E-zine - July 2007
LIVE YOUR LIFE NEWSLETTER
Editor's Note - July 2007:
July is here and once again it's all change. There's a smoking ban in England, the Tour de France has taken a detour to London and your faithful old newsletter has had some much needed cosmetic surgery. To celebrate breaking through the 100,000 subscriber ceiling we've re-branded the publication as an E-zine.I also thought you guys might like to know just how much work goes into this monthly wonder and who puts what where. We usually top 15,000 words of quality content, the information and articles are sent in from all over the globe and we backpack our little butts off to bring you an uncompromised, backpacker resource with real literary integrity.
Inside this edition you can catch up with the best gadgets and money saving tips in the Top Ten, abseil off the Tyne Bridge with the Macular Disease Society, read an exciting new extract from the Paris Lonely Planet and find out how to kick start your metabolism in the ever healthy Backpacker Bites.
There's also the opportunity to win free accommodation in our monthly competitions, find out what the finest publishers are presenting this month in the Top 5 Reads, flashpack around the globe in Beauty Terrorist and see how the Orient Espresso hostel fared when it faced the ethical challenge of going green, with Global Action Plan.
Below you'll find the literary and technical talent who help put this production together and I'm looking to add to this. I want talented writers, photographers and hot new sources for articles, columns and special backpacker features. If you have a smidge of talent, we want to share it with your fellow 99,999 backpackers.
In the mean time be sure to pick up Packed from the Village this month for some special St Christopher's loving and if you can, come along to our brand spanking new St Christophers Inn and Belushi's Bar in Hammersmith.
- Rob Savage
Credits:
Editor-in-Chief - Robert Savage
Graphic Design & Layout - Eoin Norton
Feature Writers:
Music Mashup - Michelle Mangal
Backpacker Bites - James McDonald
Bruges Columnist - Eva Dam
Berlin Columnist - Matt Robinson
Write Around The World - Abby Lynch
Thank you to: Comfort Zone, Matfen Hall, Global Action Plan, Visit Scotland, Letterbox Records, Gen Knowles, Katie Gibson, Alice de Sousa, Greenwich Playhouse, the Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Bloomsbury, Pan Macmillan and Summersdale.
Top Features
Find out how jumping off a bridge can help fight blindness as we hook up with the Macular Disease Society in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Live Your Life and help others to do the same.
Join July’s hottest new travel writer as she blends into Berlin and shares her knowledge of travelling cheap. We’re talking open air Turkish markets, shopping at KaDeWe and then some.
The Top Ten and the Travellers’ Tips got together and made something beautiful. The Top Ten Travellers’ Tips. Read on for beginner travel tips, top gadgets and much more.
Monthly Features
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Travel Book
Get ahead in the Parisian game with an extract from Lonely Planet.
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Female Travel - Beauty Terrorist
Spice up your life with some top notch Flashpacking.
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Top 5 Reads on the Road
Stay sharp with the established, the emerging and the down right random reads.
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Backpacker bites
Live Your Life for a little bit longer with our resident health expert.
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Interview Time
Take some time out with the movers and shakers in the Backpacking world.
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Ethical Travel
Go Green with the St Christopher's crew at the Orient Espresso.
Write around the world: Travel story
Write FOR A NIGHT : The Real Berliner
Berlin gets some special attention from Abby Lynch this month. Abby checks her Americanisms at the door and scouts out the top five ways to fit in. Expect picnics, shopping, the best out of town locations, beaches and the best places for a little shelter when the sun hasn't got his hat on.
"Summer in Berlin can be a hot and sticky affair. Coming from the Southern US, my immediate reaction once the thermometer spikes and the moist air settles in is to ask where the air conditioner is......
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
Beauty across borders
The cyber space beautifier is back and it has an amazing glow. How is it possible that there are no dark circles, no spots and no unsightly hairs after travelling around the world at the speed of light? I suspect some pampering might have been involved. Click through for some treats on the road, the most effective beautifiers and the treatments that make you feel human again when you're a long way from home.
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
Helping People with Blindness
Macular disease is one of the biggest causes of blindness in the United Kingdom. That's why when we heard that one hundred people were jumping off the Tyne Bridge in the battle against this, we decided to get involved and give those fearless Geordies a helping, backpacker hand. We went behind the scenes, caught up with the organisers, checked out the science and discovered how you can help – whether it's on the bridge or through your online bank account.
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so send us an email submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
The Interview
Visit Scotland - Tourist Board
When Edinburgh became the object of out backpacking affections there were some burning questions that needed answers. That's why I sat down with Sinead Guerin from Visit Scotland and grilled her about what's fun in the land of Whiskey. This involves a little comedy, the future of Scottish tourism, the all inclusive Edinburgh pass and a whole lot more.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? We're here to listen, so send us an email. submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Travel Book Extract
The Lonely Planet - Paris Guide
Lonely Planet is synonymous with what we do, so it made perfect sense to team up and give you a taste of their great Encounter with Paris. Whether you're staying for a month or doing a Hilton-esk one night in the French capital, this beauty will come in handy. The content comes from a real life Parisian and you can rest assured that the content is contemporary, cultured and completely satisfying.
Recommend your favourite travel books to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Top 5 Travel Reads
Reads on the road
Agent Zigzag reports for duty in our in July edition and hot on his heels we have the stunning Line of Beauty. Catherine Le Nevez delivers a curriculum all about the fun to be had in Paris, we find out what really goes into those junk food hangover cures and there are some top travel tips from Peter Constantine in Travel Safe.
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.
Backpacker Bites
Eating Properly to get the Body beautiful
Join gym bunny James as he gives your metabolism a quick once over and reveals why it's so terrible to skip breakfast. Kick start your digestion, banish the flab before you hit the beach, find out what your body is crying out for, ditch the crash course diets and take some personal trainer tips with you on the backpacking road.
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 Top 10
The Top Ten Travel Tips
Just like the British parliament, this E-zine has had a few re-shuffles and this one involves the amalgamation of the Top Ten and the Travellers' Tips. This pair have always been close cousins and just like the aristocratic days of Jane Austin, these relatives are now going to be together forever. Charge your phone with solar power, mix up the latest Absolut cocktail, sit in on the best BBC comedies and do it all for less with some great money saving tips.
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.
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.
Ethical Travel
Orient Expresso goes green
Ease your environmental conscience when you rock up in London by showing your support for the Orient Espresso. This coffee shop hostel is embarking on a massive mission to change its environmentally unfriendly ways. The Go Green audit has been carried out by Global Action Plan and together we're hoping to implement this planetary initiative in all the hostels. Read on to find out what's been done and what's in the pipeline.
If you have an ethical topic that you want us to investigate then send it into submissions@st-christophers.co.uk
