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Planning for the Pamplona Bull Run
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If you're going to run with the big boys, you'd better be prepared. More »
Expats Launch “Japan Discovered” on Twitter
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Two expats in Tokyo launch JapanDiscovered, the first travel tweetchat. More »
Do You Need “a Stimulus Package for your Wanderlust”?
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Of course you do. Which is why our friends at Wend Magazine are offering a one-year digital subscription for the obscenely low price of $5. More »
SeeYourHotel: A Handy Trip-Planning Tool
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Oftentimes when I'm planning a trip, I check up on various hotels online and wish it was easier to put them into perspective, location-wise -- both in More »
Dear Friends: Please Visit Me!
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If you're like me, you spend some time wishing and hoping that your less-nomadic friends and family could catch up to you for a visit, or even join yo More »
Competitours: The Amazing Race, Minus the Cameras
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So, admit it. At some point, you’ve been sitting on the couch at night, watching the contestants on ‘The Amazing Race’ tearing arou More »
How Well Do You Know the Middle East?
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Despite being in the news more or less constantly, the Middle East is an area that most outsiders — even those of us who travel frequently R More »
Trend to Watch: Honeymoon Registries
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My family was a little puzzled when my cousin announced, in the lead-up to her nuptials, that instead of wedding gifts she’d prefer contributio More »
Aspiring Travel Writer Alert: Win a Trip to India!
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Our friends over at World Nomads just announced the opening of their 2009 contest for aspiring travel writers.
If you include yourself among the le More »
Newspapers Around the World
There are lots of online tools I use to get ready for trips and to stay connected with new friends once I’m back home.
I like the currency co More »
The Writing on the Wall
Now that the euphoria of the US election is dissipating, Americans and friends from around the world start to ask the question, “What next? More »
Still Need A Reason To Try Couchsurfing?
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You’ve probably already heard of CouchSurfing.com – but if you’re not quite sold on it yet, this video should help you through those More »
Somewhere Between Couchsurfing & a B&B
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You’re just not into couchsurfing, you’re over hosteling, you think hotels are too impersonal, but a bed and breakfast is beyond your bu More »
Sustainability Is Sexy: Learn About Green Design With Insider London
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An innovative tour company is bringing visitors closer to the cutting-edge of design in London – and best of all, most of those new design tren More »
Spread Global Understanding with CultureCrossing.net
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I’ll be honest –
I’ve always been a little skeptical about the cross-cultural etiquette advice that crops up More »
The Economist Lets The World Vote in the US Presidential Election!
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As we’ve noted before here on Pulse, the world is watching the ongoing American election campaign very closely.
And now, all of us interested o More »
How Well Do You Know Africa?
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The Guardian has a quick, ten-point quiz to test your knowledge.
It’s heavier on (pop-)cultural trivia rather than geographical, so geo-buffs More »
The Dude Abides: The Meaning of ‘The Big Lebowski’ Ten Years Later
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Ten years ago, the latest Coen Brothers flick tanked at the box office.
Then, in the years that followed, something funny happened: that same movie More »
Rate Your Guide With OurExplorer.com
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You’ve heard of Rate My Professors, right?
Well now, a new travel site offers a similar service – for local tour guides.
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Tips for Foodie Travelers
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No matter where you travel, you’re sure to come across McDonald’s and KFC.
But you don’t REALLY want to eat there, do you?
The More »
Cairo to Cape Town: A Journey Completed!
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In case you haven’t been following along, my cousin Sam and his friend Peter have completed their motorcycling trip from Cairo to Cape Town, ar More »
See the Olympics for Free!
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No, it’s not just a catchy tagline with impossible fine print to follow.
It’s true: You can see an Olympic event for free.
In person.
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Picks of the Week: New Orleans
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I’ve just arrived back in New Orleans for a second visit, after catching a serious case of the smittens for the city when More »
Beyond Travelocity: The Brave New World of Online Travel Guides
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If you’ve been around the Matador community for long, you already know that there are lots of ways to get More »
Know Vienna? Know Budapest? PlanetEye Wants You!
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If you know Vienna or Budapest like a local because you ARE a local, then PlanetEye wants to hear from you!
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This is the Life!
I’m not one to get excited about advertisements, but I have been noting the increasing interest that the liquor industry is demonstrating in t More »
Problem-Solving: Made in Africa
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I don’t want to become that “look! a good news story about Africa!” girl, but hey, here I go anyway:
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Matador Community Spotlight: Members on the Web, Part 2
In the first part of our occasional series spotlighting the interests and projects of Matador members, we introduced you to 7 people living, travelin More »
…and they’re off!
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Awhile back I wrote about my cousin Sam and his buddy Peter, who’ve been blogging about their preparations for a major motorcycle trip.
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Learning To Travel Light
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I have to admit, I’m not all that great at traveling light.
I’m far from the worst out there – More »
OurPlanet: Taking Eco-Lodges To A New Level
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Okay, okay – bad pun, I know. But I couldn’t resist.
OurPlanet Retreats is pioneering a new form of eco-fri More »
Happy Fourth of July!
