Newsletter - March 2007
Live your Life Newsletter
Editors note:
Welcome to March and your new, retrofitted newsletter. I spent my first month talking to travellers in the hostels on Borough High Street and I found out what you really want to read about.
With that in mind I have some top tips on saving money and surviving London, a new travel book, an interview with an inspirational writer and a completely comprehensive Beds and Bars guide to what you can do in the St Christopher’s cities.
The Top Five Reads were very popular in February and consequently you’re going to get more of what’s good for you. Every month your newsletter will bring you five fresh read, including the best up and coming travel literature and reviews of what real life travellers are reading.
I want to hear more from you and so do other travellers at St Christopher’s. In February I met Mitch from Melbourne - he wanted to know where an Aussie like him could buy a Sim card for Britain. In true backpacker style I’m throwing the floor open to you guys. Where are the best deals? Do you want to pass your card on? I want more questions and answers so I can give you the most relevant, interactive and best backpacker resource on the net.
On a final note I want to wish our Greenwich manager, Gen Knowles, a belated happy birthday and thank Alice de Sousa for giving me the opportunity to see the superb 'Thankfully There is Moonlight' at Greenwich Playhouse. A big shout out also goes to the Spanish guys who braved a night at Belushi’s wearing nothing but swim shorts and life vests. We like your gumption for putting it on You Tube! - Rob Savage
Top Features
Travel Top 10
This month we’re helping you save and survive in London. Free cinema, free salsa and free food, oh my!.
Travel Tips
Take on the world with a bit of back up. Read on for tips about looking after your health and keeping in touch with everyone at home..
Top 5 female reads
It’s back by popular demand. We bring you the fresh and the timeless reads, for the airport lounges and dingy bus seats on your travels.
Monthly Features
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Travel
Backpacker stories from around the globe.
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The Interview
The flavour of the month in the hot seat.
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Travel Book
A chapter from the wonderful Poet on the Road.
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Ethical Travel
St. Christopher's guide to the big debates and the real issues behind them
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Charities
Give something back to the country you travel to.
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Hot Hostels
The best St Christopher's Hostel this month.
Write around the world: Travel story
Norway
The Write for a Night competition is back with a bang. The talented travel writer in our March edition is Ben Mathews. He takes us on a trip of Norway, tells us a little about Oslo and breaks backpacker conventions with a little luxury on a speed boat. If you want to win two nights at one of hostels for you and a friend, send in 800 words about somewhere you travelled to that changed your life.
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
Ethical Travel
Working Gap years
You hear a lot about working gap years and how selflessly helping someone else can change a traveller. But how much of this is marketing jargon, designed to make you part with your hard earned travelling fund? Read on to discover what the organisers, the participants and the free spirits have to say about it.
There are no stupid questions, except the ones you don't ask. Especially when you're traveling. Try us at submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Backpacker Bites
Super Supplements
This month, our resident health expert explores how you can boost your health with vitamins, supplements, a balanced diet and a little expert advice. Read what James has to say and discover why Cod Liver Oil and Multibionta do your insides a world of good.
We've been getting tons of info from Solo-Female travellers and we're loving it! If you've got any questions or comments you'd like to pass our way send them to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
Backpack Travel Tips
Keeping in touch on the road
Travelling alone or even with a whole bunch of people, can be a daunting prospect. We bring you some expert advice on keeping in touch, surviving the roads and looking after yourself.
Got a travelling query? Want us to help plan your trip? Want to know the best tours, countries, pubs, restaurants, hide-away gems? Just ask: submissions@st-christophers.co.uk
Female Travel Tips
Top 5 Female Reads
You liked the Top 5 Female reads so much last time that we’re making it a regular feature and including a little something for everyone. Check out the best new titles on offer and my own personal favourite, Truman Capote. By the end of the reviews, you’ll have travelled around South America, the Arctic, Cuba and Europe with a collection of writers that you should definitely make room for in your backpack.
We've been getting tons of info from Solo-Female travellers and we're loving it! If you've got any questions or comments you'd like to pass our way send them to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
St Christopher's Top 10
The Top 10 Ways to Save and Survive London
London is crazy expensive so I’m giving you access to a few little known facts about how you can get by for free. But this isn’t just a financial survival guide. It’s also a plan of action for getting by during your first few days in London. Read on for free Salsa, Meditation, movies and much more.
If you've got a Top 10 to fill us in on, pass it our way, the world is full of travellers looking for the next big adventure. Send your submissions to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk.
The Interview
Roger Harvey
This is another new edition to your newsletter and it’s here to help you get to grips with the realities of travel in this day and age. This month we talk to Travel Writer, Poet, Novelist and all round inspiration, Roger Harvey. He will take you through the murky depths and shiny heights of America as he recalls a poetry tour like no other.
Got a question, comment or smart remark? We're here to listen, so send us an email.
Hot Hostel: Interesting Hostel News
The Orient Expresso Launches the oasis: A female only sancutuary
The Orient Espresso Hostel, part of our London Bridge trio has undergone a facelift. Redesigning their entire upper floor, transforming it into the Oasis at the Orient – a female friendly haven for weary backpackers who can't handle another cramped co-ed dorm. We've got the relief you're looking for.
Had a great time at one of our hostels? We want to hear about it. Write to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk to tell us all about your experience with St Christopher's.
"Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference."
- Anonymous
Travel Book Extract
Poet on the Road
Not only do we bring you an interview with the author but we also bring you his best work. Now you can read what all the fuss is about with St. Christopher’s online, whenever you like. If you want to know what it’s like to travel across America, with nothing but a pen and some razor sharp wit, then you’re going to love this new Travel Book. Thanks to our friends over at Bluechrome Publishing, you can enjoy the first chapter of Poet on the Road by Roger Harvey. Read on for Curtain Up: New York.
Got a question, comment or smart remark? We're here to listen, so send us an email.
Travel Charities
Giving Something back
Belushi’s has a long history with a charity called Hope and now it’s time for St Christopher’s to get involved. Find out what they do, where they do it and how you can help. We’re also featuring Lavender week and lending our support to the young women with breast cancer who need our help. There’s a lot you can do and some of it involves spoiling yourself by indulging in a spot of shopping.
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