Colombia: South America’s most up and coming destination (part two)

Anna Maria Espsäter continues her exploration of Colombia, looking at the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, salsa capital Cali and the south, followed by the Colombian Amazon

Bulgaria ancient treasures, current events and great value

Anthony reports on Bulgaria and an extraordinary memorial garden created by a Queen for herself and meets up with two famous footballers…

National Travel Health Network and Centre

From the website:

“The National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) promotes standards in travel medicine, providing travel health information for health professionals and the public.

NaTHNaC is funded by the Health Protection Agency.”

On Sea at Southend

Traditionally one of the areas that Londoners headed to on bank holiday weekends was Southend. It never seemed to be called by its proper name, Southend-on-Sea. It was just Southend, that place with the longest pier and near the end of the Fenchurch Street railway line. Today, I think of it as one of those seaside resorts that has seen better days. Which could be very unfair because I haven’t been there for over twenty years.
What brought it to mind was a new campaign that the local council has just launched to get us to go there. Calling it the “on Sea” campaign they are using the towns proper name to draw attention to all the attractions in and near the town

Making TV a reality in Brighton


No celeb status required to experience TV trends in the city-by-the-sea

Surrey’s Mini-Museum

About as far removed from the story earlier this week about the four short listed museums who are vying for the £100,000 Art Fund prize comes a lowlier idea for a museum.
In the Surrey village of Leigh, the parish council has paid £1 to buy the red, traditional telephone box that is on the green. According to the Leatherhead Advertiser, it appears the locals bought the kiosk and then decided what to do with it. The idea is now to turn it into a mini-museum. The Leigh History Group is considering what should go into their mini but shelving has already been agreed to better display the contents.
Is this anything more than a gimmick? Isn’t it really just the preservation of a telephone box?

What’s hot: February 2013

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, The Shard and Sri Lanka are hitting the headlines for all the right reasons, but trips to Thailand are in trouble