Christmas in Fiji (with podcast)
Posted on December 17, 2010 - Filed Under Audio, Fiji, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Choirs, Coups and Long Canoes Where do you go to find a spirited Christmas celebration? Give me Fiji any day. As the temperature teases the freezing tick on the thermometer and our cat Moritz stalks the house looking for non-existent pools of light, my mind drifts on the trade winds to Fiji sunshine. I am [...]
The Truth About Santa
Posted on December 13, 2010 - Filed Under Culture, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Did you know that Saint Nicholas is Baba Chaghaloo in Afghanastan? This among the factoids in my friend Georgia Hess’ history of a jolly fat man with a past. Who Was Nicholas?
Read More..>>Tweaky Travel Trends
Posted on December 6, 2010 - Filed Under Culture, Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
It is like the Eurovision Awards that gave rise to Abba. Every year I look forward to learning what tweaky travel trend the research firm Euromonitor comes up with. Each November at World Travel Mart in London it issues a report that usually defines some off-the-wall reason people step forth into this wonderful weird world. [...]
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