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World's Worst Places: Top 10 Places In The World You Do Not Want To Visit In 2013
I'm the kind of person who can conjure up an excuse to visit just about any place. I grew up in Buffalo, America's most unfairly maligned city, and so I identify with underdog destinations – places with bad weather, crime, ugly people, rude people, you name it and I ...Budget Hong Kong: The Best Cheap Eats For Under US$5 A Bite
Tourists come to Hong Kong for a number of reasons: business, shopping, sightseeing.
Me? I came to eat.
I have long heard about Hong Kong's famed cuisine, with its unique blend of Chinese, Western, Japanese, Southeast Asian and international influences. The city ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: I Was Once An 'Ilegal Immigrant' In China (Part 2 of 2)
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The Urumqi Airport Aviation Hotel had a huge bug zapper behind the reception desk that gave off a piercing blue glow. I was handed a room key and a glossy brochure that brightened my mood considerably.
"Built in 1974, Airport Hotel locates ...Man Wears 70 Items Of Clothing To Avoid Baggage Fees
An air traveler ended up wearing 70 items of clothing in an effort to avoid extra baggage charges at an airport in China.
Digital Spy says a local paper reported that an unidentified passenger at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport took out and wore more than 60 ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: I Was Once An 'Illegal Immigrant' In China (Part 1 of 2)
After three months of arduous solo travel along the Silk Road, I was ready to cross my final frontier. I'd been forced to deviate from my plan to travel overland from Cairo to Shanghai, and was on a Xinjiang Airlines flight from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to the Chinese city of ...The Kimchi-ite: Life As A Foreigner In Asia
As a tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white American living in Asia, I tend to stand out in a crowd. It's an interesting and bizarre thing that has become a part of my everyday life. Even living in Seoul, one of the biggest cities in the world, where more and more people ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: Interview With A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Diplomat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is very much an under-the-radar career opportunity for Americans who are interested in trade promotion and living overseas. Compared to the other Foreign Affairs Agencies, the FAS is quite small. ...Video Of The Day: Getting To Know Guangzhou, China
For today's Video of the Day we're traveling to China, where this short video from Vimeo gives a glimpse of Guangzhou, the third largest city in the country. I like this video because it first offers an up close look at artists and other locals going about their day to ...
Is There A Perfect Way To Board A Plane? Researchers Say Yes
It's little surprise that China is crowded. Given a booming population that can afford to fly – and without an equally booming plane population – researchers in Beijing have been examining ways to make boarding planes most efficient.
The idea is to accommodate ...China Airshow To Feature Acrobatic Team
Airshow China 2012 is scheduled to run from November 13 to 18 and will feature over 600 exhibitors from 39 countries. Promising to be bigger and better this year, the show hopes to become more recognized by the international aviation and aerospace community. To help ...Mental Math: Easy Rules Of Thumb For Converting Currency
Being in a new country is full of enough culture shock – trying to remember how many dollars to the krona doesn't need to be part of it.
After all, constantly whipping out a calculator (well, a cellphone) and spending five minutes trying to figure out if that ...Sustainable Tourism Observatories Look To The Future Of Travel
Sustainable Tourism Observatories aim to provide standardized, usable information to recognize sustainable tourism providers. Travel agencies use this information to help in choosing sustainable suppliers and certification programs. Consumers use it to identify sound ...Hong Kong To Host International Food And Wine Festival
Hong Kong, a city that is already well known for its fantastic cuisine and amazing selection of wines, will extend its reputation for fine dining even further when it plays host to the 2012 American Express Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival. The four-day event, which runs ...China Cracks Down On Fire Extinguishers Filled With Flour
China is notorious for knock-off items. Fake Rolex? Sure. Fake Gucci handbag? Why not? Maybe even a fake degree from UCLA?
While such items have become commonplace in the Chinese economy, the world's most populous nation may have just one-upped itself in a scandal ...Great 'Cultural' Spa Experiences From Around The World
Even if you're not a spa junkie, it's hard to deny the appeal of a great massage or other self-indulgent treatment. I'm actually a massage school graduate, and although I ultimately decided not to pursue that career path, I've parlayed my experience into doing the odd spa ...Japan, China, Taiwan All Fighting Over Uninhabited Rock
Don't look now, but according to a recent article by CNN there is currently much ado about nothing going on in the East China Sea.
If you have never heard of the Senkaku Islands that's okay. Nobody lives there, so it's not as if you're going to offend anybody. In fact, ...4 Things To Know About Zhangjiajie, China's First National Park
Zhangjiajie is in the northwestern part of Hunan Province in central China. A UNESCO world heritage site, Zhangjiajie is one of the most unique destinations in China that you may never have heard of. Year-round Zhangjiajie National Park is home to breathtaking natural ...The Travels Of Indiana Jones
One of the greatest characters in movie history makes his way to Blu-Ray Disc today when "Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures" is released for the first time. The new box set lets us join the legendary globetrotting archaeologist as he goes in search of fortune and glory ...Fall Himalayan Climbing Season Begins
Most mountaineers, both actual and armchair, know that for two months each spring, Everest and the other big Himalayan peaks become the epicenter of the climbing world. From April to June, hundreds of mountaineers from around the globe descend on Nepal and Tibet with the ...China's 'Golden Waterway' Turns Blood Red
Those who believe a zombie apocalypse is upon us will be having a field day with this story. China's Yangtze River, also known as "The Golden Waterway," has ironically turned blood red. While mostly occurring around the industrial city of Chongquing, the incident has ...
