcf
What’s The Deal With Volunteering These Days? - http://is.gd/hyG9
What’s The Deal With Volunteering These Days? →
Photo by Sally Broom
Since Judith Brodie, CEO of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), claimed that modern day volunteering had become a form of neo-colonialism, few issues in the…
Gmail Finally Adds Offline Support →
One of Gmail’s most requested features – offline support – is now available in testing. In other words, you can now use Gmail without an Internet connection, just like you can with desktop mail…
Wine On The North Fork Of Long Island →
Paumanok Sauvignon Blanc / Photo by Snooth
The climate is maritime in the summer (weather predominately comes from the Gulf) and continental in the winter (when the weather…
Wine On The North Fork Of Long Island - http://is.gd/hpGg
Coastin’ Around: Motorbiking Around The European Coast - http://is.gd/hoo6
Coastin’ Around: Motorbiking Around The European... →
Image: Ed and James’ route around Europe
They’re setting off on Monday 2nd February astride a Yamaha Fazer 600 and a BMW 1150 GS. James has three months until he has to be back…
Tourdust: Are Local Collectives The Future For... →
An impromtu invitation to a Javanese wedding / Photo by Fariza Ibrahim
Everybody has a tale of that time they really got under the skin of a local place and people. For us, it…
RT @whltravel Just How WRONG Can the NEW YORK TIMES be about TRAVEL? http://tinyurl.com/d3n2js
Tourdust: Are Local Collectives The Future For Authentic Travel? - http://is.gd/hnKb
Grass Routes: 5 Commitments To Social Enterprise →
Eariler this month I met up with Deniz Hassan from the Social Enterprise Magazine team. He and two of his buddies were roaring along the east coast of India as part of the great …
Grass Routes: 5 Commitments To Social Enterprise - http://is.gd/h9LD
Tribewanted: The Andina Diaries - Mountain Guide Profile - http://is.gd/gWEx
RT @ TravelNotebook Mobile city guides…loving this site! http://bit.ly/4o7OfN
10 Online Learning Tools for Students →
Second semester has started and many students went back to college. If you are one of them check out this list of tools, it might help you with your studies. All applications are web based, simple to…
Travelling In Britain: Adventure Begins At Home - http://tinyurl.com/9y9wkh
RT @BootsnAll Is Voluntourism a Dirty Word? http://is.gd/gGyi
Throw your hard drive away, Google's Gdrive... →
Google Drive, or Gdrive as it is better known, has to be the most anticipated Google product so far. When it arrives, Gdrive will likely cause a major paradigm shift in how we use computers and bring…
Making A Visit To Wine Country? - http://tinyurl.com/7okabg
A Small, Alternative, Very French Ski Resort - http://tinyurl.com/9ehokk
Site now optimised for iPhone and iPod touch.
Watching the Obama concert live on Sky Arts 2.
Getting to grips with a new iPhone. Looking forward to exploring mobile internet possibilities.
Voyeurism Or Tourism?: Globetrotters In Harlem - http://tinyurl.com/74sqng
New Adventures For 2009 - http://tinyurl.com/9l9z3c
7 Tips For Staying Safe When Travel Networking - http://tinyurl.com/9thfld
India Fails In Tsunami Rehabilitation Efforts - http://tinyurl.com/9g9nhu
Ate lunch in a treehouse last weekend, check out Fanny’s Farm Shop - http://www.fannysfarm.com/
Best Job In The World? Vorovoro vs Hamilton Island →
Image: Best job in the world?
Redundant? Restless? Ready to change it all?
Well now is your chance… with the career opportunity of a lifetime of not one, but two dream island jobs…
Moleskine City Notebooks - http://tinyurl.com/73blge
First ever Lonely Planet Travel Blogger Awards are open for nominations - http://lplabs.com/2009/01/06/nominations/
Moleskine City Notebooks →
Photo: We use Moleskine Notebooks everyday
Next time you take a city break make sure you get hold of the appropriate Moleskine City Notebook and start to build your own…
To Connect to the Internet, Just Turn on Your TV →
If there was one overarching theme from the Consumer Electronics Show here last week, it was that absolutely every device in our lives is becoming a computer connected to the Internet.
Plasma television screens set to be banned →
The plasma screen television is set to become the next victim of the battle against climate change.
Is It Time For A Hitch-hiking Renaissance? - http://tinyurl.com/axpn3b
Is It Time For A Hitch-hiking Renaissance? →
Photo: Hitching in the Cook Islands
There were far fewer travellers a hundred years ago, of course, but those who did partake in long-term, long-distance voyages gained an…
HP Announces Flexible Computer Screens On the... →
Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center & HP recently announced a prototype of a flexible lightweight computer screen that stands to revolutionize computers and electronic devices. Created…
Fisherman from Aceh, Indonesia. →