Jan 17th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
Adventure travel might include hiking or camping in the wilderness of America's pacific northwest, backpacking through Europe or climbing a mountain in Tibet. On their own or with local guidance, adventure travelers often see places others only dream of. Not satisfied with a packaged tour, visiting the same places over and over again or waiting any longer for their dream to come true, they ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Adventure Travel Company Brings Gorillas Up Close And Personal
Jan 17th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
Adventure travel might include hiking or camping in the wilderness of America's pacific northwest, backpacking through Europe or climbing a mountain in Tibet. On their own or with local guidance, adventure travelers often see places others only dream of. Not satisfied with a packaged tour, visiting the same places over and over again or waiting any longer for their dream to come true, they ...Photo Of The Day: Photographs In Chang Le
Jan 15th, 2013 at 6:30PM:
As travelers, we often enter communities, take photographs and then leave, content with the moments we have captured on film.
But what happens when a photographer returns and shares his photographs with their subjects? That's what Flickr user Bernard-SD did after a recent trip to the Chang Le Village in Yunan Province, China. After snapping his images, he printed them to photographs using ...Record Pollution Suffocates Beijing, China (PHOTOS)
Jan 14th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
If you're looking to visit Beijing, China, in the near future you might want to consider packing a face mask in your suitcase. According to the Associated Press, one of the worst rounds of air pollution is currently engulfing the population there, keeping schoolchildren indoors and sending residents to hospitals.
According to the outlet, pollution peaked over the weekend, when ...Global Giveaway Sends Students Traveling Worldwide
Jan 10th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
In July 2012, People to People Ambassador Group sent students to Japan for the first time since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit in 2011. Partnering with MTV, People to People also ran an Act for Japan contest to give away one full tuition travel scholarship. Now the organization is partnering with actress Holly Robinson Peete to award five students with travel scholarships to ...The World's Largest Sound And Light Show: Hong Kong's Symphony Of Lights (VIDEO)
Jan 8th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
Each evening at the stroke of 8 p.m., Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour is illuminated with a cacophony of dancing lights and laser beams, accompanied by a blaring soundtrack of synthesized music. It's the Hong Kong Tourism Commission's Symphony of Lights, a wonderfully tacky celebration of the city's energy, spirit, diversity - and luminescence. The nightly spectacle includes more than 40 ...Budget Hong Kong: Coward's Route To Victoria Peak
Dec 29th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
The tram to the statue of Christ the Redeemer. The elevators to the top of the Eiffel Tower. The Santorini cable car. Any ski lift, anywhere.
They're memorable travel experiences, sure. But they're also experiences that strike anxiety into the hearts of heights-fearing travelers, like myself.
So when faced with the prospect of a thrill-inducing funicular railway ride to the top of Hong ...Budget Hong Kong: Journey To The Past At The Hong Kong Museum Of History
Dec 27th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
"The Hong Kong Story," a permanent exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History, isn't your standard collection of artifacts. Chronicling more than 6,000 years of natural and cultural history, the massive exhibition occupies eight galleries across nearly 23,000 square feet, with more than 3,700 static and interactive exhibits. The endeavor took more than six years and HK$200 million (US$25.8 ...Video Of The Day: Where The Water Settles
Dec 26th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
"Where the Water Settles" from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo.
I can't get enough of the videos from The Perennial Plate and this newest video, "Where The Water Settles," just reiterates that fact for me. The way in which Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine approach traveling is rewarding for their audience. They dive into culture based off of personal interactions and stories they hear along the ...
Budget Hong Kong: Renting A Room At The Notorious Chungking Mansions
Dec 26th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
There are two types of travelers: those who would go out of their way to avoid a place like Hong Kong's notorious Chungking Mansions – and those who would elect to stay there.
I'd probably put myself somewhere in the middle.
Nestled between luxury emporiums on one of Hong Kong's most expensive thoroughfares, the Chungking Mansions is a chaotic complex of shops, food stalls, ...World's Worst Places: Top 10 Places In The World You Do Not Want To Visit In 2013
Dec 24th, 2012 at 10:00AM: 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 probably still want to go there.
But there are some places on this planet that even I do not want to visit. Places where you ...Budget Hong Kong: The Best Cheap Eats For Under US$5 A Bite
Dec 21st, 2012 at 12:00PM:
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 is home to dozens of celebrity chefs and boasts 62 Michelin-starred restaurants. It's regularly called the culinary capital of ...Budget Hong Kong: The City Of Blinding Logos
Dec 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
The streets of Hong Kong have a way of accosting you with neon lights and ostentatious logos. Louis Vuitton and Giorgio Armani lay claim to the Central District, while Tiffany & Co. and Burberry dominate Tsim Sha Tsui. Causeway Bay is a cacophony of luxury labels from around the globe, and let's not forget the lesser brands that sit on every street corner: McDonald's, Starbucks, 7-11. ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: I Was Once An 'Ilegal Immigrant' In China (Part 2 of 2)
Dec 19th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Read Part One of This Story
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 in Urumqi ariartion airport that today is over 6000 meters! It joints the terminil building by a bridge. It is such a perfect ...Man Wears 70 Items Of Clothing To Avoid Baggage Fees
Dec 18th, 2012 at 2:30PM:
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 shirts and nine pairs of pants when his luggage exceeded the weight limit.
He is described as looking like a "sumo ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: I Was Once An 'Illegal Immigrant' In China (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 18th, 2012 at 11:30AM: 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 Urumchi when a moment of terror washed over me.
While leafing through all of the exotic visas in my passport, I began to ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: Interview With A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Diplomat
Dec 3rd, 2012 at 9:00AM: 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. At the moment, there are only 166 FAS Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) but they serve all over the world in 96 offices in ...Video Of The Day: Getting To Know Guangzhou, China
Nov 26th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
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 day routine, and then really wows viewers with some dazzling time-lapse photography. Be sure to look out for the twisting ...
Is There A Perfect Way To Board A Plane? Researchers Say Yes
Nov 13th, 2012 at 2:00PM: 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 the heightened Chinese flying demand and relative scarcity of planes. Western Australia's ScienceNetwork reports that ...China Airshow To Feature Acrobatic Team
Nov 8th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
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 make that happen, the show will feature a variety of airborne daredevil fliers.
Officially titled the China International ...4 Things To Know About Zhangjiajie, China's First National Park
Sep 20th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
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 landscapes, a variety of animals and plants, and is famous for its unique peaks, quiet valleys and elegant forests.
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