It’s a widely accepted fact that there are few places left on the planet that have yet to be penetrated by the great white explorer. Some hidden corners of New Guinea and Ecuador may still throw up hoards of xenophobic, stick-wielding natives, but no longer do our world maps still have uncharted territories marked as…
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Book Review: Bradt Congo by Sean Rorison
by Dean Farisian •
PBs’ very own crackpot, the inimitable Dean Farisian, reviews the latest offering from the Bradt Guides collection – The Bradt Travelguide to The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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Book Review – Bradt Rwanda Travelguide
by Lee Ridley •
Bradt Rwanda Travelguide – Janice Booth and Philip Briggs. The first time I picked up a Bradt Travelguide, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Another Rough Guide? Another Let’s Go? Footprint or Lonely Planet perhaps? What I found was a new style that had certain similarities to some of the others, but at the same…
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Review – The Bradt Travelguide To Uganda
by Lee Ridley •
Guidebooks for the world’s dark places? – Lee Ridley reviews the Bradt Travelguide to Uganda.
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Learning Arabic – Al Humdulillah!!!
by Devin Murphy •
Introduction Arabic is one of the more difficult languages for a native English speaker to learn. The US military considers it a class IV language, along with Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, and requires that servicemembers score at least a 100 on the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) to qualify for training. In comparison, a score…
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Bangkok Restaurants – A Hidden Pearl
by ROB •
After a particularly painful stint of chicken kebab-induced diarrhoea in Morocco a few years ago, I began to curtail my adventurous spirit within the realm of culinary delights. Today I pushed the boundaries. I ignored the convulsions my body automatically threw itself into as it saw another possibility of days of intestinal agony. I ignored…