Archive for December, 2009
Best of Two Go RTW: December 2009
With no further delay, we’re happy to introduce our monthly update, which includes our ‘Best of the Month’! In it we feature our fabulous five: our five most-read posts, our five busiest comment contributors and our five top referring sites. What makes them fabulous? Our readers do! We’ll take stock of our fabulous five once [...]
Looking Back: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
In an old high school in the middle of Phnom Penh stand the remains of S-21, coloured delicately in moss and mildew.
What We’re Reading: December 26, 2009
May the season sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill—and may the year ahead be full of contentment and joy! Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year!
Looking Back: Cambodia
Phnom Penh is spill of whitewashed buildings heaped together on the shore of the Mekong like bones bleaching in the sun…
Looking Back: Saigon
Delightful and disconcerting, Saigon is Vietnam on amphetamine. The ante’s always up in this city: where Hanoi slows down and shutters its windows, Saigon is just getting warmed up.
Looking Back: Luang Prabang
At dusk, motorbikes buzz lazily through dirt avenues, lit from above by fluorescent bulbs that flicker onto the street through insistent moths
What We’re Reading: December 18, 2009
Each Friday, we share those sites and articles—those interesting links—that we are currently reading or have recently read.
An all-new SPG Credit Card from American Express for Canadians
The Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) program and American Express are pleased to announce a new Credit Card for Canadian residents
Looking Back: Hanoi
Sitting at the vortex of this carousel, I weave butterfly nets of words with which I chase down the barefoot beauty of the women curling through traffic.
Looking Back: Royal Lao Classical Dancers
Beautiful and remote, the Lao Royal Dancers moved sedately across the floor of the Royal Palace Hall.
Looking Back: The Agony and Beauty of Calcutta
There isn’t a town of any size which does not contain some of the agony and beauty of Calcutta.
What We’re Reading: December 14, 2009
Enjoy these great posts that you may have missed this past week. If you have any suggestions for next week’s round-up, please contact us!
Is travel self-indulgent?
Travel, to paraphrase France Mayes, is a bit of a paradox. It is at once both self-indulgent and self-obliterating.
Snap de la semaine: Riviera Maya
The Azul Sensatori is situated on more than 1,000 feet of white sand beach that makes up Bahia Petempich, just outside of Puerto Morelos in the Mayan Riviera.
What We’re Reading: December 4, 2009
Presently, Kathryn and I are working on our year-end review. At the same time, we’ve been writing a few more (mainly reflective) to be published in upcoming weeks partly inspired by Alain de Botton (we’ve been reading his The Art of Travel).
A new SPG credit card for Canadians forthcoming!
According to Starwood, the new card is expected in Canada within the first few months of 2010.
Snap de la semaine: Chichen Itza, Yucatan
A shot of El Castillo, the most famous of the ruins of Chichen Itza—a site, built by the Maya civilization and located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in present-day Mexico.
Best of Two Go RTW: November 2009
At this point in time, we’re looking back on the month (and year) with increased scrutiny, and adjusting and reevaluating our plans going forward.
Adapting to Change on the Road
The backpacker must readily and easily be able to make quick decisions in response to changeable events and unexpected circumstances.
