Serani inks two-album deal
One of dancehall’s hottest new artistes, Craig ‘Serani’ Marsh, has signed a two-album deal with Japan label JVC Entertainment.
A rebel and his lawyer
Patrick ‘Tony Rebel’ Barrett is regarded as a ‘Rebel with distinction’, who ignites audiences locally and internationally with his conscious reggae lyrics, such as Jah By My Side, Sweet Jamaica, Loyal Soldier and Fresh Vegetable.
No, I am not going to write about Mr & Mrs Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The online hotel directory Mr & Mrs Smith actually chose the name long before the movie. Apparently because they are all about romantic getaways with your other half. Their directory includes the best hand-picked boutique and luxury hotels in the world and the hotel search on their website makes it easy to find the ultimate option. Whether your ideal destination is Spain, South Africa, Sweden or Sydney you can rely on Mr & Mrs Smith.
Travelling through films is an amazing way to experience a place without even needing to leave the comfort of your own home. It is definitely not a substitute for travelling, but perfect to get inspiration, ideas and insights. I remember when I saw Gorillas in the Mist when I was about 11-years-old and how fascinated I became by Dian Fossey, the scientists who spent almost two decades of studying the mountain gorillas in Africa’s rainforests. Since then I have always wanted to go mountain gorilla tracking in the rainforests of Uganda or Rwanda.
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i love the sound of the spanish greeting, its so….hot.
anyway, let me finish telling you about amsterdam. we went to the red light district again on our last day and walked around and saw a few deals being done, i wanted to take a photo but then i thought ¨why¨so i didnt. umm, i brought myself a couple of ´souvenirs´but clitz confiscated my batteries (she is afraid of buzzing in the night) so sadly i have yet to test out my purchases. but get this (dan and juzzy you´ll love this), one of them is called THE POCKET ROCKET. heheheheeee.
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What an adventure! 33 days, 4 continents, 9 countries, 19 flight legs… Whew, we made it. Sounds like “The Amazing Race”!
The voyage got off to an inauspicious start right from the get go. Exiting a West African country is never a picnic and is typically good for some stories in itself. We arrived at the airport over 3 hours in advance of the flight time (Flight 1: Luanda - Lisbon) and then waited in line for over an hour just to get to the room where you check in where we got to watch the Portuguese/Angolan fine art of line cutting at its best. Another 30 minutes in a second line and we were finally checked in. Luckily passport control and security had no line - everyone was still in the first line. Steve’s years of transatlantic flights and United 100K status got us into the lounge where were at last got to relax. Of course the flight was late - there was no way all those people could get through the line in time. Initial panic about making our connection in Lisbon was relieved when our Lisbon - Zurich (Flight #2) flight was also late. However, Steve’s suitcase still did not find its way onto the connecting flight. The fellow at baggage assured us that it would be delivered to our hotel in Delhi. Steve would have to make do with 1 change of underwear and socks until then. Flight leg #3 had a shaky start the next morning as the airport folks directed us to the wrong line where we waited for an hour before informed of “our” mistake - we then rushed to the correct counter, managed to get checked in on time but alas, not sitting together. We finally made it to Delhi for the beginning of our Indian adventure.
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Karen and Colin - two travelbugs
Guys engraving Buddhist scripture at a small temple by the Killing Cave
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Marco Daprile
Sokone Fish Market
After weeks of metropolitan comfort spent between Bamako and Ouagadougou, the mere idea of hitting the devastated road of Africa again on vehicles that common sense would have scrapped two or three decades ago, seemed just depressing. And, as always happens in these cases, when one must choose between a present of lazy convenience and the promise of an unsafe future, the latter continues to be delayed indefinitely. And how different can look the very same city when cruised with people who live more or less permanently in it! At first call, travelling east, Bamako had seemed to me like another, unfortunate, huge urban agglomeration of Africa, but now, among less nomadic friends, it looked more like a big, chubby town where people find (plenty of) time to fill up the Continue Reading »
I can’t deny I like reading, especially travelogues. Below are some of my favourite reads.
A Fortune-teller Told Meby Tiziano Terzani - Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller, the Asian correspondent Tiziano Terzani decides not to fly for a whole year. Traveling by foot, boat, car, bus and train, he consults shamans and fortune-tellers wherever the roads take him.
 Budapest © Bernard Mukarubibi
Many European cities show their best side during the Autumn. Why not book a last minute trip to Barcelona, Rome or another European destination? Eat tapas, go bar hopping in El Borne and dance into the wee hours in Barcelona, visit Szécheneyi Bath, have a coffee at Gerbeaud and stroll along the Donau river in Budapest, go shopping in Berlin, stop at the Uffizi Gallery and admire the architecture in Florence, go sightseeing in Rome or enjoy a romantic weekend in Paris.      Â