http://www.thetravelrag.com Travel stories from around the world en-us Copyright 2007 thetravelrag.com All Rights Reserved. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:48:20 GMT 20 thetravelraghttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/H4oJDKhTkGs/travelstory.asp Avoiding the choking sulphur and giant wasps is the easy part - volcano boarding down Cerro Negro is the true test, says James Curtis in Nicaragua. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10220 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/C9d3jKG-Oao/travelstory.asp Over four centuries ago the Garifuna people was enslaved by the British and brought to the Caribbean coast. Today, James Curtis sees first hand how they live, while making a few discoveries of his own. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10219 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/53S3bzFwoDc/travelstory.asp Home to the largest city in Africa, it's no wonder Egypt is said to have a promising economic future. So when Naomi Osinnowo explored the ancient sights of Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh, she was shocked by the poverty. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10218 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/MYMQNAytcLs/travelstory.asp Jon Wick finds a Korean war history lesson in his soup. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10217 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/DTJB2XceyBE/travelstory.asp Mark Kennedy travels to Sucre, Bolivia, to find a backpacker couple turning a local watering hole into a nationally known restaurant and tour company. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10215 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/rZeiLWGNu8c/travelstory.asp Get off your sofa and get yourself down to the place where adventure and a laidback lifestyle are right on your doorstep.Tourism Australia is offering a dream job placement and a free ticket Down Under. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10214 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/cFcpXlmbsQw/travelstory.asp Dinner under the stars takes on a very different meaning for Gayle Bentham on a lion safari in Zimbabwe. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10213 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/hh6pO0MKj-k/travelstory.asp It's almost a rite of travel writing passage: Mark Woods falls in love with a Tuscan villa. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10212 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/DElJiES94x8/travelstory.asp On a journey to the doctor, Vicky Deane takes in the textures of everyday Pakistan. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10211 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/_t-7TIdWiMI/travelstory.asp Blame the Maya for globalization says Lyn Fuchs (aka Lyn Fox) who discovers an eternal truth in the Guatemalan highlands. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10210 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/e5aLxQXWDKA/travelstory.asp The modern American psyche often harbors shame over past civil rights abuses.Lyn Fuchs (aka Lyn Fox) contemplates...in Montreal. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10209 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/d91qVK96-F4/travelstory.asp Jane Cassie reckons BC’s Sunshine Coast has a bright side, no matter what the weather is. Photos by Brent Cassie. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10208 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/JQAFEbSUB9w/travelstory.asp Jillian Stevens ponders monkey etiquette while on a zoo safari near Jakarta. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10207 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/h1lLH8jj85c/travelstory.asp Nikki Savvides saddles up with the locals in the South of France http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10206 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/StRR9RvMGzk/travelstory.asp Nadia Arumugam gets a taste of the Big Apple with spoonfuls of rice. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10205 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/gjX3igsURMA/travelstory.asp In the long-awaited sequel Mark Woods finally reveals if his spontaneous travels ended in marriage. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10204 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/04OaNIvhMWE/travelstory.asp Dave Wise seeks out the intellectual birth of photography on the shores of Como. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10203 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/57BY1Bg1110/travelstory.asp Where to go to attempt to understand religion from A-Z? May as well start in Arkansas, writes Lyn Fox. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10202 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/q4jPo_LXbeU/travelstory.asp Emily Nixon gets underneath the skin of the Cook Islands. Photos by Jeff Dicken. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10201 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thetravelrag/~3/VCr5wobJvT4/travelstory.asp As an Englishman in Asia Duncan Grimes never traveled far without having a conversation about English football. He, on the other hand, was more interested in how the local Chinese have taken to the Great Game. http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/travelstory.asp?article_id=10200