Re: Top 10 geeky travel facts. How many do you know?

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Subscribe | Unsubscribe Best of Lonely Planet 5 January 2010     Happy New Year! This newsletter brims with our favourite travel treats for the year ahead. Travel trivia, superstar ducks, global toilets, discount guidebooks and the best hugs on the road – here's to bringing you all of travel's finest in 2010 and beyond.    › Save 30% on everything! Limited time. Vivek Wagle Travel Editor 10 geeky travel facts Did you know Mt Everest is still growing? And yet Mexico City is sinking… Whether you're out and proud nerd or a closet geek, we've got some real travel trivia to keep you nodding and 'mm-hmm'ing right through the holidays. Find out something you don't know If you're a travel gadget geek, check out the forum's Travel Tech branch Shop offers     30% off all guidebooks Grab a New Year bargain   30% off digital chapters Download 'em cheap!   Win a 2010 Calendar Tell us when the Surin Elephant Round-Up occurs? Enter to win (by 15 Jan) Or buy now and save 30% Shop special offer - limited time! 30% off everything - limited time!   Your guide to the world's toilets The etiquette of squat toilets, decoding the array of bidet options, spending a penny only to demand a refund. One of our favourite bloggers packs an extra roll and ventures into the toilets of the world. Flush the world's weirdest toilets You might need those toilets after a hit of Extreme Cuisine     Meet the Peabody Ducks You're not the only one getting the 5-star treatment at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. The famous resident ducks get to relax in a penthouse suite before working the foyer's red carpet for crowds of adoring fans every day. True story!   Get quacking! Discover A Year of Watching Wildlife   What you've been talking about  • Ultimate travel experiences? • Gifts for travel beginners • The cheapest Michelin-starred meal • India for first timers • Roadtrip 48 US states   Videos we're loving right now         Tour Tuscany Our author guides you         Istanbul's craziest cab driver Singing and dancing behind the wheel       Timeless adventures in Thailand Get into the way of life                ADVERTISEMENT Travel picks The world's weirdest festivals   Talking the language of hugs 1. Air Guitar World Championships, Oulu, Finland   Rockers the world over come here every August to wield their imaginary axe. 2. The Night of the Radishes, Oaxaca, Mexico   Every 23 December sees locals carving the humble vegetable into historical and biblical scenes. 3. Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea   Get down and dirty each July for mud-massage courses, mud-sliding competitions and a Mud King contest.   Our US travel ed Robert Reid reminisces about the best (and most inexplicable) hugs he's received on the road. What are yours? Cuddle up Get the full and freaky list Have you been to a strange festival? Tell us which one! Get more in A Year of Festivals         Share email with friends Follow us on Twitter Facebook Have your say         Lonely Planet home • Shop • Destinations • Community • Hotels & hostels • Travel services   Subscribe Copyright 2009 Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd