E-zine September 2007
LIVE YOUR LIFE NEWSLETTER
Editor's Note - September 2007:
Welcome to another jam packed edition of the Live Your Life travel E-zine. Contained within the virtual pages of the September publication there are some rather delectable treats for travellers with all sorts of tastes.In this month's Interview Time I caught up with the cast of The Vegemite Tales and grilled two rather famous Neighbours stars (Stew and Tad) about Kath and Kim, cattle prods and a whole manner of weirdly wonderful topics.
The crew over at the Lonely Planet office have been in touch again and as a special treat they've sent over a massive, informative and free extract from their guide to Lisbon.
In This Month's Hot Hostel Competition I'll be giving away free accommodation and theatre tickets in Bruges, there's the insider take on Northern Lights in the Top 5 Traveller Reads, Beauty Terrorist combats climate change and the Top Ten gets back to where it started from with some great money saving tips for trips to London.
Just in case that isn't enough food for thought we have a Canadian spin on things from Erin Kelly in her competition winning Write Around the World travel tale, Ethical Travel delves into the forgotten world of Leprosy, Music Mashup reviews the summer festivals and our ever healthy Backpacker Bites does a spin on the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz when it goes after a healthy heart.
Add to that stew some great theatre reviews and a little insider knowledge about what's going down in Amsterdam and you have the sum of our parts. Between you and me, next month is going to be even better with a special follow up focus on backpacking in Bruges and a few first hand Portuguese travel tales, but in the mean time enjoy this free literary treat, listen to our latest Podcast and read through the second St Christopher's column, in the September / October issue of Packed Magazine. Happy trekking.
- Rob Savage
Top Features
Travel Top 10
St Christopher's Top TenBack by popular demand is a Top Ten dedicated to saving you money when you set foot in London – otherwise known as one of the most expensive cities in the world! We have a lot of hidden free treasures and some unbelievably cheap fun.
Interview
The InterviewThere are a lot of fun Aussies in the St Christopher's crowd so as an autumnal treat we decided to go behind the scenes when the new run of The Vegemite Tales kicked off in Leicester Square. Meet the cast with St Christopher's.
St Christopher's Podcast
Write around the worldCatch up on the latest gigs, the cutting edge travel writers, the top tips on how to backpack on a shoestring, the top events at our hostels, surf school, nightclubs, theatres and much more.Monthly Features
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Travel Book
Read the Lonely Planet Highlights to Lisbon for free!
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Beauty Terrorist
Protect your skin from climate change with the top products that always make it through customs.
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Top 5 Traveller Reads
The best books on the open road brought to you by the top publishers. -
Write Around the World
Find out what the Australians really think about their Canadian counterparts -
Ethical Travel
Help put an end to a debilitating disease that no-one really thinks about anymore. -
Backpacker Bites
Stay healthy on the road without a gym membership in every port of call. -
Music Mashup
DJ Michelle dominates the virtual floor with her account of the summer festivals. -
Charity
St Christopher's lend a helping hand to the Maggie's Centres in September. -
Snap For a Nap
Send in your best photos and win two nights at one of our hostel
Credits:
Editor-in-Chief - Robert Savage
Graphic Design and Layout - Eoin Norton
Feature Writers:
Amsterdam Columnist - Kathleen Steeden
Backpacker Bites - David Haw
Bruges Columnist - Eva Dam
Ethical Travel - Jen Page
Music Mashup - Michelle Mangal
Write Around The World - Erin Kelly
Thank you to:
Comfort Zone, The Maggie's Centres, New Hope, Andrew Robb, Blair McDonough, Jonathon Dutton, Jessica Gerger, Clare Allen, EFH, Alice de Sousa, The Escape Surf School, The Hammersmith Lyric, Josephine Rodrigues, the crew in Bruges, Scholastic, Random House, Lonely Planet, Summersdale and New World Library..
Write around the world: Travel story
Write for a night: Canada, Crossing the Divide
The winner of this month's Write Around the World competition is Erin Kelly. She tickled us silly with her witty account of the unspoken cultural points of difference that crop up when you cross borders. We now know never to make the mistake of calling Canadians American, ice hockey is referred to purely as hockey, Tim Horton's coffee is universally bad and when it snows it gets warmer rather than colder. Some of these might be sweeping generalisations but they're an entertaining example of what happens when international friendships
Try your hand at travel writing, send us your submission and if we publish it you get two free nights in a St. Christopher's hostel. E-mail travelwriters@st-christophers.co.uk
Female Travel : Beauty Terrorist
Surviving severe conditions
The speculation seems to be over because the evidence our climate is changing is now everywhere. Summers spike too early and the bitter winters kick in before Autumn even has a chance to get going. The fall out for your skin and your various extremities is therefore concerning and that's why Beauty Terrorist is fighting back with an easily affordable prescription for maintaining the body beautiful. Don't give into chapped lips and under-nourished epidermal layers. It's not what nature intended.
