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The award-winning Global Travel Writers team bring you their latest offerings for November 2007
Stop Press: John Borthwick winner (again), Sally Hammond, Sheriden Rhodes, Glenn A Baker, Roderick Eime finalists in Australian Society of Travel Writers Annual Awards [read more]
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"The strangely shaped whitewashed spire of Stanjel shows up from some distance as you drive from Nova Gorica to Sezana in western Slovenia, where hilltop towns a few kilometres away in Italy dot the horizon." Sally Hammond in Slovenia
Following the collapse of Communism in 1990, Hungary faced the task of finding a new identity. Unlike other Eastern Bloc countries, Hungary has "capitalised" on its Communist past. Graham Simmons Finds Attitude in Hungary
The first-ever international golf tournament in Cambodia in November/December 2007 focuses attention on a nation that’s never been associated with the great game. Thomas E King notes Cambodia’s New Golf Challenges
Some believe Australia's Lord Howe Island is the last true tropical island paradise. UNESCO World Heritage listed since 1982 and blissfully isolated and delightfully remote, you decide. Roderick Eime is convinced.
My heart almost stopped when the western face of Mount Vihren in Bulgaria dropped into a void below me. Far below, the grassy slopes had been 'improved' with messages spelt out in stones: Vladimir loves Olga. Philip Game draws breath in Bulgaria
More stories from the old Soviet Eastern Bloc: Bulgaria, Slovenia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and Latvia.
Roderick Eime catches up with Michael Palin during his whirlwind book tour Down Under. In New Europe, Palin explores the former Eastern Bloc with some startling results.
Sally Hammond released her latest book last month, Bamboo. A food lover’s and traveller’s delight, Bamboo puts China in your hands with tips and inside knowledge on travelling and dining in the ‘land of dragons’.
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