Nov 13th, 2009 at 2:30PM: You don't expect rampant urban culture in the sultry South Pacific, but it's there. That's because like it or not, Papeete is a relatively big city that's home to about half the population of French Polynesia, or about 130,000 people. Also, the city will never run out of reinforced concrete walls and frustrated youth.
Tourists are funny about graffiti-we like it in places like Berlin or in ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Nov 13th, 2009 at 2:30PM: You don't expect rampant urban culture in the sultry South Pacific, but it's there. That's because like it or not, Papeete is a relatively big city that's home to about half the population of French Polynesia, or about 130,000 people. Also, the city will never run out of reinforced concrete walls and frustrated youth.
Tourists are funny about graffiti-we like it in places like Berlin or in ...Gadlinks for Friday 11.6.09
Nov 6th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
I don't know about you guys, but I'm really grateful it's Friday! I need the weekend to decompress, but these great reads have already helped me on my way.
I love companies that give back. Here are five travel outlets that make giving part of buying. [via Jaunted]
Yikes! As a single female traveler, I've been wary of couchsurfing. This give me more reason to avoid couchsurfing altogether. ...Undiscovered New York: 10 unique NYC sights
Jun 17th, 2009 at 1:00PM: It's been exactly 10 months since our very first feature here at Undiscovered New York. Given the occasion, it's the perfect time to look back at some of our "greatest hits." When we first started the Undiscovered New York series, our intention was to provide an insider's look at the hidden places, history and overlooked spots in this huge city, the very spots many visitors don't have a chance to ...Photo of the Day (4.5.09)
Apr 5th, 2009 at 4:00PM: I'm a sucker for great street art, so it's only natural that Flickr user ohad*'s image from San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood caught my eye. San Francisco tends to be quite the colorful city, especially in areas like the Mission District where street murals are plentiful. I particularly like the lettering of the word "COLD" in this mural - it almost seems to pop out at you in 3-D relief. ...Tour the world's vandalism
Feb 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Eyesore or art, graffiti is part of any culture's public dialogue. Vandalism is visual profanity, and we all swear in our own f---ing ways. I've been drawn to these wall scrawls for a while, probably since I read Holden Caulfield's concerns about the subject in Catcher in the Rye. My fascination gained momentum while I was stationed in South Korea. A soldiers' bar in Tong Du Chon (the Peace Club, ...A guidebook to New York Hip-Hop (Remixed)
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Feb 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Though New York has given birth to any number of musical movements, it's only the last 30 years that have given rise to Hip-Hop, arguably one of the more defining cultural movements of the late 20th and early 21st Century. Though Hip-Hop is alive and well in New York City, it's not necessarily something that's easy to pinpoint on a map for out-of-town visitors, especially not like the Empire State ...The colorful murals of San Francisco's Mission District
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 2:00PM: San Francisco's Mission District is a neighborhood with a number of faces. It is at once gritty and unique, increasingly filled with shiny new businesses yet still retaining the vibrant Latino immigrant culture and scruffy charm for which it has always been known. As one walks the area, it's easy to get a feel for these differences - pungent taquerias and Quinceanera dress shops increasingly back ...Undiscovered New York: Bombing the Bronx and the Graffiti of 5 Pointz
Oct 1st, 2008 at 2:00PM: As a resident of New York for just over five years, I frequently take for granted the "relative" cleanliness of my city. Sure, I could do without the many, pungent trash bag piles during summertime, but you quickly get accustomed to a certain level of grit and grime when you live in one of the world's largest metropolises. In fact, my version of New York circa-2008 is a utopia of clean compared ...Photo of the Day (08.10.08)
Aug 10th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Here's a destination you don't see too often. Flickr user Phojo11 captured this cool wall of Alice in Wonderland graffiti while traveling through Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. It's heartening to see that tourism is returning to this formerly war-torn region, and also heartening to see that artistic output is thriving again as well. I especially like the bright colors. The blue wall ...Being in Berlin: Graffiti, graffiti, graffiti
Jun 10th, 2008 at 1:00PM: One of the things you cannot not notice in Berlin is graffiti. You'd be hard-pressed to find an abandoned wall or building without it. Somehow, it works here.
Of course, there is graffiti and there is graffiti. While I hate when vandals ruin the facades of baroque building by spray-painting something on them, I have become a big fan of graffiti in Berlin. I guess you can't underestimate the ...One for the Road: Street World
Dec 11th, 2007 at 9:30AM: From Get Lost Books list of suggested holiday gift-giving titles comes Street World: Urban Art from Five Continents, a collection of street scenes that stretches from Mumbai to Los Angeles. The colorful hardcover is divided into more than 50 topics and includes over 500 photographs of artistic public displays from around the world. Street World celebrates subculture creativity in all its forms: ...Graffiti Worldwide
Jul 17th, 2006 at 4:12PM: Earlier this morning I went for a short bike ride with a friend of mine down Venice Beach while it was still pretty quiet and undisturbed by camera touting tourists. Strangely it was my first time journeying the strip of sand, surf, and shops on two wheels though I'd lived in surrounding areas for years not long ago. Normally my trips to the beach where spent kicking up sand, dancing to the beat ...
