Welcome to round three of our new series of weekly travelinks, a collection of travel miscellany that we find interesting, amusing or just want to share - new blog posts, images, hotels, festivals, people, videos and other bits and bobs. And if you have anything you want to add, find out how to swing a travelink our way after these tasty little numbers.
• China re-opened the Tibetan borders last week after a two-month closure. Assuming you weren't part of the German tourist group that visited this weekend, here's some nice moving eye candy for you: blogger Graham Walker visited the country a few years back, and posted a flurry of brilliant video shorts upon his return.
• If you're reading this after 12.10pm, skip to the next link. If not, get ready to refresh page like you've never refreshed page before. The Hoxton hotel in London is holding one of its mercurial £1 room sales at midday today, with 500 rooms available to the quickest clickers.
• Where's cool? A question we often ponder. But from here on in, such cosmic wonderings should all be covered by the newly-unveiled wherescool.com. The user-generated site is a work in progress, but currently features a picture on the home page of two stuffed pandas making whoopee in New York's Museum of Sex. An auspicious start.
• Australia just keeps on giving. Following on from the never-ending PR shaggy dog tale, sorry exciting opportunity, that was 'the best job in the world', Tourism Australia have gone social networking loopy, and are offering six gap year placements - including working in a hostel in Melbourne and deck handing on the Whitsundays - to members of their Facebook and Bebo groups.
• And talking of Melbourne, a new street art tour has just launched there. And I bet you didn't know it was possible to say "street" and "art" three times apiece in a single sentence, did you? "Melbourne street art tours is the first street art tour in Australia that is run by street artists," they say.
• Here's one to bookmark. Every day National Geographic's photo editor Susan Welchman picks a dozen superb photos for our ogling pleasure. Very nice indeed.
• Our Been There road trip photo competition received some brilliant entries this week. To wash it down, have a look at The Travel Editor's list of the world's best drives, from the French Corniche to the UAE's 'Empty Quarter'.
• Heather Cowper is an excellent blogger whose 'Heather on her travels' blog is well worth checking in on. A recent post directed us to previously.bitten's 10 offbeat experiences in Tokyo, featuring a wander through the alleys of Shibuya (where the Love Hotels are situated), and the world's largest Buddhas in Kamakura.
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