October E-Zine
Welcome to the St Christopher's E-zine
Editor's Note - October 2009
On a recent trip to the states I met a young traveller who told me he: “just loved autumn because the days get shorter, the temperatures drop and you know - Christmas isn’t that far away!” On behalf of the 99.9% of the population who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, intensely dislike the cold and see Christmas as an unnecessary travel budget haemorrhage, I slapped him and went about the assembly of a jam packed, distraction saturated October timetable. Strap yourselves in kids – it ain’t winter yet.
The best bits of your complimentary, cyber travel resource this month include a less than ordinary Hobo photo exhibit and a reprise of Rain Man down in Brighton, free Gin and Tonics for all at The London Restaurant Festival, celebrations of incalculable magnitude in Berlin twenty years on from the fall of the wall, and in the ever magical city of lights that is Paris, Nuit Blanche serves up an evening where nothing closes. It’s kind of like the movie Night at the Museum - but without the cultural black hole created by Ben Stiller’s acting.
Other prime cuts of literary beef include a one on one interview with Mathew Kepnes - the man behind Nomadic Matt, a free chunk of the wonderfully satirical travel book from John Drummer entitled Serge Bastarde ate my Baguette, the surprisingly wonderful body benefits of fibre on the road, brought to you by our very own world traversing fitness instructor and the very first video travel guide from St Christopher’s, blowing open the London Borough of Hammersmith with an expose on everything that’s fun, cheap and thoroughly enjoyable.
This E-zine is of course just like a Kinder Surprise and when you crack it open, you never know what you’re going to find - so until November I leave you to read away, assimilate what you will and skip over the stuff that’s absolutely useless to you.
‐ Rob Savage
This Months Features
- The Top 5 Unusual Urban Legends
- Top 5 Reads
- Write Around the World
- Beauty Terrorist
- Travel Book - Serge Bastarde ate my Baguette
- Free Nights in London - Competition
- Music Mashup
- Travel Spotlight - Basel
- 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 5 Unusual Urban Legends
We go off the beaten track this month with the top five, unusual urban legends around – purely for your campfire and dorm room, story telling good times!
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
Check out the best reads on the road from the top publishers in the business. We've got more from Armistead Maupin’s tantalising Tales of the City series, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and more, so have a little read!
We've been getting lots of info about what you're wrapping your eyes around so why not share it with your backpacking fellows? To submit your book ideas EMAIL US.
Write Around the World
This month we crown Peter Meehan as our travel writing champion with his story of Vang Vieng in Laos.
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
The female backpacker's best friend is back with the best round up of beauty tips and the hottest accessories around, when it comes to protecting your skin from the harsh reality of winter.
Got any suggestions for upcoming articles? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Travel Book - Serge Bastarde ate my Baguette
This month you lucky things get to read a massive (and free) chunk of John Dummer’s Serge Bastarde ate my Baguette. It’s as funny as it sounds and then some!
What book wouldn't you leave home without? To send in your top recommendations EMAIL US.
Free Nights in Berlin - Competition
September's prize goes to Kilian Ullmann who answered one simple question. You can win free beds for you and a mate in Berlin, by doing the same.
Music Mashup
DJ Michelle is back with the beat on the albums you should buy,
Jay Z at the Roundhouse and a review of Dizzee Rascal’s new album, Tongue in Cheek.
Expand our musical vocabulary by sharing your top tune tips. EMAIL US.
Backpacker Bites
This month we welcome fitness instructor David Haw with his in depth advice on travel diets, the miracles behind fibre (we were surprised too) and much more.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Travel Spotlight - Basel
Explore the unusual nudists of Switzerland as we head over to Basel for a little unexpected hedonism, sling shot swimming sessions in the Rhine, musical military tattoos and then some!
Ethical Travel
This month Ethical Travel columnist Jackie Reddy explores the markets of London where you can pick up some top notch, fairly traded goods of all shapes and sizes!
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so EMAIL US.
Interview Time
Rob Savage has a little one on one chat with Matthew Kepnes – the world traversing blogger behind travel tip website, Nomadic Matt.
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 Columnist – Eva Dam, Berlin and Edinburgh Columnist - Kristin Kendle, Bruges Columnist - James Garrett, Backpacker Bites – David Haw, Ethical Travel – Jackie Reddy, Music Mashup – Michelle Mangal, Paris Columnist – Lisa Buros, Write For A Night – Peter Meehan
Thank You To:
The Travel Writing Team, Riverside Studios, Lyric Hammersmith, Transworld, Harper Perennial, Summersdale, Freedom PR, Mathew Kepnes and Swiss Tourism.
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
