The Travel Tart

Brian Thacker Interview – Funny ‘Possie’ Travel Writer

anthony — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:33 +0000

Brian Thacker is a Travel Writer who thinks of silly travel ideas, such as turning up to numerous countries without a guidebook and actually acting on them. He then turns these experiences into a number of Funny Travel Books which are a great read. Actually, I’m a bit envious of him – he travels, writes, gains income [...]

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FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa – Funny and Offbeat Travel Attractions of Competing Football Nations

anthony — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:39:24 +0000

The FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa promises to be another sporting spectacular when it kicks off on June 11. There are now under 100 days before the FIFA World Cup 2010 starts. There are 32 countries from every continent (except for Antarctica!) competing for one sport’s ultimate prizes. You can check out the official [...]

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My Nuts – Interesting Travel Photo

anthony — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:37:59 +0000

My Nuts is usually something most males think about if they’ve been kicked there accidentally. However, My Nuts probably isn’t usually associated with something you can eat. But check out this Interesting Travel Photo taken by Carrie Kellenberger from My Several Worlds (you can follow her on Twitter at Globtrotteri). This is from a local supermarket in Taiwan. Hmm, [...]

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Cockroach Racing, Brisbane, Australia – An Australia Day Celebration

anthony — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:34:04 +0000

Cockroach Racing is a popular event that occurs every year in Brisbane, Australia. They occur on Australia Day – the 26th of January each year. Australia Day is the national holiday which commemorates the day where white settlers first came to Australia, on January 26, 1788. But Australians couldn’t be bothered with big military parades or any [...]

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Twitter Contests for Travel – Contestant Types

anthony — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:05:16 +0000

Since Twitter has exploded, there seems to be an exponential increase in Twitter Travel Contests around the place. There doesn’t seem to be day where someone is offering a giveaway if you tweet this or that. Hey, I’ve even had a few giveaways here on The Travel Tart, such as the odd Travel Book here and [...]

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Peter Moore Interview – Funny Australian Travel Writer, not the EA Sports Video Game Dude

anthony — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:35:53 +0000

I’m really chuffed today – I have an interview with one of my all time favourite Travel Writers, Peter Moore. I’m a massive fan of his work, which tends to take the piss out of his travels. Two of his titles appeared in my Top 5 Funny Travel Books. You can check out the official Peter [...]

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Travel 2010 versus Travel in 1990

anthony — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:23:27 +0000

Travel 2010 versus Travel in 1990. Travel as we know it has been changed forever. It’s changed so much of the last 20 years or so, that it’s barely recognisable from the beast of 1990. And 1990 wasn’t THAT long ago (it’s in my living memory)! Most of these changes are thanks to the internet! I think the Internet [...]

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Travelling Insurance – I got attacked by a bear while backpacking through Europe

anthony — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:05:28 +0000

Today we have a guest post about Travelling Insurance from this crazy character called Bryant from Travelling Insurance.org. Whilst I might be a little bit crazy, personally, I always to take out Travelling Insurance whenever I go overseas. But it’s usually of the Tight Arse variety and I wonder if I’d actually get any money back [...]

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Cane Toad World, Cairns, Australia – New Tourist Attraction

anthony — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:09:05 +0000

Cane Toad World is located in the small town of Gordonvale, just outside the major tourist centre of Cairns, in Australia, and is my New Tourist Attraction of the week. Cane Toads were imported from Hawaii to Australia in the 1930’s to help control the Cane Beetle grub, which was affecting the cash crop of Sugar [...]

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Paul Sorvino Interview – Acting, Opera, Tomato Sauce and the Amalfi Coast

anthony — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:58:49 +0000

Many of you would know about movie and theater legend, Paul Sorvino as he has starred as Paulie Cicero in the mob movie, Goodfellas, and as Henry Kissinger in Nixon. He’s been in loads of other movies and TV shows as well and is a well respected actor. You can view his Filmography at the Internet Movie Database. Anyway, [...]

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