Jan 20th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
Chinese New Year occurs in the early months of our calendar year, typically January or February and this year falls on January 23rd. This is the first of 15 days of celebration and the start of the Year of the Dragon.
Chinese New Year (also called the Lunar New Year) is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar and a time to welcome longevity, wealth and prosperity ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Jan 20th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
Chinese New Year occurs in the early months of our calendar year, typically January or February and this year falls on January 23rd. This is the first of 15 days of celebration and the start of the Year of the Dragon.
Chinese New Year (also called the Lunar New Year) is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar and a time to welcome longevity, wealth and prosperity ...Brits behaving badly abroad
Aug 4th, 2011 at 8:30AM:
Today the Foreign Office released British Behaviour Abroad 2011, with detailed figures on British nationals in trouble overseas (read: Brits behaving badly abroad). The period surveyed: April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011.
There are lots of interesting tidbits in the survey. British nationals request consular assistance in greatest numbers in Spain and the United States, though since both ...Philippines terrorist threat prompts travel warning
Jun 15th, 2011 at 7:00AM: When the U.S. Department of State issues a travel warning related to terrorism its serious business. Concerned about the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world, its a reminder that terrorism can occur anywhere.
"Travelers should exercise extreme caution if traveling to Mindanao or the Sulu Archipelago. Regional terrorist ...Video of the Day - Jellyfish Lake, Palau
May 24th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Swimming in water filled with millions of jellyfish may be most people's worst nightmare. But for visitors to the Palauan island of Eil Malik, it's the main attraction.
Situated about 500 miles east of the Philippines, Jellyfish Lake is one of 70 marine lakes on Eil Malik that was formed when the ocean receded over 12,000 years ago. After being trapped in this natural basin, the ...
Travel television Q & A: Carmen Roberts
Apr 18th, 2011 at 11:30AM: Carmen Roberts is a travel reporter for BBC World's Fast Track program. Extraordinarily well traveled, Carmen recently decamped from London--home for over a decade--to Singapore, the country of her birth.
Here Carmen shares a few tips, a secret destination, and gives us the skinny on how her career developed.
Q: Carmen Roberts, how would you define your occupation?
A: Roving travel ...Travel blogger Q&A: Jodi Ettenberg
Jul 26th, 2010 at 10:30AM: For many travel enthusiasts, bloggers, and armchair travelers, Jodi Ettenberg's story is downright inspirational. For several years a successful corporate lawyer, she left her comfortable if demanding life in New York to travel the world.
Along the way, she's had an unnerving number of bird crap incidents, documented Thailand's red shirt protests, and provided an enticing introduction to the ...Daily Pampering: The world's most expensive sushi
Jul 15th, 2010 at 4:00PM: Really top-notch sushi is pricey, no doubt about it. But you work hard, and if you're a fan of the raw fish, there's nothing like a serious splurge when your wallet's fat.
Angelito Araneta, Jr. laughs in your face. The 21-year-old, Manila-based chef, known for his "unusual" food artworks, recently debuted the world's most expensive sushi, which goes for 91,800 pesos-an estimated $2,000 to ...Weekend travel media top five
Jul 12th, 2010 at 8:30AM: This weekend's most interesting travel stories include a look at Egypt's seldom explored coast west of Alexandria, a long weekend guide to Singapore, a travel guide to solar eclipse runs, a profile of Boracay, the Philippines' popular holiday island, and a 12-day Great Australian Aircruise.
1. In the Guardian, Belinda Jackson takes a road trip from Alexandria to Marsa Matruh and on to the ...Tourism in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Samoa in light of recent disasters
Oct 4th, 2009 at 5:00PM: In light of the recent quakes in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Samoa and the total devastation in the areas surrounding Manila, Padang, and Apia, it's important to understand what tourism will look like as these tourism hot spots recover. Here's a look at the current relief work happening in each locale, and some speculation as to what tourism will look like in the coming year. The Philippines ...Photo of the Day (5-27-09)
May 27th, 2009 at 8:30PM:
This gorgeous building is in the walled-city of Intramuros, a section of Manila, Philippines. The city, built by the Spaniards on the southern bank of the Pasig River in the 16th century is Manila's oldest district. I love the tone and the way the angle that wetboxer chose in order to show off the intricate details of the architecture. It's buildings like this one that draws me to travel. Not ...Jet circles Zamboanga airport waiting for missing air traffic controllers
Dec 30th, 2008 at 12:30PM: Unlike our very own Kent Wien, I never trained to be a pilot, but even without those years of training, I can't imagine it is very comforting to get close to your destination airport and find an unstaffed air traffic control tower. This is exactly what happened when a jet carrying 156 passengers arrived in the airspace of Zamboanga airport in the Philippines, after a flight from the nation's ...Photo of the Day (12.23.08)
Dec 23rd, 2008 at 6:00PM:
Having nice weather this Christmas? Yeah, me neither. If you've ventured even close to an airport or a newscast in the last week you probably know that 3/4 of the country is buried under snow right now and that flights and passengers are in chaos. In case you happen to be one of those poor souls stuck at the airport this Tuesday afternoon, I thought I would give you something to take your mind ...Cultural Delicacies: Dogs (and cats!)
Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:00PM: It is not uncommon for people to eat dog meat in parts of China, Korea, and the Philippines. Historically, in times of famine people in France and Germany ate dogs too. As a pet lover, I can't bear the thought, but I know this practice is more far-reaching than meets the eye. Earlier this year, Honolulu experienced its own case of dog-eating men who stole, killed, and ate a couple's beloved poi ...Vitamin beer, aka responsible drinking Filipino-style
Feb 17th, 2008 at 3:30PM: You have to hand it to the Filipino inventor Virgilio "Billy" L. Malang for creating an invention that has a widespread appeal. He has created a type of beer, which is Vitamin B complex-fortified and makes a promise to "take some of the guilt out of drinking" by replacing the essential Vitamin B which is lost when excessive amounts of alcohol are consumed. Mind you, this is the same guy who has ...Man Shot Dead for Bad Singing
Jun 4th, 2007 at 11:30AM: Okay, in the United States we get shot for honking at someone to let them know the light as turned green. But in Asia, where karaoke is big business, you can get shot for singing out of tune. Midway through his song, a homeless man in a karaoke bar in San Mateo town, Rizal, Philippines, was warned by a bouncer that his singing was out of tune. "As [he] ignored his comments and continued singing," ...Double Tall Skim Catpooccino To Go
Oct 10th, 2006 at 9:00AM: If you're a coffee lover, maybe you'll want to make a special flight on Japan Airlines to buy "the rarest coffee in the world": civet coffee. But this specialty brew is sold only in business class, to the tune of $600 for 100 grams.
You're not going to find this in any Starbucks. Your other options for getting the coffee are limited: if you're not heading to Japan, a single coffee shop ...
