Sure, some people come to Rio de Janiero for the beaches, the music, the bikini waxes, but not my father.

South by Southwest is underway in Austin, with the much vaunted music portion of the festival kicking off tomorrow.

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

We got the nod from the tips-for-everything blog, Lifehacker, on Sunday. The Lifehackers definitely know their tech, and apparently, they’re pretty pleased with ours.

In a series of Lonely Planet blog posts that promises to be fascinating, LP writer Frances Linzee Gordon is publishing her experiences traveling as a single woman traveling in Saudi Arabia for an upcoming guide on the Arabian peninsula.

Kelly Loudenberg’s latest effort, a foray into culture jamming, is getting some pickup from the blogosphere.

Most viewed this weekend: cuddle parties and cockfighting (tee hee).

Erik at Gadling picked up a clip on Brooklyn’s Army of Björk party this week, shot by our very own Liza de Guia.

It’s awards season – and the travel bloggers of the world demand their share of the action, by golly!

A few months back, I blogged about Tribewanted.com’s Fijian island experiment. James Vlahos went along with the “first footers” who kicked off development on the island, and lived to tell the tale in National Geographic Adventure.