This weekend, the tiny town of Hokitika, New Zealand, population 4,500, will be flooded by 17,000 foodies, who are flying, driving and bussing in from all over sample the oddest delicacies they can get their mitts on.

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.

Abha Malpani of the Written Road spilled the beans today about a new online travel community that’s just emerged from private beta. Matador Travel is going for one-stop shopping for all your Web 2.0 travel-site needs.

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.

“Where Have You Been?” is a monthly NYC event for travelers with different slant on the whole business of going elsewhere, and a good story to back it up.

Travel headlines for the weekend of 1/14/07

The NY Times has their end-of-year picks, while the LA Times and Washington Post finally get their snow-season specials on the lift.

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.

Ever wondered what happens to airplanes after they take their last trip to the hangar? According to the BBC, this question is on the minds of the bigwigs in the aviation industry.

Travel with a DIY streak seemed to be on the minds of travel editors near and far this weekend.