Mar 7th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Yesterday we told you about a new travel survey from LivingSocial that revealed that Americans consider themselves the worst travelers in the world. That same survey also asked respondents to rank their top international travel destinations with Australia's Great Barrier Reef coming out on top. To celebrate this distinction, and to help make some of those travel dreams come true, Hamilton Island ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Visit the Great Barrier Reef at a substantial discount
Mar 7th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Yesterday we told you about a new travel survey from LivingSocial that revealed that Americans consider themselves the worst travelers in the world. That same survey also asked respondents to rank their top international travel destinations with Australia's Great Barrier Reef coming out on top. To celebrate this distinction, and to help make some of those travel dreams come true, Hamilton Island ...New stretch of Great Wall of China found using Google Earth
Mar 3rd, 2012 at 1:00PM:
A British researcher scanning through images from Google Earth has discovered a new section of the Great Wall of China.
Surprisingly, this part of the famous wall isn't in China, but rather Mongolia. The Great Wall is actually comprised of several walls built in various centuries by several different rulers starting in the fifth century B.C., or perhaps earlier.
When Great Wall expert ...Video of the day: dancing on the Great Wall of China
Jan 4th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
The Great Wall of China isn't just for visiting and photographing--it's for dancing. Today's Video of The Day showcases YouTube user WHZGUDZ busting moves on the Great Wall of China, literally. The song, "Russian Lullaby" by Butch Clancy, certainly adds to the overall effect of this video, but it's captivating even with the sound turned off. The striking juxtaposition in this video is what ...
The Great Walls of China
Sep 10th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
There was more than one Great Wall of China, a Chinese archaeology team has discovered.
Several portions of the wall are actually double, triple, or quadruple walls running closely parallel to one another. This was a common feature in many ancient fortifications because it made the position harder to take. Often the troops would be garrisoned between the walls for protection against surprise ...25 newly-discovered travel destinations from Wanderfly.com
Apr 1st, 2011 at 12:30PM: If you've checked out Wanderfly, the new travel planning and booking service that suggests destinations and activities based on your interests, you know they've come up with some unique and untouristy destinations. Now they've gone beyond the beaten tourist track with 25 newly-discovered travel destinations. Why just see the Great Wall of China when you could see a whole city full of kittens in ...Ricky Gervais' travel show "An Idiot Abroad" hits US TV
Jan 26th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Fresh off his Golden Globes controversy, British comedian Ricky Gervais' latest project has hit US television. An Idiot Abroad is a travel show for non-travelers, featuring radio producer and comedy savant Karl Pilkington visiting the seven wonders of the world. If you've seen HBO's animated podcast The Ricky Gervais show, you're already familiar with Pilkington's moronic and occasionally ...Photo of the day (7.23.10)
Jul 23rd, 2010 at 6:30PM:
A travel mascot injects levity into a journey. Photographing one's mascot in various exotic locations is an often hilarious way to articulate a narrative string for a journey. This image of a tiny robot on the Great Wall by cjthekid is playfully awesome. It neatly juxtaposes the old and the contemporary; the durable and the disposable.
Poke around cjthekid's Robot Travel Association 5000 ...Three Intrepid Travel deals for Mother's Day
Apr 14th, 2010 at 1:00PM:
Are you standing in stores, staring at shelves and scratching your head? Figuring out the perfect Mother's Day gift is always tough. In the end, you can't afford what you want to get her, buy her something that sucks instead and try to look like the thought is really what counts. Every year, you go through it, and the outcome is the same. Until 2010.
Make this the year you do something ...10 great zip lines from around the world (videos)
Mar 12th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Roller coasters and other such thrill rides are fun, but imagine reaching speed of up to 100 miles per hour on a metal cable, with nothing more then a harness, a helmet... and the air below you.
Around the world, zip lines have become an adrenaline seeker's favorite, literally allowing you to hurtle through awe-inspiring landscapes at jaw-dropping speeds. In some cases, the mere presence of a ...
First snow: Eight winter activities for budget friendly fun
Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:30AM: With the first snow comes thoughts of winter's smorgasbord of budget friendly travel options. Fall festivals and foliage tours are long gone. What was missed has been moved to next year's got to go agenda.
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The first snow is a reminder that winter, like ...Miners accused of destroying part of Great Wall of China
Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:00PM: It was built to keep out foreign invaders, but apparently the Great Wall of China can't protect itself from the greed of Chinese corporations.
The Hohhot Kekao Mining Co. is accused of destroying 330 ft (100 m) of China's most famous structure while prospecting for gold. The damage occurred in Inner Mongolia, where the company is prospecting. This stretch of the wall is one of the oldest, ...Dive the Great Wall of China with Urbane Nomads
Sep 21st, 2009 at 11:30AM: Did you know that parts of the Great Wall of China are underwater? Yeah, me neither. But according to Urban Daddy, one particular section of the wall has been submerged under a lake since the 1980's. And now a luxury tour company called Urbane Nomads is offering the first-ever guided diving trips to the hard-to-reach spot.
Guides will carry your gear to the submerged portion of the Wall and ...How great is the Great Wall of China? Very!
Apr 23rd, 2009 at 3:00PM: I bet you thought the name said it all. A recent survey by of this World Heritage site – billed as "technologically advanced" – puts the original length of the wall at 5,500 miles, much further than the previous estimate of 3,700 miles. That's a difference of almost 50 percent!
This effort took more than two years of surveying with GPS tools, infrared technology and other mapping ...5 Non-Tourist Destinations in Beijing
Jul 23rd, 2008 at 11:30AM: Everyone is looking forward to the Olympics. It is expected that well over half-a-million visitors will descend on Beijing during the Games. While all those people will probably contribute to the excitement and energy of the event, it going to be crowded. Imagine trying to visit The Great Wall of China or the Forbidden City in mid-August. The crowds will make a packed weekend at Disney World look ...Knitting public art
Apr 15th, 2008 at 2:00PM: I don't knit. I've tried, but even when I've attempted a scarf, it ends up weird shaped. Anna knits. She's waxed poetic about it in a post about the pleasures of knitting and travel. Here's another reason to grab some knitting needles and yarn.
While leafing through a back copy of Reader's Digest at my in-laws this weekend, I saw a snippet on women in Houston, Texas who are turning their scraps ...A Canadian in Beijing: The Wild Wall Will Not Be Tamed
Jun 10th, 2007 at 11:50AM:
When I went to the Great Wall on that first weekend I arrived in China, I simultaneously learned about the "rest of the wall." By this, I mean the "wild wall" that isn't a tourist attraction but lies along the spines of mountains across China, crumbling and often forgotten. National Geographic Adventure Magazine ran an article called "Astride the Dragon's Back" (written by Matthew Power). My ...Researchers to Measure The Great Wall
Feb 12th, 2007 at 9:22AM: The Great Wall of China, built to protect the northern border of the Chinese Empire, is an amazing spectacle. In fact, the Great Wall -- known to the Chinese as the "Long Wall of 10,000 Li" -- is actually a series of walls and earthen works begun in the 5th Century BC and connected centuries later. Since it's so old, it seems odd that no one really knows the precise dimensions of the iconic ...The Great Wall Crumbles
Nov 27th, 2006 at 9:00AM: Following up on my recent blog regarding construction crews taking a bite out of the Great Wall of China, here's an interesting piece from the NY Times about folks who are trying to preserve the Wall.
An official at the Great Wall Society thinks that most of the damage to the Wall was probably done in the 1950s and 1960s, since Mao encouraged farmers to use bricks from the Wall to build homes. A ...
