CN Traveler’s got a new blog over at Concierge.com. They’ve assigned Canadian food and travel writer Mark Schatzker to go around the world in 80 days

Not content to simply smash records, scale imposing peaks, and cross the earth’s most forbidding terrain, a new breed of adventurer has emerged that’s determined to do it all without any mechanical help.

In May 2004, Jono Lewarne and a childhood friend set out from the UK for a 12-month round-the-world trip. Little did he know, then, that it would turn into an odyssey that would run through April 2006.

On a round-the-world jaunt, foodie documentarian Liz Morrison was dismayed by the number of American fast-food franchises that she discovered crapping up foreign locales

Travel headlines for the weekend of 12/24/06

The duo behind BigTripProductions’ videos aren’t kidding with the “Big Trip” part. Otherwise known as Kevin Allgood and Valerie Marshall, they’re currently on a one-year, round-the-world journey that they’re filming and blogging along the way.

UK-based writer Rachael Glazier decided to put her green beliefs into some extreme practice this month. Looking for an alternative to carbon-belching jumbo jets for a long-haul trip, she opted to travel from London to Hong Kong, by train.

Condé Nast Traveler is roundup-happy these days, following up their 2006 movie poll with a feature in this month’s issue about music and travel, Around the World in 50 Songs.

For your pre-weekend entertainment: ostrich riding and racing in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, ostrich capital of the world.

The NYT’s Frugal Traveler, Matt Gross, continues his thrifty jaunt through the summer that started a month back in Lisbon. This week’s installment finds him in Albania.