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Get Around in Style – Great Metro Maps of the World
August 5, 2010 | Around the World, Featured | Read More
Although it’ll definitely mark you as a tourist, there’s something about physically opening up a map that makes you feel like an explorer. A new city, drawn in easy-to-understand lines and colors, spreads out in front of you; it’s all there, if you care to find it. Nothing evokes this...
Travel Like a Local: What to Pack, What to Ditch for Amsterdam, Cancun, Jerusalem, Los Angeles…
July 28, 2010 | Around the World, Featured, Travel Tips | Read More
It’s time once again for our Local Expert Challenge! In our constant pursuit of specific, über-relevant on-the-ground travel advice, we’ve employed our worldwide network of Local Experts to guide you through new locales.
This week, we challenged our Local Experts to tell us about packing for...
Danger! Festivals May Bite, Charge, Burn, or Kill You
July 22, 2010 | Around the World, Featured, Travel Safety | Read More
Here at NileGuide, we’re always looking for new ways to get the word out about what’s best to see and do. That’s why we’ve created our brand-new Events Map tool: it’s a pretty awesome way to create a personalized map displaying the events you’re most interested in...
Travel Like a Local: Supermarket Sweep for the World’s Best Snacks
July 13, 2010 | Around the World, Featured, Local Insight | Read More
It’s that time once again to put our Local Experts to the test with our Local Expert Challenge! This week, we asked our experts on the ground to head to their local supermarkets from Perth to Prague and find some of their favorite exceptionally tasty, bizarrely regional, or particularly convenient...
From Absinthe to Lizard Wine: Lethal Alcoholic Elixirs Around the World
July 3, 2010 | Around the World, Featured | Read More
It’s in a blogger’s nature and interest to tout a catchy title, and such is the nature of “Lethal Elixirs.” However, it’s also in this blogger’s nature to strain the most scintillating factoids and pieces of categorical knowledge from the interweb mainframe milieu.
As such, consider the post...
No Visa, No Go: Nine Famous Borders and Boundaries
June 30, 2010 | Around the World, Featured, Offbeat | Read More
Could it be possible that two countries that have been at each other’s throats for almost three decades may now be warming up to cross-border tourism? According to an article from the Christian Science Monitor, Iraq and Iran – who fought a decade-long war in the 80s and have had a history...
Travel Like a Local: Sunsets in Bangkok, Istanbul, Rio, and More
June 25, 2010 | Around the World, Local Insight, Photo Friday, Romantic | Read More
We’ve once again challenged our Local Experts to provide you, the blog peruser, with über-specific travel content, this time in the form of sunset snapshots from their destinations. The results were stunning, and we were quite frankly surprised by some of our experts’ photography skills.
Before...
Travel Like a Local: Lunch for 5 Bucks, Meat Pies in London and Sandwiches in Santiago
June 17, 2010 | Around the World, Local Insight | Read More
In our constant pursuit of specific, über-relevant on-the-ground travel advice, we’ve employed our worldwide network of Local Experts to guide you through new locales. In order to give you the most specific, überest-relevant, most on-the-groundest travel tips, we’re rolling out a series...
Funky Food Festivals: From Free-Wheelin’ Cheeses to Tuna Tosses
June 17, 2010 | Around the World, Featured, Food Lovers | Read More
Few celebrations would be complete without food. Not only does it serve as a comforting base for a night of drinking, but it often dominates the main event itself. Meticulously prepared, beautifully presented, and savored with gusto, food is the centerpiece of good times around the world.
Little did...
Strange McDonald’s Menu Items Around the World
June 9, 2010 | Around the World, Featured | Read More
On your next trip, McDonald’s may miss your list of must-visit restaurants. Founded on principles of consistency, homogeneity, and ease of preparation, the ubiquitous golden arches would seem the most boring dining option in an exotic destination. A Big Mac in Belgium, secret sauce in the Sahara,...
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