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Some recent press articles
Sharjah: Emirate Ambitions (CNN Traveller)
Switzerland: Family Travel (The Independent)
Switzerland: Glacier Express (Oryx: Qatar Airways)
Oman: Gold, frankincense & myrrh (The Independent)
The Red Sea: A traveller's guide (The Independent)
Abu Dhabi: Dune Roaming (The Independent)
Israel: 48 Hours in Tel Aviv (The Independent)
Saudi Arabia: Bloom time in Taif (CNN Traveller)
Switzerland: Travel by train (CNN Traveller)
Middle East wildlife: Rx for Oryx (Saudi Aramco World)
Jordan: A Pilgrim's Progress (The Independent)
Syria: Foodie road to Damascus (The Observer)
Turkey: Following the Abraham Path (The Times)
Oman: In Search of Sindbad (Gulf Life)
Abu Dhabi: A Quiet Revolution (CNN Traveller)
Middle East: Walking for peace (Wanderlust)
Syria: Aleppo: Sound of the Souk (bmi Voyager)
Malta: Easy Rider on the Med (The Independent)
Switzerland: Zurich for less (British Airways High Life)
Jordan: A Vine Romance (CNN Traveller)
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A few travel links
Travel Blather Jeremy Head
Grumpy Traveller David Whitley
501 Places by Andy Jarosz
Gadling US travel blog
Strange Maps Frank Jacobs
Kim Wildman Travel blog
Michael Kerr Journalist
BOOT - Business of Online Travel Aussie blog
Alastair McKenzie's Travelling Online
Travel Rants Darren Cronian
Wanderlust UK travel magazine
GoWander.com From Wanderlust
Jordan Jubilee Jordan travel info
Nomads Travel Climbing and adventure
Grantourismo A 2010 travel blog
Travel Scribe by Gail Simmons
Part Time Travel Writer Jenny Woolf
The Irresponsible Traveller Nick Redmayne
Europe à la Carte Karen BryanA few Middle East links
The National UAE
Daily Star Lebanon
7iber.com Citizen journalism from Jordan
ArabianBusiness.com
The Kipp Report Dubai
Juan Cole "Informed Comment"
Istanbul Calling News from Turkey
360east.com Jordan tech blog
And Far Away Jordan blog
The Black Iris of Jordan
Arab Environment Watch
Green Prophet Israel/ME eco blog
Blogging Beirut Lebanon
Lisa Goldman Israeli blog
Israelitybites Israeli blog
Al-Bab Arab World gateway
Life in Dubai blog
Saudi Jeans blog
Bint Battuta Bahrain blog
Sultan Al-Qassemi UAE journalist
Creative Jordan Social networkRecent tweets
- @jools_octavius there isn't a need for it. There's a "need" for G to assert how great they are at search. They chose this. They chose wrong. // 13 hours ago
- @jools_octavius No, I had to turn it on. But then turned it off. I use the search bar in the browser anyway; never use google.com // 14 hours ago
- @laradunston Amazing eh? And that was 2002. All they need now is a tiny, tiny fraction of a % hit rate and they cream $$$ // 14 hours ago
- Just turned Google Instant off. I don't want 10 results per page, and I want a new window. Refuses to retain my prefs. Gone. // 16 hours ago
- @SheilaS @cultoftravel @mrdavidwhitley Thank you kind people ;-) // 16 hours ago
- My article on searching for Sindbad (aka Sinbad) in #Oman http://bit.ly/bEISHx published by @alastairmck // 17 hours ago
- I am live on webTV re #travel in #Jordan: Monday 3pm UK (5pm Jordan/10am NYC) with @visitjordan http://bit.ly/aoFKpZ Ask Qs online // 20 hours ago
- Lots of memories RT @charlieconnelly: Now *that* is how to blow your horn http://bit.ly/c7nvzi #fredwesleyisgod // 1 day ago
- RT @Sallyys: the Story Museum is opening its big old doors to the public at Oxford Open Doors this weekend. Come and visit // 1 day ago
- @anitasethi Me? Oxfordshire. // 1 day ago
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Recent Posts
- Decisions, decisions
- Mett?
- CNN’s error of judgement
- PR fail – or refreshing modesty?
- Journalist as communicator
- Weather or not
- Tourism is not the only way
- Wee shall overcome
- Please take off your glasses
- “Five-star tourism is a blip”
- Local talent
- Blog will eat itself
- And the winner is…
- Telling stories
- An old friend
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