Tell us your top beauty tips when you hit the open road. Just send them to us at submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Travel Charities
Maggie's Centre - Cancer Charity
Back in the day St Christopher's in Edinburgh got to grips with a bit of fund raising for the Maggie's Centre in Edinburgh. This time out facility for Cancer sufferers has now turned its attention to London where it plans to open a £3.5 million facility. This pricey but essential undertaking is already well underway but they need our help to bring the project to the finish line. Please do what you can and read on to find out just how you can lend a helping hand.
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so send us an email submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Travel Book Extract
Lonely Planet - Lisbon
In today's international age of cheap flights, tempting destinations, gap years, secondments and general time out it can be tough to narrow down where you want to go and what you want to do. That's why we decided to ask Lonely Planet where they've had a good time and what they'd do in a top European destination. Lisbon was on their list and they were kind enough to open up their font of travelling knowledge for general backpacker perusal. Read on for the free highlights from Best of Lisbon.
Recommend your favourite travel books to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Top 5 Travel Reads
Reads on the road
Move over Mr Potter. Hogwarts is officially concluded and we dedicated day dreamers need another fantastical adventure to focus our affections on. Step up Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman. It's dark it's demon filled and the central character is a little less wet from the outset. The Top 5 also serves up some top travel writing in the angelic forms that are The Sex Lives of Cannibals, the Best of Lisbon from Lonely Planet and Singapore Swing by John Malanthronas. To round off this eclectic mix there's also a little literary digestif entitled Letters to a Young Poet. This review is definitely an eye opener for any aspiring writers out there.
We've been getting lots of info about what you are wrapping your eyes around so why not share it with your backpacking fellows? submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
St Christopher's Top 10
The Top Ten Travel Tips - Saving Money in London
Back in March we ran an article that introduced new arrivals in London to the ins and outs of this financially precarious city. A lot can change in six months so a little quest was undertaken to hunt down the fun, the free and the fantastic occurrences in London. We found free Scottish Dancing lessons, a taste of Bhangra, Tai Chi, ethical reading with Amnesty International and much more.
If you've got a great Top 10 fill us in. The world is full of travellers looking for the next big adventure so give them a helping hand. Send your submissions to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Ethical Travel
Helping Broken Lives
Leprosy is something you associate with disesead colonies and the plagues of yesterday. The modern day reality is somewhat different and Jen Page takes you on an essentially informative tour of its current condition. This month's ethical correspondence also has an unabashed account of an Australian charity called New Hope. In a nutshell New Hope are working to stamp out Leprosy once and for all and detach the false cultural stigmas from this curable disease, so read on to see what they're doing and how you can help.
If you have an ethical topic that you want us to investigate then send it into submissions@st-christophers.co.uk
Music Mashup
Summer Festival Review
Music ReportIt's been a musically busy summer across Europe but DJ Michelle is an unfailing writer warrior who's gone that extra mile to make it to all the best gigs and report back. Inside you'll can read her take on Glastonbury, Lovebox, Innocent, 12345 Shoreditch Festival, Bestival and the top musical mudbaths happening across Europe over the next year. If you've ever been to or are planning to attend Dour Festival, Benicassim or Ibiza Rocks then this might be of interest to your musically minded brain.
If you have an ethical topic that you want us to investigate then send it into submissions@st-christophers.co.uk
Snap for a Nap
Open our eyes with your Travel Photos
Send your happiest photographic memories into the crew at St Christopher’s for your chance to win two free nights of accommodation, for you and a friend at any of our hostels. We want to see your history in the making and if your snaps put others to shame, then you’ll get our vote.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? We're here to listen, so send us an email. submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Backpacker Bites
Join the anti-Sunbed Revolution
In the August E-zine our regular health expert James takes you on a guided tour of your skin. Read on to find out how you can tan responsibly, avoid skin cancer, boycott sun beds and get a tan without the risk. We have the low down on Ultra Violet Radiation, the long term damage caused by sun burn and some top tips on how you can still have fun in the sun. Complimenting this article in the August publication is Beauty Terrorist. Our guide to skincare recommends the most protective products, the anti-agers and it takes care of everything in between.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? We're here to listen, so send us an email. submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
The Interview
Vegemite Tales
If you like Australia, comical tales of what happens to Aussies when they're transplanted to London and a few famous faces from the popular TV show Neighbours, then you're going to love Interview Time in September. We met up with Andrew Robb, Blair McDonough, Jonathan Dutton and Jessica Gerger after the opening night of the Vegemite Tales in Leicester Square. Here's what they had to say.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? We're here to listen, so send us an email. submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
ST Christopher's Online Store
Something to remember us by
When it comes to sweet backpacking mementoes, photos can only do so much. That’s why you need to grab a St Christopher’s T-Shirt. This way so you can wear your good times, day in and day out. They’re bright and affordable just like the stars of St Christopher’s. You can also crack open your beer bottles, lie on a sun drenched beach and keep your coffee hot, with the help of St Christopher’s Inns. Check out our Online Store for some bargain basement deals.
Remember your time with the St Christopher's crew with some top quality merchandise. Just let us know what you want to buy. submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
