This week I wanted to share a few websites I have come across recently. They are a mixed bag of different areas of interest and illustrate the wide skope of my blog thus far.
This is a collection of bloggers and editors that bring to the surface news items that might otherwise get overlooked.
Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. We work to develop tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices, everywhere, to be heard.
So for some insight into far away places, or for a new perspective on an old story – check them out.
This is a company that has, for a while, caught my attention. Like Tour d’Afrique, where I’m employed, KE offers cycling and other adventurous holidays in some of the most distant and intriguing places on earth. From Bhutan, to Guatemala, to Tanzania, they have a huge variety of tours in many parts of the world. With the launch of a new website recently, its now much easier to navigate to the tour that interests you.
Similar to NBC’s World Blog – which I previously reported on here – Correspondent is the stories from reporters working for the AFP newswire service. You can browse by blogger/author (and there are many) or by region. It’s a great blog to find out some on-the-ground insight into stories in the news.
Al Jazeera Engligh English News
It’s the CNN of the middle east. Al Jazeera has some excellent reporting, and offers a good alternative point of view to the mainstream North American media.
Since I am based in Toronto, I had to include a little local flavour. This is a great blog covering both local and international cycling stories – usually focussing more on advocacy and not on competitive cycling. Watch the video at the end of this post, its quite funny.
More and more I am seeing sites like ekoVenture that are offering new and unique ways to search for and find your next big trip or to read up on first hand accounts of others travellers experiences. Alot of these sites are embracing social media and finding all sorts of ways to utilize it. Some other honourable mentions here are whereivebeen.com, tourabout.com, gliider.com, and wayn.com.
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Hey Shanny,
thanks for the mention.
Cheers Carl