Archive for the ‘berezinsky national park’ Category
Bits and pieces
1. Way way back in 1997, when I first discovered the magic of the internet, the first site where I actually spent any time and interacted with people was the Lonely Planet site. It’s not as good as it used to be, as far as I’m concerned – they used to have much more destination information up there, before they presumably realised that if they put all that information on the website, no one’d bother buying the books any more – but there’s still a lot of interesting stuff – I particularly like their section on responsible travel, and this article (on showering on the Trans-Siberian railway) made me laugh, especially as I will be Trans-Mongolianing next month. On the other hand, they seem to have changed their accommodation booking interface to something infinitely less useful than it used to be (no information about pricing on the front page? Pah), so I will be booking my Budapest accommodation here instead.
2. Good lord, Oz-Bus. While the very concept fills me with snobbish, misanthropic horror, encouraging overland travel can only be a good thing, right? Maybe?
3. Due to my obsessive reading of the Observer’s weekend travel supplement, I have finally found the answer to one of my burning questions, i.e. ‘what is there to see in Belarus?’ Answer: Berezinsky National Park. It’s got bison! Now, if only I could find out what there is to see in the Central African Republic, I could die happy.
(Not really.)
Oh, here you go. I still don’t know anyone who’s been there as a tourist, though.
