Welcome to the first Carnival of Cities for 2010. This edition sports a wide range of topics from a lot of cool bloggers, many which are taking part for the first time and it's a real bumper volume today.

Diving, rice-loving pigs, and lots of luxury travel sites in this month's roundup

Lonely Planet in shocking author admission of plagiarism and corruption. Roman catacombs, Civil War destinations, and more airline bankruptcies. It's a 'fun' week in travel.