Some of the most amazing adventure destinations center around the great rivers of the world. Whether it's rafting the Rio Grande, kayaking the Congo, or simply taking a leisurely cruise down the Nile, we seem to have a fascination with these waterways that have played an ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Burma (Myanmar)
Exploring the Mekong River
Some of the most amazing adventure destinations center around the great rivers of the world. Whether it's rafting the Rio Grande, kayaking the Congo, or simply taking a leisurely cruise down the Nile, we seem to have a fascination with these waterways that have played an ...Photo of the Day (10.17.09)
I've said it several times, and I will say it again: Myanmar is a beautiful place. Go there. The Burmese people are some of the most earnest people I've met on my travels. Despite the continued political strife in the country and the devastating cyclone that swept through ...South by Southeast: New directions in Southeast Asia
What is it about Southeast Asia that so captivates our attention? For many Westerners, Southeast Asia has attained an identity of exoticism and escape, enchanting travelers as a destination "off the map" of global tourism. It's a myth readily fed by popular culture. From ...Through the Gadling Lens: photographing the children of the world
I was recently instant-messaging a friend of mine, asking him if he had any suggestions for what we could talk about this week here on Through the Gadling Lens. "Why don't you talk about taking photographs of kids?" he asked. I demurred. "Umm, I really try to keep this ...Photo of the Day (6.14.09)
Flickr user Lady Expat is responsible today's stunning Photo of the Day shot. There's so much wonderful stuff happening here, it's hard to describe it all. The first feature you probably noticed are the stunning colors of the green/yellow pillars, which contrast with the ...Photo of the Day (3-18-09)
A person can't help but come across a reclining Buddha when traveling in Asia. Lady Expat, however, found an angle of this one in Bago, Myanmar that I haven't seen before. I imagine this Buddha enjoying a moment watching the clouds go by. Bliss.
If you've captured a ...Photo of the Day (2.2.09)
This amazing photograph is entitled "An Angel in Burma" -- and really, there's not a whole lot more to say. Photographer uncorneredmarket shared this beautiful image with us in our Gadling flickr pool, and says he took this shot at a railway station stop on the first day ...Survival at sea a hoax?
Ten days later, the two men from Myanmar who Scott reported were rescued from a floating refrigerator and supposedly survived 25 days at sea with little nourishment are back in the news, but this time because authorities are calling their survival story a hoax. The men were ...Photo of the Day (1.17.09)
It really is no wonder why we say, "We'll cross that bridge when we get/come to it." For me, crossing a bridge symbolizes a journey from one state of mind to another. Wherever it is you travel in the world, bridges are some of the most beautiful sights. Take the London ...Tim Patterson on the Kachin struggle for freedom in Myanmar
My travel writing buddy Tim Patterson has been traveling around Southeast Asia for six months now doing a bunch of things, but when I learned of his latest project in Myanmar, my eyes and ears perked up and I hope yours will too. He and his friend Ryan Libre have been ...Photo of the Day (12.13.08)
Myanmar has been on my mind. I am indebted to this country alone, so ripe with political strife, for the worldly passion I now possess. Just a year and a half ago, I stepped off the plane in Yangon a naive and lonely American traveler. I learned by observation that the men ...Blogger Brenda Yun
1. Where was your photo taken: Somewhere along a three-day trek between Kalaw and Inle Lake in Myanmar. 2. Where do you live now: Honolulu, Hawaii 3. Scariest airline flown: Avianca (a Colombian airline) -- Avianca flights never depart on time. We once departed from ..."Let's build a city... there!" The world's 4 least impressive planned capitals
Cities tend to develop the way living organisms do-- they begin their lives as small and simple creatures, they eventually flower into maturity, and some occasionally decay and die out. Cities are located where they are-- Paris is on the Seine, Sydney is on the Pacific ...Talking travel with author of "The Snake Charmer"
I'm here with Jamie James, a former critic at The New Yorker turned author. His latest book, "The Snake Charmer", centers around a renegade herpetologist who ultimately dies in the jungles of Burma after getting bitten by a krait, one of the world's deadliest snakes. Jamie ...When is Travel Too Dangerous?
Sometimes, common sense is all you need to decide if a trip is too risky. For example, a expedition to build sandcastles on Galveston Island wouldn't have worked out well during Hurricane Ike. But at other times the decision to stay or go is a lot less clear. Do you avoid ...Top tourist sights Americans can't visit
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As you might realize, there are certain countries that are considered "no-go's" for American travelers, be it for political or economic or other reasons. Publication Foreign Policy took a closer look at this question of prohibited places, recently creating a list of the "Top ...Just how bad was Myanmar flooded?
Google just updated their map servers with imagery from before and after Cyclone Nargis that struck earlier this month. The resulting data are pretty shocking. Click on the Google map to see a regular layout of the country's coast. You can see the cyclone's path and what ...Lonely Planet's Burma guide called unethical
Traveling can be political, and as reported by the BBC last September, guidebooks even more so. The current political situation in Burma is so highly charged that Britain's Trade Union Congress (TUC) is asking travelers to stop buying Lonely Planet's guide to Burma in order ...Rocks that are more than rocks: Must see destinations
When I was in 8th grade, my school bus went past a house with an enormous multicolored map of the United States painted on an even more enormous flat rock in the front yard. Each state was a different color than the ones surrounding it. My bus driver thought it was the ...GADLING TAKE FIVE: Week of October 27--November 2
Pretend this is Friday for a moment. That's when the Gadling Take Five would have come out if it wasn't Halloween this week, my daughter's birthday and, well, whatever. Since looking back over the week at Gadling so I can throw kudos to my fellow bloggers is a highpoint for ...
