Travelfish #527: The Tiles Edition

This week I’m leading with an interesting piece on travel bloggers/influencers/whatever and China. This week I’m leading with an interesting piece on travel bloggers/influencers/whatever and China. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Return to the Travelfish homepage](%2F%2Fwww.travelfish.org%2F/1/0100019120a13eb5-0e0b933c-d91e-4b6e-b114-5c3983150824-000000/zIqdL8cHNyFWgHXYsjaKzrR2w28=385) [alt_text] [Travelfish #527: The Tiles Edition](%2F%2Fwww.travelfish.org%2Fnewsletter%2Fnews%2F527/1/0100019120a13eb5-0e0b933c-d91e-4b6e-b114-5c3983150824-000000/Rk5R78p1gO_-PTBUO50BaI0PMus=385) Published: 5th August, 2024 Hi all, This week I’m leading with an interesting piece on travel bloggers/influencers/whatever and China. This is far from an issue restricted to the content creators the story centres on, though the quote “The Uyghur people, everyone seemed fine,” was pretty special. An otherwise quiet week here at Casa Travelfish. That would be quiet aside from the racket from the slowest builders on earth who, having spent about 8,000 days replacing the roof on our main door have decided to take it all off and start again. Fun times, and while they’re yet to deliver a roof, they have delivered the theme for this week’s newsletter: Tiles. Lastly, a big thank you to those who filled out the AI+ travel writing survey I ran. Results coming soon—as soon as I finish the other piece I’m still buried in. See you next week! Stuart [[READ ONLINE](%2F%2Fwww.travelfish.org%2Fnewsletter%2Fnews%2F527/2/0100019120a13eb5-0e0b933c-d91e-4b6e-b114-5c3983150824-000000/oZmraRKVhacTLNTbgqNt49UYqDs=385)] [[UNSUBSCRIBE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for an affordable riverside spot in Bangkok? 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