Mar 23rd, 2013 at 5:00PM:
This Photo of the Day, titled "Monkeys, Monks, and a Snake Charmer is Today's Virtualvacay #srilanka," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member and travel photographer Jen Pollack Bianco.
On Flickr as MyLifesATrip, and hosting a website of the same name, Bianco has also graced the pages of Gadling with some helpful tips on travel photography.
This photo is timely right now as Sinhala Ravaya, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: Monks, Monkeys And A Snake Charmer
Mar 23rd, 2013 at 5:00PM:
This Photo of the Day, titled "Monkeys, Monks, and a Snake Charmer is Today's Virtualvacay #srilanka," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member and travel photographer Jen Pollack Bianco.
On Flickr as MyLifesATrip, and hosting a website of the same name, Bianco has also graced the pages of Gadling with some helpful tips on travel photography.
This photo is timely right now as Sinhala Ravaya, ...Cobras cause panic on train in Vietnam
May 30th, 2011 at 8:30AM:
Passengers on a train in Vietnam got an unwelcome shock when dozens of cobras and king cobras were seen slithering under the seats.
The train, traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, was stopped at Quang Ngai when the incident happened. Apparently someone was smuggling the animals when they broke loose. Police gathered up 45 kilos (99lb) worth of snakes but didn't find the smuggler.
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Abu Dhabi police find snakes on a plane ... and squirrels and parrots
Dec 7th, 2010 at 2:30PM: You know that the United Arab Emirates is not to be outdone, right? So, when an 89-year-old lady's dog gets loose on an American flight, the Middle East has to find a way to trump it. And, you know it was better than a dog and a cat or an angry monkey.
On a flight from Indonesia to the United Arab Emirates, a passenger was reported to have "four snakes, two parrots and a squirrel inside a box" ...Man fined $65 for letting pet python crawl around Holiday Inn hallway
May 26th, 2010 at 1:30PM: A 25 year old man from Mason City, IA has been fined $65 for letting his pet snake crawl uncontrolled through the hallways of the local Holiday Inn.
The man was a guest at the hotel, and apparently felt that his 5 year old pet python needed some exercise. What convinced him to let the snake loose in the hallway is a mystery, but the hotel manager says the man was apologetic about the incident. ...Wild animal travel: Where the hunter becomes the hunted
Sep 24th, 2009 at 11:30AM: There's nothing quite like seeing a wild animal in its natural habitat. It's why people go on safari in South Africa to see lions and elephants, trek through the jungles of Borneo in search of monkeys, and submerge themselves in steel cages off the coast of Baja California to swim with Great White sharks. But it's important to remember that despite the precautions taken by tour guides and rangers, ...Fun in Fairfax: 17 exotic snakes found in hotel room
Jul 11th, 2008 at 9:00PM: I hesitate to make snakes on a plane jokes because they're bad and overused, but in this case I'm going to have to do it once again. What just might be worse than snakes on a plane? Snakes in your hotel room. Fairfax City police said that they found a total of 17 exotic snakes in the room of the Hy-Way Motel last night near Fairfax Circle, VA. 12 of those snakes happened to be poisonous. The hotel ...No Wrong Turns: Snakes and Spiders and Scorpions...Oh My!
May 6th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Traveling allows us to experience many new things: unique cultures, languages, food and wildlife. I am always up to experience it all but it's the creepy crawlies that fall under the "wildlife" category that I'd prefer not to encounter--no matter how hard I try to avoid bugs they somehow always know where to find me. The other night, just before I was about to hop into bed, I happened to notice ...Actual Snakes on a Plane
Jan 19th, 2008 at 6:00PM: It's happened before, both in a movie and in real life, but somehow snakes keep squirming their way onto planes, this time on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Bangkok to Hanoi.
On Thursday, authorities at Hanoi's Noi Boi Airport discovered thousands of non-venomous snakes that had been shipped as cargo in 60 boxes. According to the Associated Press, Trinh Ngoc Thanh, Vietnam Airline's spokesman, ...Snakes on a Plane -- Almost
Aug 14th, 2007 at 12:00PM: The campy movie "Snakes on a Plane" played up a common phobia of many people -- that's right; snakes. But it was just a movie, right? Surely with modern airport security no one could get on a plane with a suitcase full of reptiles, right? Right -- so far. But a 22-year-old Saudi passenger in Cairo, Egypt made it all the way to his departure gate before officials stopped him to check his suspect ...A Canadian in Beijing: FOR SALE! Live Animals (Trapped) in Small Cages
Jun 19th, 2007 at 5:12AM:
Walking along the sidewalk here in Wudaokou in the late afternoon and evening is not a passive exercise. The sidewalk markets take a wide space and transform it into a narrow, colourful corridor as vendors roll out their ware on square pieces of fabric on both sides and then call for your attention as you pass. That doesn't keep people off the sidewalks, of course, but instead draws more to ...
