Every week we find lots of bits and bobs on the web that we really like, but we're not sure what to do with. Usually we brush them into a big virtual cupboard - a "to-do list" that we rarely get round to. Not any more. Our weekly travelinks will be a small collection of travel miscellany that we find interesting, amusing or just want to share - new blog posts, images, hotels, festivals, people, news stories, yadda, yadda.
Here's our first offering. After the jump, find out how to swing a travelink our way.
Weekly Travelinks
• World Hum recently posted a great gallery of Sao Paulo's graffiti, including the paint-soaked Batman's Alley in Vila Madalena.
• In the week that Street View burst onto the UK scene, Google Maps Mania and Google Sightseeing have been having all sorts of fun. The latter's painstaking research has discovered naked people and celebrities.
• While researching Shanghai stuff for Tessa Thorniley's Shanghai Swing piece last weekend, we discovered the Pujiang Hotel. It has quite the backstory - this (old-ish) piece from the Shanghai Daily News offers a précis of the guestbook, including Ulysses S. Grant, Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin.
• We still can't work out the difference between Lomography and being accidentally brilliant at photography. But we like it.
• Chernobyl tours are increasingly the rage. Lord knows why. Anyway, this bloke went on one and took lots of pictures.
• The summer festival scrum is gathering pace. One popped into our inbox this week that looked particularly interesting, if not only for the line-up. The Sunsplash Festival in Antalya will be headlined by Jamie Lidell, Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay. Oh, and the venue aint bad either - on the grounds of the swanky Hillside Su boutique hotel, darling.
• Across the pond, NewYorkology alerts us to the news that master piano craftsman Sante Auriti will constructing Steinway pianos in the window of Midtown's Steinway Hall this month.
• Afrigadget shares the inspirational tale of Alfred Sirleaf, Liberia's blackboard blogger.
How to submit a travelink
• Email benji.lanyado@theguardian.com or georgia.brown@theguardian.com with the word "Travelink" in the subject field.
• Tweet any links to @guardiantravel, @benjilanyado, or add #travelink to your tweet.
• Post a comment below and we'll put our faves in next week's round-up.
*** Please no PR submissions. Thanks. ***
