One of the most-read Irish blogs in my feedreader is culch.ie. A gathering of some of Irelands mot prolific bloggers and writers, among them Darren Byrne and Rick O’Shea, this funny bunch supplies a constant flow of blogposts on all things pop-culture, Irish and world-wide.

So if you are interested what movies, concerts and youtube-videos are the talk of the land here, please pay them a visit.

And, by the way, a culchie is a person from rural Ireland, often used in an insulting sense. But this should not put you off.

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This week we’re featuring two Yemeni bloggers who write about life in their country. Most of their posts are in Arabic, but with Google Translate and a bit of patience, we can see a bit of Yemen through the eyes of some Yemeni women.

Shells is about ‘Yemeni girls and the surrounding community’. In the post Shells and Pearl she says:

I mean in pearl every yemeni woman who try to be stronger and overcome all difficulties that she faces, shell are the environment around the pearl as family (father, mother, brothers, sisters and husband). Sometimes this shell dosn’t have a flexibility so this leads to damaging of the very fine pearl but even those pearls try to have her own identity and personility whatever happens. Sea is the society which also sometimes makes restrictions on the pearl, ocean is the whole world. So all of these things surround the little pearl. Is she lucky or poor? What can she do to deal with all of these things?

The second blog, Feeling (scroll down for English), aims to write about social issues. In a series of posts, the author Rahaf has been exploring the situation of street children in Yemen.

These bloggers were trained by the Hand in Hand Initiative, which is a project supported by Rising Voices, aiming to enable Yemenis to add their voices to the global blogosphere. This interview with project leader Ghaida’a al-Absi is also worth a watch to find out more about Yemen and the project, which has produced 67 new bloggers so far.

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Thanks to daily photo blogs, internet travellers can get a peek at cities all over the world with just one click. One of these cities is Christchurch, the biggest city in New Zealand’s South Island.

Christchurch is a picturesque city and, with its old buildings and the river Avon running through, some think it looks like a town you’d find in England. But it’s not all flower gardens and punting on the river as you can see from this blog called Christchurch Photo Diary. Life in Christchurch is depicted through daily photos about anything and everything that is going on.

Old and New Cashel Mall by Christchurch Photo Diary

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What do you think about Ethiopia? Deep from Ethiopia can guess:

Ask any non-Ethiopian what they think about Ethiopia and the answer will be a really grim one. The images of the 80’s are still burnt into many people’s minds. Images of war, famine and drought are really very hard to forget. You can add a guilt trip to it if you are the sensitive sort. These images are in fact so deeply ingrained that even the current generation thinks of Ethiopia as a desert land where nothing grows.

Read the rest of the post: What does it feel like to be an Ethiopian? before you make up your mind on this one.

You can easily read rest of the posts in one go - but to get a taste, take a look at driving in Ethiopia, and Ethiopian television.

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The German Way Expat Blog is a really usefull source of information for English-speaking expats (and those planning to become such) on the going-ons in all German-language countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Created as part of the German Way website, entries are written by webmaster Hyde Flippo and co-bloggers Geoff Galitz, Sarah Fürstenberger, and Jane Park; all are expats living in Germany.

To gain insight on the way expats experience everyday-life in Germany and all other German-language countries, this blog is a really good read. I’d also recommend it for native Germans (and Austrians and Swiss for that matter) who are interested in a different view on their country.

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On the pages of the St. Stephens’s Green Preservation society you’ll find tons of usefull information on the going ons in the capital of Ireland, interesting for both visitors and locals.

Here’s what they write about, in their own words:

What we hope to achieve with this blog is to give people out there some ideas about things to do in Dublin when you’re alive. As opposed to things to do in Denver…well, you get the idea. Gigs, markets, exhibitions, good pubs – nowhere is safe from our gruesome grip of tyranny. Or our recommendations. To be honest, we’re just going to do whatever takes our fancy on any given day. We’re considering a Hat of the Week section. But people dig hats right?

I personally dig hats, so I see no reason why you should not pay a visit to this outstanding blog - especially if you are looking for something to do that is not listed in the Lonely Planet-Dublin edition.

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We do not know much about who’s behind Tell me about Hanoi, but it is a good source of photos and stories about Hanoi and Vietnam.

Be patient with the ads, behind them are lurking interesting posts with insights into Vietnamese culture. Check this post for some beautiful photos of autumn in Hanoi.

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