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Barbara Weibel
Personal blog · holeinthedonut.comculture
Barbara Weibel writes Hole in the Donut Cultural Travel, a personal blog at holeinthedonut.com about culture. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment is a bare pointer to a post on volunteer-abroad charity scams, so HN readers link it for its subject, not for any praise of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
On Hole in the Donut Cultural Travels, Barbara Weibel publishes stories about the more than 100 countries she has visited.
What Hacker News says?
Just google "volunteer abroad scams". https://holeinthedonut.com/2011/02/21/scam-volunteer-charity...
Comment linking /2011/02/21/scam-volunteer-charity-programs/
on “UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks harm mental health”Submitted Salina Turda Salt Mine in Romania as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The White Gold of Turda, Romania as a story · 1 points
HN discussion