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The United States has taken a lot of heat in the last few years.
Today, on the 4th of July, I thought I’d toss out a fe More »
New York City’s New Go-To Guide
Citysearch.
Zagat.
Time Out.
Village Voice.
Wallpaper City Guides.
There are hundreds of printed and online guides to New York City, but one of the More »
So You Think You’re Well-Traveled?
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Matador member Lola Akinmade–herself a carrier of a well-inked passport leafed with multiple visas–sent in a tip about the website Most More »
Spotlight on Favelas
World Hum has just published a handful of items about Brazil’s favelas – the urban slums that are gaining increasing attention from touris More »
Blog & Click: Free Travel Opps
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With rising prices on–well, almost everything–your travel budget may be thinner than ever.
If that’s the case, check out these on More »
Community Spotlight: Matador Members Online
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Another one of the perks of the Pulse editing job is surfing through the Matador network and meeting really interesting travelers who aren’t s More »
Palimpsest City
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One of my perpetual interests and preoccupations is the loss and capture of great stories. Who used to live in my apartment? What was the corner sto More »
GOOD’s Guide to Guidebooks
‘Are guidebooks becoming irrelevant?’ Adam Leith Gollner asks in the introduction to GOOD’s Guide to Guidebooks.
‘Not quite More »
Teach English Abroad and Laugh Out Loud
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Lots of Matador members teach English abroad.
Abram is one of them.
At Abram’s blog, Yo!Japan, choice excerpts from his students’ essays More »
Mad For Maps
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Along with the travel guidebook, printed atlases may soon be eclipsed in popularity by online mapping services.
Many sites like Mapquest have been ar More »
Vote Now! The Geotourism Challenge
Leave only footprints behind.
Recently, National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations and Ashoka’s Changemakers collaborated More »
Runnin’ on the Road
Eva’s recent Picks of the Week post highlighted some of Matador’s fitness conscious content for travelers who want to work out on the roa More »
Sunshine Guaranteed…or Your Money Back
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So, you’ve plugged away in your cubicle all year and can FINALLY see your vacation days on the horizon. Your bags are packed, you’re on y More »
What a Tangled Web?: YOU Evaluate New Travel Websites
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Here at Matador Pulse, Eva and I receive lots of e-mails notifying us of new books, products, events, and websites related to travel. Getting the ins More »
Visual Guidebook: Triporia.com
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I recently posted an entry about TripFilms, which I dubbed the traveler’s version of YouTube.
Afterwards, I received an e-mail from Matador mem More »
Pulse Picks of the Week: How To Stay Fit On The Road
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When I first did a google search to kick off my hunt for this week’s picks, I came across a lot of perky, appa More »
Blog To Watch: Cairo To Cape Town
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Anyone else have that cousin or distant family member who’s always doing incredible, intimidating, admirable st More »
Eating Local
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While sitting on the patio of an outdoor cafe in Havana last week, I noticed a woman reading Lonely Planet’s Cuba guide. Wondering how she woul More »
World News at the Click of a Mouse
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A team of journalists in Chicago is hard at work on an ever-expanding new project: LiveNewsCameras.com.
The si More »
How To Make the Most of Your Volunteer Vacation
Over at the Christian Science Monitor, staffers re-hash Conde Nast Traveler’s 10 tips and questions to consider before heading off on your next More »
You know blogging’s gone mainstream when…
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That pillar of traditional print media, the Encyclopedia Britannica, has entered the 21st century.
Yes, the mult More »
Reno-Tahoe: Get Beyond the Casinos with Erin 411!
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Matador’s own Erin Granat has just launched a new season of her successful vblog, Erin 411!, showcasing the best in Reno- More »
Incwati ezela i’ Africa
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That’s isiZulu for “Letter from a person travelling in Africa,” and it’s also the na More »
A Bird’s Eye View for the Neighborhood Busybody
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If you’re a fan of Google Earth– vanity googling your own address or using the site to check out plac More »
Picks of the Week: Cheap Europe Round-Up!
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Ahhh, Europe.
Sometimes I think I could spend the rest of my life lounging on a bench in a Venetian campo, or wandering the co More »
Bottled Water: Making a Big (Bad) Impact
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Everyone knows that the world’s landfills are piled high with empty bottles of Dasani, Evian, Aquafina, More »
Travel Resources: Transitions Abroad
Here at Matador, we work hard to put together high-quality online resources for travelers. But we’re just getting started, and we’re luck More »
Four Steps to Becoming a More Engaged Consumer
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Not so long ago, travel writer Kelsey Timmerman asked himself, Where am I wearing?
Or in other words: where, exa More »
Picks of the Week: Favorite Place-Based Websites
How do you get information about what’s going on around the world? Here are three of the best websites offering dynamic content about countries tha More »
Research, Ignorance, and the Mind-Opening Powers of Travel
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Over at Vagablogging, Aaron Hotfelder has some inspiring words about the power of pre-trip research:
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IgoUgo: Now Even More User-Friendly
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The good folks over at IgoUgo have just completed a revamp of their reviews section, allowing more customized search and display options and adding More »
