Category Archives: Tourism

Travel Is More Than Seeing Sights

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

To celebrate their 25th anniversary in the travel biz, Australia’s Intrepid Travel commissioned a moving film titled “Travel Is More Than The Seeing of Sights”. The wonderful little video was filmed over the course of 1 ½ years in 12 different … Continue reading →

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Call me Touko Korpela

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the Travoltafy name generator that lampooned John Travolta’s Oscar presentation flub, Visit Finland has launched the Finngenerator  app which allows users to discover their “Finnified” names. Just chose a gender and type in your name and hit generator. … Continue reading →

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Not the Full English

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

For most visitors to London, it’s all about the pubs, but for my part, I love me an old-school caff. In this short video by Rick Stanton, Nevio Pellicci, the grandson of the original founders of Bethnal Green’s renowned E. … Continue reading →

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No Luggage Required

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The luxury retailer Louis Vuitton has been slowly rolling-out a collection of limited edition travel books that is being sold in its boutiques. Each of the guides is being illustrated by a different international artist. The initial four books in … Continue reading →

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A Portrait of the City (a little delayed)

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to TBTP know that I’m inordinately fond of  old travel guidebooks, whimsical book illustrations and tales of eastern European intrigue. Of course I couldn’t pass-up a crazy story that I ran across the other day that has all … Continue reading →

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If You’re Going To…

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Brian D. Butler
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Bring Your Own Popcorn

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

On the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, just outside of the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, hidden at the base of a desert mountain range, sits an odd sight : hundreds of seats for an outdoor movie theater. … Continue reading →

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Wish You Were Here

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Melbourne-based Australian artist and designer Sass Cocker is the creative force behind the stationery and design firm Ask Alice. Each year she creates a themed charity calendar, donating 100% of the profits to Melbourne’s Asylum Seekers Resource Center. This time … Continue reading →

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A Lost Era of Travel

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

A recently discovered treasure trove of 1930s Japanese railway and tourism posters is being auctioned this month through Heritage Auctions Galleries . The gorgeous Art Deco-influenced posters are so rare that even poster museums have few examples from the collection. … Continue reading →

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New Zealand is Magical

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Last Spring California photographer/filmmaker Shawn Reeder spent three months gallivanting around New Zealand in a camper van. He took more than 150,000 still images and used them to produce this awesome timelapse video of his magical adventure.

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