This Week’s Travel Highlights
February 15th, 2007 by Pia Taylor

Things move fast in the world of travel, so if you missed anything on Backpackers.com, check out this week’s highlights for a recap:
- Sweden Goes Virtual – Sweden creates a virtual embassy in Second Life.
- Travel Photo Of The Week – ‘Ganga is the Lifeline of Indian Culture’ – our latest cool travel photo from the Backpackers Travel Photo Pool on Flickr.
- This Is The Life: The World’s Greatest Experiences? – find out what ‘zorbing’ is and what other great experiences you haven’t heard about yet.
- Win Tickets to Splashy Fen 2007: South Africa’s Longest Running Music Festival – we’re giving away two double-passes to one of South Africa’s coolest music festivals.
- Just Announced: A New Addition To Britain’s Summer Festival Calendar – The Knowsley Hall Music Festival – an exciting new festival coming up in England’s summertime.
- A Working Holiday With A Difference: Selling Sex To Earn Travel Money – how some travellers find unusual ways to earn their travel money.
- Tripmates Becomes ‘TripUp’ – our friends at social networking site, Tripmates, have a makeover.
There we go! Now that you’ve caught up we hope you enjoy the week ahead.
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