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Discover Antwerpen

The explorer — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:45:01 -0500

About

Antwerp is the city in the Belgium province Vlaanderen. De city is beside the river “De Schelde”. City population is about 460.000.

Origin of the name 'Antwerp'

The legend says that the name 'Antwerp' comes from the Dutch "hand werpen" meaning "hand thrown".

The story has it...

Train to Tibet

Vlogabond — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:46:25 -0500

This article first appeared on my travel blog at tylerbell.net.

Traveling to Tibet is about to get a little more comfortable... for the rich that is. Tangula Luxury Trains will be offering luxury train journeys from Beijing to both Tibet’s capital of...

Top Five Ways To Be Kind To Your Fellow Traveler

noambit — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:38 -0500

When you’re on the road in a foreign country you are never alone. Sure you may have flown over by yourself and you may not know the name of that guy next to you at the hostel bar who is way too drunk even for karaoke but you are part of a group. Your fellow travelers are all there...

A moment's talk to a train passenger

Gerard Ward — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:50:56 -0500

Dominic was a roundish fellow with a rosy complexion and glasses. He was my roommate in the sleeper train I was in to Zurich, before heading to Interlaken. The room was designed to hold six people for sleep when needed, but we were on the bottom seats, with plenty of room above - by train standards -...

One quick night in Barcelona

Gerard Ward — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:36:25 -0500

"Get up Gerard. Get. Up," I was telling myself.

I lay there, not awoken by the sound of my phone's alarm, but from the Barcelonian sun, unshielded by curtains or light-softening technology. I check my phone hidden in my pillow case. 8:20am. I had planned to get up at 9am for my 11:20 flight, but...