Today's Photo of the Day comes from longtime contributor Alpha Tango Bravo (aka Adam Baker). I consider great portrait photos to be ones that share the personality and character of the subject - even if they happen to be complete strangers in a foreign land. Baker ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Today's Photo of the Day comes from longtime contributor Alpha Tango Bravo (aka Adam Baker). I consider great portrait photos to be ones that share the personality and character of the subject - even if they happen to be complete strangers in a foreign land. Baker ...Expecting snow in Moscow this winter? Not so fast.
The Russians may be able to tell us that Dmitry Medvedev is in charge of the country and get away with it, but rigging the weather is just too much. Come on now. It's obvious that you're up to something. This year, Moscow's Mayor Yury Luzkhov is putting forth the proposition ...Historic St. Petersburg skyline threatened by giant skyscraper
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Residents of St. Petersburg are protesting plans to build a giant skyscraper that they say will ruin the city's historic ...The 11 coolest flags in the world?
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The travelers here at Gadling have seen a lot of world flags. We've seen the world's flags made out of food. We were also amused by this opinionated list ...Journey to the dark side of the moon
On this day fifty years ago, humanity got to see something it had never seen before. On October 7, 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 3 orbited the moon and took photos of the "dark side". Of course, everyone already knew that the dark side isn't really dark. It gets just as ...Russians voted worst tourists in the world - French and Germans relieved
Polls looking for the worst tourists in the world are always a sure way to get yourself in the news - especially if the results pick a country not too popular with the voting public. Back in July, the French won the dubious honor of being the worst in the world. Brit travel ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Kamchatka v. Kodiak, What a Difference 225 Years Makes
We sailed into Kodiak on a somewhat rarified day for this part of the world, one filled with sunshine rather than rain. The weekend just past had been its annual Crab Fest, an event dampened by typical summer weather: horizontal rain and temperatures just above freezing. ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Russia's nuclear legacy
Just around the corner from Petropavlovsk, ten miles by land or sea, located across Avachinskaya Bay on a small peninsula called Krasheninnikova sits Russia's largest nuclear submarine base. It is off limits to outsiders and a shell of what it was during the Soviet Union's ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Kamchatka, Russia
This land of volcanoes and earthquakes -- the western frontier of the literary "Ring of Fire" -- is still a month away from true spring. Dirty, crusted snow lies beneath the leafless trees and in the gutters along Petropavlovsk's main streets, which already look pretty ...Gadlinks for Tuesday 8.18.09
Hello and welcome to this Tuesday's edition of Gadlinks. How does it work? The wise and ever-watchful writers of Gadling scour the best of the day's travel news from around the Internet, summarizing it in one easy to read post. What caught our eye today? Read on below:
...NASA focused on commercial space travel
Crossing oceans isn't enough for you? Well, NASA is working to scratch the most extreme of travel itches. The organization is putting $50 million of economic stimulus cash from the feds into putting the average traveler into space. Companies eager to develop a commercial ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of July 10-July 17
We are halfway through Hotel Month at Gadling and have added blogger Katie Hammel who is afraid of flying but has not let that stopped her from becoming a world traveler.
Here are items you may have missed that might astonish, surprise you or give you pause.
First up, ...Russians convert nuclear icebreaker into a hotel
"Lenin" is the name of this ship, which was launched in 1957. It was the first nuclear powered surface ship and the first nuclear powered civilian vessel in the world. So what kind of ship is it? An icebreaker. Icebreakers can literally cut through permanent and seasonal ...New geyeser erupts in Russia
Geysers are a relatively rare geological event. They are the result of some specific conditions that only occur in a few places on Earth, which results when a water source meets rocks that are heated by volcanic magma that is close to the Earth's surface. There are roughly a ...Russian yachts to offer "pirate hunting" cruises off Somali coast
Please let this be a joke. According to several news sources, Russian yacht owners will begin offering "pirate hunting" vacations to those interested in wielding AK-47's and shooting at pirates off the coast of Somalia. Tickets aboard the ocean liners, which will cruise at ...18 unique travel experiences for the well traveled
So you think you've been everywhere and done everything? Is their something missing when you travel these days? Is the sense of adventure gone? Never fear, because the Times Online has compiled an interesting list of 18 unique travel experiences that are designed to give us ...Museum Junkie: Hermitage Amsterdam launches grand opening
A branch of Russia's famous Hermitage museum opened to the public last weekend in Amsterdam. The giant Hermitage Amsterdam houses treasures from St. Petersburg including costumes, jewelry, furniture, and art from the time of the Tsars.
The museum's opening was done with ...$500 million yacht to match the half-billion dollar plane
A few days back we posted a story about a custom built Airbus A380 that was being built for Saudi prince al-Waleed bin Talal. With a steam room, a Turkish bath, and a concert hall (complete with baby grand piano), not to mention a full garage for the prince's Rolls Royce, ...Flight attendants on hunger strike
It's hard for most of us to imagine a situation so dire it would inspire us to go on hunger strike. Sadly, that is not the case for the Russian flight attendants who were not paid for eight months of work when their airline folded. According to United Press International: ...Gadling + BootsnAll - Picks of the Week (5.15.09)
Welcome back to Gadling's weekly "Picks of the Week" feature, brought to you by our friends at travel website BootsnAll. How does it work? We input thousands of travel variables into the Gadling mainframe computer, and out comes five of the best and most interesting travel ...
