http://cnntraveller.com CNN Traveller Magazine Website Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The word 'voodoo' conjures up images of terrifying rituals, pin-riddled dolls and lurching zombies. Thankfully, the realities are rather different, as Tony Kelly discovers in the west African nations of Togo and Benin It is almost dusk when I arrive ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/spirit-world/ It has been over 10 years since Montserrat’s Soufrière Hills volcano dramatically blew its top, but time has largely stood still for the once prosperous Caribbean island. Rob Crossan treads carefully Paul McCartney is covered ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/gathering-dust/ TOWERS OF STRENGTH Originally built as luxury homes by returning émigrés, the recently Unesco-listed towers of Kaiping were later enlisted for a more warlike purpose. Brandon Zatt reports. Photography by Timothy O’Rourke She ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/towers-of-strength/ Varanasi is India’s sacred city; where ancient palaces look out over sacred ghats washed by the eternal Ganges. But can an unholy alliance of development, corruption and neglect be prevented from causing irreversible damage? Mark Stratton reports ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/struggle-for-salvation/ Papua New Guinea’s remote border town of Vanimo is finding that its idyllic tropical isolation comes at a price. Brett Bull discovers why South Pacific Brewery, the largest brewery in Papua New Guinea (PNG), ships its slightly bitter SP ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/no-beer-today/ As they have for well over a century, cargo boats form a link between mainstream Indonesia and the isolated settlements of Borneo’s interior. Mark Eveleigh hitches a ride for a potentially hazardous journey along the Kapuas River ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/into-the-heart-of-darkness/ Austria’s capital is back to its cosmopolitan best, says William Cook 09.00: Vienna’s international food market, the Naschmarkt, is a great spot for breakfast or brunch, with fresh delicacies on sale from virtually every country you can think of ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/24-hours-in-vienna/ On the wild and beautiful Croatian island of Cres, Frank Partridge discovers a last-ditch struggle to save one of Europe’s rarest species It did not take me long to fall in love with Koleda. She approached me nervously at ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/a-wing-and-a-prayer/ John Duerden discovers heritage and antiquity go hand in hand with modernity and innovation in South Korea’s capital 09.00: After breakfast, head to the Gyeongbokgung Palace. The headquarters of the Joseon Dynasty was originally built in 1395, but has ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/24-hours-in-seoul/ As globalisation and modernity knock on Argentina’s door, Daniel Neilson tracks down the Buenos Aires of the mind It was a simple gesture, a throwaway comment. But it was enough to make me realise I was in a different Buenos ... http://cnntraveller.com/2008/05/01/soul-searching/