may
Welcome to the St Christophers E-zine
Editor's Note - May 2008
Welcome to your completely free, monthly, backpacker travel guide. In this edition I present to you some superb event guides, an abundance of travel tips, a fair few reads on the road and some intimate musings with the guys I know you want to hear from.
Of particular note this month is the top ten travel tips which combines the experienced advice of Lonely Planet, Visit London, Fat Tire Bike Tours and yours truly.
Beauty Terrorist works out those knots with a firm Elemis Massage, the Top Five Reads feature the wondrous Book Thief, Jen Page focuses Ethical Travel on UNICEF and Michelle Mangal reviews The Cure in Music Mashup.
Kristin keeps on with her Berlin events guide, Jessie reports in from Paris, Kalon relays the cool stuff from London and I tell you all about what's going on in Amsterdam.
Interview Time sees me verbally tackle Visit London's Louise Alexander, this month's travel book is brought to you from the Lonely Planet's guide to Wales and as ever, we have a mountain of free accommodation up for grabs in our monthly competitions.
There's a whole lot more too, but I leave you with a new E-zine feature – our online poll. Feedback is always good and this month we want to know if you guys want Pod Beds. Confused? Then click through and find out more. Until June my friends.
- Rob Savage
This Months Features
- The Top Ten Travel Tips
- Top 5 Reads
- Write Around the World
- Beauty Terrorist
- Travel Book
- St Christopher's Podcast
- Music Mashup
- Europe's Famous Hostel
- Ethical Travel
- Interview Time
- Backpacker Bites
Thank you to the E-zine team and all the contributers who helped to put this month's issue together. For a full list of the people behind the magic click here
Top Ten Tips
Brace yourselves for something super special as we combine the collective travel knowledge of Lonely Planet's Tom Hall, Visit London's Louise Alexander, Fat Tire Bike Tour's Jake Hamilton and E-zine Editor Rob Savage.
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. To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Top Five Reads
The best reads on the road from the Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Random House, Summersdale and Penguin.
We've been getting lots of info about what you are wrapping your eyes around so why not share it with your backpacking fellows? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Write Around the World
Abbi Mason returns with her take on what's hot in Krakow.
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. To submit your storys EMAIL US.
Beauty Terrorist
This month Beauty Terrorist combats the knot inducing stress at Heathrow's Terminal Five and explores the airport's new Elemis Spa.
Got any suggestions for upcoming articles? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Travel Book
Lonely Planet generously serve up a chunk of their Wales guide and break down everything that's fun to do in Cardiff.
What book would'nt you leave home without? To submit your top recommendations EMAIL US.
Podcast
Rob and Eoin are back with a bigger and better Podcast than ever before. There's travel competitions, great reads, events guides and much more so plug in now.
Have you been somewhere worth spreading the word about? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Music Mashup
DJ Michelle reviews The Cure, a bit of Goth and Grime, and the one to watch in May.
Expand our musical vocabulary by sharing your top tune tips. EMAIL US.
Backpacker Bites
David Haw returns with his guide to keeping fit on the road without a gym membership or non-virtual, personal trainers.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Europe's Famous Hostel
This month our special focus on Europe's Famous Hostels takes us to their fantastic backpacker base in Salzburg!
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so EMAIL US.
Ethical Travel
Jen Page explores what it takes to be a volunteer with UNICEF and the work this organisation carries out in the wider world.
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so EMAIL US.
Interview Time
Join our Editor and he sits down with Louise Alexander from Visit London and grills her about everything from the Muppets to the 2012 Olympics.
Let us know who you want to talk to and we'll try to pin them down.To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Pre-Paid Gap Year Card
This Chip & Pin pre-paid Mastercard is a masterpiece for the international backpacker and it gives you great travel offers, discounts, emergency transfer capabilities & fraud protection. www.gapyearcard.com
Credits:
Editor-in-Chief - Robert Savage
Graphic Design and Layout - Eoin Norton
Feature Writers:
Backpacker Bites – David Haw, Berlin Columnist - Kristin Buzzelli, Ethical Travel - Jen Page, London Columnist - Kalon Huett, Music Mashup – Michelle, Mangal On The Road – Stephen Shoup, Paris Columnist – Jessie Heckman, Welcome Stranger – Jennifer Perkin, Write For A Night – Abbi Mason
Thank you to:
The Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Tom Hall, Summersdale, Penguin, Random House, Visit London, Louise Alexander, Fat Tire Bike Tours, David Phillips, Jake Hamilton, National Express, John Gelson, Elemis, Emily Buchanan, Greenwich Playhouse, Alice de Sousa, The Lyric, Jenny Paton, The Globe Theatre, David Hollingworth, Welcome Stranger Magazine and Europe's Famous Hostels.
We NEED YOU
Got a burning question, some succulent travel tips or just feeling lonely on your round the world trek? Then e-mail us now and we'll do our best to interact with you!
Send in your submissions to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk
