Archive for December, 2008

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A recession-proof holiday – mind travel

By Paul Ash | 23 December 2008

I’m staying home this year. I’m going to sit in the garden and read all the books that have been piling up in the flat. Since most of them are travel books which I have been panting for, I will still be travelling, sort-of. Read More…

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Meltdown everywhere – except in the Alps

By Paul Ash | 22 December 2008

It’s a fact that the best time to score a travel bargain is to visit a place shortly after it’s been pummelled by a natural disaster, or bombed by terrorists. Ghoulish and crass, indeed, but there you go – we’re only human, and part of being human is always looking for the good deal. Read More…

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An airline says goodbye

By Paul Ash | 9 December 2008

Three of Nationwide Airlines’ Boeing 737s went under the hammer today and sold, for the flyaway bargain price $1.07m, to an unknown bidder. Read More…

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Santa’s dead? Oh, come off it

By Paul Ash | 5 December 2008

A convoy of trucks carrying reindeer, donkeys and huskies leaving Lapland, and a woman screaming through the fence, “Santa’s dead!” Read More…

Been There, Shot That: A roving camera in Vietnam

By Paul Ash | 4 December 2008
Some of the thousands of limestone karsts in Halong Bay      PICTURE: Paul Ash

Some of the thousands of limestone karsts in Halong Bay, Vietnam PICTURE: Paul Ash

Click HERE to see a slideshow on travel in Vietnam. The photos were shot on film, the real RAW format!

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Burma: to go or not to go

By Paul Ash | 4 December 2008

I have always wanted to go to Burma. It is, I am told, fantastically beautiful with forest-carpeted mountains, fat and lazy rivers like the Irrawaddy, and a friendly populace who are only too happy to welcome you.

The flip side is the military junta which rules the country with a steel fist. Read More…