Morning Links: Misadventures in Bora Bora, Shawarma in Baghdad and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.18.09 | 10:08 AM ET
- A “Late Show With David Letterman” writer has some misadventures in paradise, aka Bora Bora.
- Anthony Shadid spends two hours at a Baghdad shawarma stand. It’s another fine Washington Post Time Zones piece.
- The Hawaii Superferry has suspended operation after a court ruling.
- The U.S. Consulate in Mérida has produced a public-service video for travelers. Passport posts it and offers some analysis.
- The Millions revises its walking tour of New York’s indie bookstores.
- This guy is taking an “un-road trip” across the U.S. Translation: He’s road-tripping without a car. (via Pop Candy)
- Gadling’s Jamie Rhein talked travel with Pico Iyer.
- These are the best sandwiches in the U.S., as picked by Slashfood readers. My favorite sandwich name on the list: Fern’s Problem Solver from Hi Rise in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Ling 03.18.09 | 10:33 AM ET
Nice story about the market in Iraq. Sometimes gets a bit difficult to remember that there’s ordinary people going about their life over there. Stories like this help put a human face on Iraq. Hope Iraq becomes a normal country soon…