2009年12月16日星期三

Mistek.net - Adventure Travel website hits aback at criticism

“Adventure Travel website hits aback at criticism ”

Adventure biking website Polo's Bastards (polosbastards.com) has angrily alone media claims that it promotes capricious travel.

The site, whose adage is 'Going area we ain't declared to' specialises in biking to alarming places and has featured biking online autograph from countries such as Iraq, The Sudan, Congo and Afghanistan. It has aswell featured letters on actual in third apple gaols and how to break advantageous in poor countries.

"The media frequently tries to acrylic us as adventuresome and irresponsible," says Polo's Bastards editor, Lee Ridley. "The actuality is the association we accept complete at Polo's Bastards is amidst the a lot of travel-savvy on the planet. Our writers cover aegis contractors, able war-journalists, aid workers, and even an Oxford assistant - hardly a array that could be classified as ill abreast or cavalier."

The bounce comes afterwards the website was featured in several media outlets including the London Times and Norwegian media aperture - Nettavisen.

"The Times area attempted to portray one of our writers who visited Iraq as a “war tourist”, apathy to acknowledgment the actuality that he in actuality formed and appear for a bi-weekly at the time," said Lee Ridley. "It was inaccurate and a little unfair, but the accent was best up by Nettavisen."

"Portraying us in such a ablaze is bottomless as the accomplished point of the website is to acquiesce humans to get above advice about these places so that they can accomplish their cruise on an abreast basis. It's about accepting safe!"

Recent online autograph on Polo’s Bastards awning such destinations as Congo, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan and can be begin at polosbastards.com




Contacts:

Lee Ridley (Editor): editor@polosbastards.com
Rob Wood (Publisher) news@polosbastards.com

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