Destination: Africa
Postcards From the ‘World’s Most Failed States’
by Michael Yessis | 06.24.10 | 10:21 AM ET
There’s a Big Picture-esque slideshow at Foreign Policy, with some horrific and amazing shots from Chad, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and other unstable places. As Elizabeth Dickinson writes, sometimes you “only know a failed state when you see it.”
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Yahoo! BuzzWorld Travel Watch: Floods in China, Train to Machu Picchu Resumes and More
by Larry Habegger | 06.23.10 | 12:07 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
The Evocative Game
by Tom Swick | 06.18.10 | 8:45 AM ET
Adnan Abidi/Reuters On a traveler's divided loyalties during the World Cup
World Travel Watch: Violence Returns to Medellin, G20 Restrictions in Toronto and More
by Larry Habegger | 06.16.10 | 11:32 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Cup Reads: Soccer in Africa and Beyond
by Eva Holland | 06.14.10 | 2:14 PM ET
The start of the World Cup has many of us thinking about great books on soccer. For that reason, we’ve dug up a feature we did a few years ago, Soccer: Three Great Books, which highlights a few of our favorites.
Beyond that, Flavorwire offers up a globally minded soccer reading list.
And on his site, World Hum contributor Frank Bures also shares his two-part list; the first covers soccer in England, Italy, Atlanta and beyond, while the second focuses on soccer in Africa.
(Flavorwire list via The Book Bench)
Interview With Steve Bloomfield: World Cup 2010 and ‘Africa United’
by Frank Bures | 06.11.10 | 8:12 AM ET
Sarah Elliott Frank Bures speaks to the author of a new book about the World Cup and Africa
World Travel Watch: Havoc in Central America, Volcano Fears in Iceland and More
by Larry Habegger | 06.02.10 | 12:55 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Violence in Jamaica, World Cup Preparations in South Africa and More
by Larry Habegger | 05.26.10 | 11:50 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
The Back Lanes of Tangier
by Rick Steves | 05.18.10 | 12:11 PM ET
On the pleasures of wandering in the evolving Moroccan city
Photo You Must See: Old and New Transport in Giza
by World Hum | 05.17.10 | 2:50 PM ET
REUTERS/Ho New A freestyle motocross rider jumps during a sunset training session near the Pyramids of Giza. The Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour competition took place there this weekend.
Photo You Must See: Rolling Clouds on Table Mountain
by World Hum | 05.13.10 | 11:22 AM ET
REUTERS/Mike Hutchings Taxis and buses wait for tourists as clouds engulf Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain
World Travel Watch: New Warnings for Mexico, Golf in Cuba and More
by Larry Habegger | 05.12.10 | 10:50 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Interview With Bela Fleck: A Banjo Virtuoso in Africa
by David Frey | 04.28.10 | 9:15 AM ET
Photo courtesy of Bela Fleck David Frey asks the acclaimed musician about a new documentary and album
World Travel Watch: Drug Violence in Acapulco, iPad Ban in Israel and More
by Larry Habegger | 04.21.10 | 12:40 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Mapped—The Roads Between Us: A Journey Across Africa
by Frank Bures | 04.21.10 | 12:01 PM ET
Frank Bures's notes and impressions from his journey from Lagos, Nigeria to Dakar, Senegal