The Year in World Hum: A Look Back at 2006
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 12.29.06 | 7:45 AM ET
A well-traveled and growing community of readers. Loads of engaging travel stories. A much-appreciated pat on the back. It’s been another terrific year at World Hum, and 2007 promises to bring more great dispatches from around the globe. For our last weblog post of the year, though, we’re taking a look back. Here are the most popular posts—weblogs, stories, interviews, anything—for each month of 2006. Happy reading, and Happy New Year!
January: The Art of Writing a Story About Walking Across Andorra
February: Truth in Oxiana
March: Conan O’Brien: ‘Hasselhoff is Big in Germany, But I’m the King of Finland’
April: Freedom of the Seas: The New Biggest Cruise Ship
May: Report: Passenger on Virgin Atlantic Flight Had Ebola Virus
June: World Hum’s Top 30 Travel Books
July: Anthony Bourdain in Beirut
August: Around the Globe with No Clothes On
September: Oprah Takes a Road Trip, Pumps Gas For First Time Since 1983
October: Oprah Winfrey, Amanda Congdon and the New Golden Age of the Cross-Country Road Trip
November: USA Today’s Seven New Wonders of the World
December: Pico Iyer: On Travel and Travel Writing
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