November E-Zine
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Editor's Note - November 2008
I'd like to dedicate my Editor's Note this month to my tireless team of travel writers who make this monthly travel E-zine possible. Their city event guides and specialist subjects just keep getting better and better and in honour of that here are a few teasers.
Covering Berlin and Edinburgh, Kristin Kendle explores Grossbeerenkeller and Halloween at Camera Obscura, for Paris and Newquay Jessie Heckman sinks her teeth into Festival des Inrocks and the Eden Project, and for Amsterdam and Brighton Johnny gets to grips with the International Documentary Film Festival and The Mighty Boosh.
Back in the good old UK Kalon Huett looks into the Christmas celebrities set to light up the capital this year, Jen Page reflects on Blog Action Day with an Ethical Travel piece on poverty, Music Mashup gets a make over from Matt Beal and Catherine Fish, and our November travel writing award goes to a very promising new word smith James Garrett.
Aside from having lots of literary fun with these wonderful Indie travellers, I've also been hammering out the articles with a Top Ten feature on the best travel tunes, a Beauty Terrorist expose on how to afford Christmas in a credit crunch, the Top Five Travel Books around in November, the best theatre coming to London and an exploration of the Latvian capital Riga!
On top of all that there's a nice big juicy chunk of the Lonely Planet's USA travel guide brought to you absolutely free of charge, but as for November - that's all folks. Me and the team will see you in the festive month of December.
- 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
Update your sound system with our top ten travel tunes of all time. We go global with some suggestions about the tracks that should accompany you on your trek.
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 top publishers in the business. We've got Lonely Planet, the Rough Guides, Summersdale and then some!
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
This month we crown James Garrett as our travel writing champion with his reflections on Washington DC.
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
Our fearless defender of top beauty tips looks ahead to the expensive festive season with some money saving tips and a few luxury suggestions for those parental wish lists.
Got any suggestions for upcoming articles? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Travel Book
Click through for a free chunk of Lonely Planet's most recent travel guide for the USA.
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 took November off so we invited Matt Beal and Catherine Fish to fill in. Together they bring you the Grammatics, Fleet Foxes, The Officers, Seth Lakeman and the Portico Quartet.
Expand our musical vocabulary by sharing your top tune tips. EMAIL US.
Backpacker Bites
David Haw is back this month focusing on the highs and lows of caffeine consumption.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Europe's Famous Hostel
Join our friends across Europe, explore their base in Riga and read about everything this Eastern European city has to offer.
Have you been to London theatre worth spreading the word about?EMAIL US.
Ethical Travel
Jen explores the poverty on her doorstep with a look at the campaigns to end child poverty in the UK and how you can help.
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so EMAIL US.
Interview Time
We take a look back at the best bits from all the travel celebrities who came through our doors in 2008.
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 / Tuguldur Baatar
Feature Writers:
Amsterdam and Brighton Columnist - Johnny Lee, Berlin and Edinburgh Columnist - Kristin Kendle, Ethical Travel - Jen Page, London Columnist - Kalon Huett, Music Mashup Matt Beal and Catherine Fish, Paris and Newquay Columnist Jessie Heckman and Write For A Night James Garrett
Thank you to:
Lonely Planet, the Rough Guides, Summersdale, Faber and Faber, Greenwich Playhouse, Hammersmith Lyric, Grafton International 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
