Media Watch – Weekend Roundup (31 Jan/1 Feb 09)

by Simon on January 31, 2009

In The Telegraph Charles Starmer-Smith goes skiing in St Anton in a campervan and there’s an excellent piece on Laos (except their web links to the operator (TransIndus) don’t work. It’s always really frustrating for an operator who gives the paper a free trip, put loads of effort into making it go well and then the paper pays them back by putting a comma instead of a full stop in their URL)

In The Times Daniel Finkelstein gets around to writing up a trip he made to Crete three years ago. He must have been busy. Why don’t travel pieces put the date they travelled in the piece? I guess they wouldn’t be able to re-hash old articles. Elsewhere, Eleanor Mills visits the quirky but costly Carlisle Bay in Antigua. There’s also a visit to Saudi and whale watching off the Irish coast.

The NY Times goes spearfishing in Michigan. There’s slightly more appealing fishing in The Bahamas and Christine Woodside looks back at 7 years of taking her kids on The Appalachian Trail.

The Guardian goes on a wine trip in Argentina (nice), walking in Wales, another safari in Mozambique and comedy in Meribel. Comedy is in short supply though in part 4 of Danny’s desperately unfunny big adventure.

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