Another week, another roundup of posts published by our contributors on their personal blogs.
From Anu, one of our contributors from India: Sky Watch Friday – Skies over Mumbai, a city skyline during Monsoon season.
Jason, our contributor from US West Coast, writes about Bolivia’s natural diversity in From Freezing Glaciers to Steaming Cloudforests: El Chorro Trek (more…)
Last Friday the UK celebrated the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, otherwise known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The day was designated as a special public holiday so most people had the day off work.
The happy couple
This week’s image representing love around the world is of a special kind of wedding cake Liz at Pocketcultures saw in the UK. It’s made up of wheels of cheese! She says this may be a current trend in the UK. What about in your country?
More cake?
Australian Wedding Cake
Portuguese New Year Cake
Chinese Mooncakes
This is the first in a new series of collaborative posts, where we explore different social situations from the point of view of our contributors around the world.
Today’s topic: how to greet people in different countries.
Today is Good Friday and in the UK it’s traditional to eat hot cross buns. We eat them toasted with butter – perfect with a cup of tea.
Happy Easter!
We love food photos from all over the world. If you have a great pic to contribute, go ahead and join our Flickr group where we are always looking for delicious things to post.
Read more:
Everyone’s Irish on March 17th
Cafe culture in Buenos Aires
Canadian maple toffee
The Ozbus left London last week on its inaugural overland trip from London to Sydney, which will pass through Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, India, China and Malaysia (probably not in that order) According to Ozbus, this trip has become possible only recently due to improved road conditions in Indonesia. It may be a bit slower than flying, but it is definitely more scenic!
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Picture Postcards: Colours of Argentina
The Netherlands – a country of many names
Cape Verde: Encouraging Storytelling and Creative Writing
From our contributors: week of May 13
Familiarizing the World with Assam.
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