_ This the fourth episode of the 76-Second Travel Show by Robert Reid, Lonely Planet’s US Travel Editor. To read more about his experiences in Transylvania, including whether a trip to Dracula’s grave is worth the time, head over to his blog at Reid on Travel.
Recent Blog Posts
October 2009
_ Varanasi is a pilgrimage site for many Hindus in India (and around the world) as it sits along the holy Ganges River. Along with Old Islamic Cairo in Egypt and the old part of Kathmandu in Nepal, Varanasi offers great photographic opportunities with every step. These two Varanasi posts include a lot of my [...]
Europe lacked the danger and adventure that I now crave…
Post by new contributor Lindsay Clark of Nomadderwhere. The first mission of the day was to make it to the city, as the locals do, wandering up weaving lames and jumping garbage heaps until Entebbe road appeared, in all its smoggy splendor. On the way, I began to re-experience the wonder of being a walking [...]
…my drive from the airport got me closer to the real Uganda…
Hello world! I would consider myself pretty well-traveled for a 21-year-old, because, well, I suppose I should start from the beginning… As an American college student with a multicultural background, my fascination with travel and cultures, languages and food had already led to many international excursions. But simply visiting different places wasn’t enough for me. [...]
I appreciated his straightforwardness with new bloggers as to the amount of time it takes to build a successful site.