Travel Blog: Shrinking Planet
Photo We Love: Praying for Rain in Mumbai
by World Hum | 09.09.09 | 5:03 PM ET
REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe
Hindu priests sit inside water-filled barrels as they pray for rain in Mumbai.
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Yahoo! BuzzTravel Song of the Day: ‘Ramblin Fever’ by Merle Haggard
by Michael Yessis | 09.09.09 | 2:15 PM ET
50 Things Being Killed Off by the Internet
by Eva Holland | 09.08.09 | 4:37 PM ET
The Telegraph compiles a funny list. Among the species-at-risk: geographical knowledge, and the mystery of foreign languages. Matthew Moore writes: “Sites like Babelfish offer instant, good-enough translations of dozens of languages—but kill their beauty and rhythm.” (Via Outside the Beltway)
Travel Song of the Day: ‘No Particular Place To Go’ by Chuck Berry
by Eva Holland | 09.08.09 | 12:41 PM ET
Young Travelers, Education and 17th-Century England
by Eva Holland | 09.08.09 | 9:33 AM ET
Academic David Evans has just discovered a practical, real-world application for his graduate studies in 17th-century English literature: Encouraging young students to join the global community.
It turns out that the reading I did about young male English travelers to the Continent in the mid-17th century is remarkably relevant to our current needs. For example, one of the prevalent elements of the conversation in the 1640s and 1650s had to do with various attitudes towards Catholic countries on the Continent, and how young travelers should manage their interactions with those countries. We are, oddly, having a very similar discussion now about travel to Muslim countries, and for some of the same reasons and from some of the same (good and bad) motivations.
In 17th-century England, the big question was, “Why travel?” The encounter with difference, even the relatively mild difference between Dover and Calais, was a tremendous leap for many people in 1640. But the advocates of foreign travel at that time believed that knowing the world, even if just a little, would give young travelers tremendous benefits and advantages when they returned home.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Borges y Paraguay’ by Bajofondo
by Jim Benning | 09.04.09 | 2:57 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Homesick’ by Kings of Convenience
by Michael Yessis | 09.03.09 | 11:47 AM ET
Beef Noodles in Taiwan, With a Persian Twist
by Eva Holland | 09.03.09 | 9:57 AM ET
I love a good tale of food cultures colliding—and this mouthwatering blog post from The Atlantic, about a Persian immigrant serving up his own brand of beef noodles in Taipei, certainly qualifies.
Here’s Davod Bagherzedh, the owner-chef of Laowai Yi Pin Niu Rou Mian (Translation: The Foreigner’s Bowl of Beef Noodles), on the key to his recipe:
“If I cooked them the traditional way, I could never compete with Taipei’s other stands, but if I make it with all Persian spices, I’d also have no business. So I import a spice from Iran called bahorat, a 12-spice mixture, and I add that to a blend of Chinese ingredients. It’s different, and people seem to love it.”
Photo We Love: Two Faiths, One Prayer
by World Hum | 09.02.09 | 4:27 PM ET
REUTERS/Pichi Chuang The Dalai Lama listens to his interpreter as Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi of Taiwan’s Catholic church says a prayer during a religious dialogue in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Running Back to Saskatoon’ by The Guess Who
by Eva Holland | 09.02.09 | 1:49 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Los Angeles’ by X
by Jim Benning | 09.01.09 | 3:50 PM ET
Photo We Love: Outhouse in Nunavut
by World Hum | 09.01.09 | 11:51 AM ET
REUTERS/Andy Clark An outhouse way out there—in the Canadian Arctic.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Two of Us’ by The Beatles
by Michael Yessis | 08.31.09 | 3:41 PM ET
Photo We Love: Speeding Auto Rickshaw in Agra, India
by World Hum | 08.31.09 | 1:49 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘The Letter’ by The Box Tops
by Eva Holland | 08.28.09 | 12:55 PM ET
