February E-Zine
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Editor's Note - February 2010
The winter blues are at last retreating, the days are getting longer, the end of the recession is at last in sight and love it or loathe it, romance is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches. This lump sum of good news is most certainly something to be tickled pink about, so to celebrate I’ve stuffed the February E-zine with the best summer sun laden, cheap trip tips, event forecasts across Europe and your favourite, bread and butter guides to fitness, beauty, and reading on the road.
The top five winter breaks article takes you from Tenerife to Corfu and beyond, the reads on the road article shows you on a highly concentrated tour of Scotland and pop psychology, and Beauty Terrorist does its bit in the war against recession, with some pocket money friendly advice on cutting costs.
The Ethical Travel series is soldiering on with a wonderful guide to learning languages for free, the Healthy Backpacking column combats the ailments brought about by recycled air on long haul flights and over in Interview Time, Gemma Watts takes you guys through the UK jobs on offer to travellers, with the Hospitality Skills Academy.
This just leaves the ever expanding February event guides to Edinburgh, London, Newquay, Brighton, Paris, Berlin, Bruges and Amsterdam, and for me to say all the best as Spring approaches, and the European travel circuit well and truly warms up. Until March.
- Rob Savage
This Months Features
- Top 5 Travel Tips - Winter Sunshine Breaks
- Top 5 Reads - February 2010
- Write Around the World
- Beauty Terrorist
- Travel Book Extract - Chasing Dean
- Hot Hostel Competition
- Travel Spotlight - Cambridge
- Europe's Famous Hostel
- Ethical Travel
- Interview Time - Gemma Watts
- 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 Five - Winter Sunshine Breaks
This month we bring you the top five, European winter sun destinations and a breakdown of just how cheap, and easy it is to get to them!
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 - February 2010
The best books this month come from the lovely travel writers at Lonely Planet, the Rough Guides and Cicerone, on top of some great literary offering from psychologist turned novelist Irvin D. Yalom, and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things.
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 Autumn Mooney at the winner of our monthly travel writing competition, with her captivating tale of sailing along Croatia’s beautiful coastline.
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 some fantastic budget beauty tips on how to make home made face masks, how to soften your skin with wine and much more.
Got any suggestions for upcoming articles? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Travel Book - Chasing Dean
This month we have a free extract from the surfing tales told within the pages of Chasing Dean. This is a turbulent and touching tale of hurricane chasing and more. Enjoy!
Free Nights in Paris - Competition
This month's prize goes to Jennifer Apell who answered one simple question. You can win free beds for you and a mate in Paris, by doing the same.
Travel Spotlight - Cambridge
We start the New Year with a special travel article on the historic city of Cambridge, featuring a spot of punting and a ghoulish ghost tour.
Expand our musical vocabulary by sharing your top tune tips. EMAIL US.
Backpacker Bites
David Haw is back with his guide to staying healthy on the road, despite the air conditioning obstacles and recycled air on long haul flights.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Europe's Famous Hostel
Join our famous friends across Europe with a chunk of their January guide to the pros, and cons of Europe’s budget friendly airlines.
Have you been to London theatre worth spreading the word about?EMAIL US.
Ethical Travel
Jackie Reddy introduces you to free language lessons on the road, so that you guys can talk the talk when you visit a new country.
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so EMAIL US.
Interview Time
Rob Savage catches up with Gemma Watts from the National Skills Academy to see what this organisation can do to help out backpackers who want to work in the UK, during their travels.
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:
Berlin and Edinburgh Columnist - Kristin Kendle, Brighton Columnist – Peter Meehan, Bruges Columnist - James Garrett , Backpacker Bites – David Haw, Ethical Travel – Jackie Reddy, Newquay Columnist - Anthony Fröhlich, Paris Columnist – Lisa Buros, Write For A Night – Autumn Mooney
Thank you to:
Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Cicerone, Gemma Watts, the National Skills Academy and the travel writing team.
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
