Archive for February, 2010
Rediscovering the cultural treasures of Old Royal Montenegro
Until not that long ago – only about 100 years – the whole of Montenegro was still a tribal society with groups of families united by clan and living in regions called nahijas. The oldest historical part of Montenegro, today referred to as Old Royal Montenegro, which was independent for centuries, was split into four […]
Videos by locals
We’ve been following Tripfilms.com, a travel website with user generated videos of destinations, for a while now. In the last year, the amount of videos on the website has doubled. And I think the quality of the videos added by its members is still very nice! I’ve been in touch with the people who run […]
Going local – yesterday and again today
There’s always a lot of banter about travel “back in the day.” Each generation of sojourners loves to lose itself in a halcyon haze, reflecting back on a time gone by when travel was clearly at its best… and then lost to the ever-denser droves of insensitive and irresponsible touring ogres. My golden age was […]
Couchsurfing thesis
Last year, we met Szilvia Weyer, a former Spotter, in Berlin. She told us then she was working on a thesis about Couchsurfing, and we had an interesting conversation about it Szilvia has been so kind to share an English summary of the thesis with us yesterday. So I hope Spotted by Locals has the […]
Get lost, go local!
My last post about the misunderstood merits of Local Travel appears to have hit a positive nerve. It seems there’s a choir out there of local travellers who welcome a little preaching. Amen. So from my fine pulpit, let me crack open the Great Explorers’ Almanac and thumb to the right page for a decidedly […]