"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity" - Charles MingusThere's a certain beauty in simplicity, even in regard to photography. I find this photo by lecercle to be a great example of taking simple ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo of the Day (11.3.09)
"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity" - Charles MingusThere's a certain beauty in simplicity, even in regard to photography. I find this photo by lecercle to be a great example of taking simple ...New luxury trains coming to India
It just goes to show that luxury travel may be as enduring as the Taj Mahal. Even in this economy, not one but two luxury trains are debuting in India in the next few months. The Indian Maharaja-Deccan Odyssey, the first privately-operated luxury tourist train in India, ...The international top five crappy pizzas
Bad pizza? Isn't that an oxymoron? Nope - despite the simplicity of melted cheese on dough, there is indeed such a thing as horrible pizza. I know; I ate some in Kaili, China - a town that has maybe 3 Westerners living in it, in a country that generally doesn't do bread or ...Get out and go: Events around the world (October 15-18)
Happy Hump Day, Gadling'ers! It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Islamabad - The Hot ...Pilots and crew brawl at 30,000 feet because of a flight attendant
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The wide open skies turned into the Wild West on an Air India flight when the pilots and crew started fist-fighting. The ...British Airways computer glitch posts super low cost flights to India
Late Friday night, an alert went out on Twitter. Fares to Mumbai, India, from locations all over the US were being offered at rock bottom prices on British Airways. Flights from Chicago to Mumbai were just $550 per person.
I quickly logged on to Orbitz, selected my dates, ...Photo of the Day (9.29.09)
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Today's Photo of the Day comes from Milan-based photographer, il lele. This photo was taken in the city of Fatehpur Sikri, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, ...Julia Roberts angers villagers in India during a Hindu holiday
When Julia Roberts and her film crew took over a temple in Pataudi, a small town south of New Delhi, India last week, the locals weren't too happy about it. Perhaps if the timing of the temple's film shoot for "Eat, Pray, Love" had been better planned there wouldn't have ...Cyclist circles the globe in 174 days
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Last weekend, British cyclist James Bowthorpe rolled into London's Hyde Park, finishing an epic ride around the globe, and setting a new world's ...Travel from the rest of the world to the U.S. falls ... again
Travel fell again in 2009, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data, as a weak economy put pressure on both personal and corporate travel budgets.
Only 3.6 million people arrived from other countries, marking a decline of 11 percent from June 2008 to June 2009. For ...Indian company offers "divorce tourism" package to quarreling couples
For many happy couples, a trip is taken to commemorate joyful events, like a marriage or the impending birth of a child. Then there are other couples - the ones who certainly aren't happy but who aren't quite ready to rush off to Vegas for their divorce party. For them, ...British man driving himself around the world
A little more than a year ago, Roy Locock set out from his home in the U.K. with the simple plan of proving someone wrong. He had been told by friends that there was no way he could possibly drive around the world. But now, 14 months later, he's not only through the most ...Monkey attacks: How to avoid them
Reading about Jason Biggs recent experience being attacked by a monkey in Gibraltar reminded me of my own attack by a monkey. Okay, okay, so it only bit me on my thumb. Lightly. The bite barely broke the skin. But, it did give me anxiety later when I had a brief moment of ...Through the Gadling Lens: 5 photography subjects that are the same and different everywhere
Do you remember those Where the hell is Matt? videos that were taking the internet by storm in recent years? I was thinking about those videos the other day, and wondering why they affected so many people, causing the videos to go so wildly viral. And then it dawned on me: ...Gadlinks for Friday 8.14.09
I hope everyone on the mainland enjoyed the Perseids meteor shower earlier this week! There were plenty of lovely streaks in the sky worthy of a few ooo's and ahh's. Here are few recent articles that might elicit similarly inspired reactions.
The most beautiful ...Travel Read: The Weight of Silence, Invisible Children of India
If you've been to India you've seen them--they beg at the train stations, or collect plastic from the side of the road, or sell candy and tissues on the buses. They're India's 25 million abandoned children, and the ones you see count themselves lucky. Millions more are ...Traveling the globe with Nat Geo Student Expeditions
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In the summer of 2008, National Geographic launched a fascinating and inspiring project called Student Expeditions, which aimed to send high school students to a variety of exotic locals around the globe, immersing them in that location through unique, special projects that ...Crane falls in India: A thought about geography lessons and missed opportunities
Tucked into the news this morning, in the midst of seemingly endless Michael Jackson news and the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, was a quick story about cranes falling over in India. The cranes were being used to clean up the debris caused from a flyover ...Trekking the Himalaya in India
When adventure travelers set out to hike the Himalaya, they traditionally go to Nepal to take on the Annapurna Circuit or make their way to Everest Base Camp. Some will venture to Tibet or even Bhutan to get their high altitude fix, but many forget that the Himalaya run into ...And the happiest place on Earth is ...
... not Disney World!
Despite the theme park's claim, Costa Rica actually takes the top spot, according to the New Economics Foundation. This Britain-based independent research firm uses the "Happy Planet Index" to determine and rank the countries with the happiest people. ...
