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cool travel guide

http://cooltravelguide.blogspot.com/

The blog of a professional travel writer, Cool Travel Guide reflects upon the things that are cool about travel, what inspires us to travel, and what's so inspiring about travel. It also provides a place for my musings about our own travels, destinations we visit, travel research and writing, the travel media and travel industry, and includes travel advice and insider tips.

• Added on: Jun 8th, 2008
• Country: United Arab Emirates
• Language: English

• Author: lara dunston
• Listed in: Travel Writing
• Tags: travel tourism travel writing travel writer guidebooks world travel

Recent Posts

• An update from the road

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 01:12 in Middle East, jordan, twitter, Beirut, update from the road

  I've been silent for some time, I know. We've been on the road again in the Middle East on commissions for a few in-flight and travel magazines, and our pace has been hectic to say the least - from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

• Your worst hotel experience?

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 02:36 in hotels, bad hotel experiences

  A recent hotel stay reminded us of just how bad they can occasionally be. We checked into a respectable five star city hotel in the early evening, did some work, then went out to dinner and checked... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

• Travel insights from travel experts

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 03:09 in user-generated content, travel experts, tips from the t-list, bootsnall travel network, travel insights 100

  I am probably suffering from chronic information overload - how about you? - but increasingly I'm finding myself wanting to read more informed opinions from people with experience and expertise in a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...

• Travel experts versus \'real\' travellers

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 08:37 in hotel reviews, restaurant reviews, user-generated content, travel writers, travel expectations

  Travel 'experts', whether they are travel writers, guidebook authors, travel bloggers, tour guides, travel agents, hoteliers etc, are also 'real' travellers in my mind. Yet publishers and travel... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

• Behind-the-scenes in a Michelin-starred chef\'s kitchen and the kindness of chefs

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 05:22 in restaurants, chefs, behind-the-scenes, reflets, random reflections, pierre gagnaire

  Being able to spend a night in the restaurant kitchen of a Michelin-starred chef - in this case that of Pierre Gagnaire at Reflets, Dubai - is one of the delights of our job. It wasn't our first time... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...

• In print and online

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 06:23 in syria, doha, UAE, abu dhabi, rough guides, national geographic traveler, northern italy, in print and online

  It's been a busy period for Terry and I, as you've gathered from the dearth of blog posts these last months. And we've got a lot of work being published to prove it, from a small 'Up Next' piece on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Santosh Nikam

Fantastic blog.................I really enjoyed while reading your article....... Keep it up

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