Monthly Archives: August 2011
Judith Chalmers to be granted UNESCO World Heritage Site status
Chalmers presented the popular travel show Wish You Were Here…? for some 29 years from 1974, appearing in fluorescent swimwear in some of the most dangerous package holiday destinations in Mediterranean Europe. Continue reading
Welcome to GAN?
Welcome to Going Anywhere Nice? – a new travel blog/magazine (blamazine? mog?). If you think you know travel, think again. And then again, just to make really sure. If you’re still sure, then you probably know travel pretty well. SIGN … Continue reading
Fenwick Mahler: So you want to be a travel writer?
Every week, the esteemed planet-botherer and self-proclaimed “globo-scribe” Fenwick Mahler imparts salty droplets of his hard-earned wisdom to help aspiring travel writers. Guest poster Mahler has been published in some of the world’s most obscure journals, and instantly checks out … Continue reading
Travelmouth: Saving the Earth, one facecloth at a time
“Yes,” we think, as we place a slightly damp towel in its right, civilised place, “We have helped someone here today.” Continue reading
Tales of the Press Trip
An occasional feature whereby – with complete anonymity – we regale you with stories of life on assignment. A cautionary tale, this week, of delicate matters and the importance of sometimes pulling on the lever labelled ‘restraint’ when set free … Continue reading
Going anywhere nice?
Never tell anyone you’re going on holiday. “Oooooooh…going anywhere nice?” “No, I’ve booked in for two weeks cleaning out the leper colonies of Sierra Leone. Of course I’m going somewhere nice! I booked the holiday myself! To a destination I … Continue reading
