Jul 27th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Way back in March we told you about the Plastiki, a ship made almost entirely out of plastic bottles, that was setting out from San Francisco to complete a crossing of the Pacific Ocean. The plan was for the ship, and her crew, to sail to Sydney, Australia, by way of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in an effort to raise awareness of the impact that we are having on the Earth's environment, most ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Ship made of plastic bottles completes trans-Pacific voyage
Jul 27th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Way back in March we told you about the Plastiki, a ship made almost entirely out of plastic bottles, that was setting out from San Francisco to complete a crossing of the Pacific Ocean. The plan was for the ship, and her crew, to sail to Sydney, Australia, by way of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in an effort to raise awareness of the impact that we are having on the Earth's environment, most ...Top 10 best international cities for shopping
Jul 19th, 2010 at 4:30PM: It's a familiar feeling... The sweaty palms, a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath. You've dreamt about this moment and it's finally here - staring you in the face with a come hither look that says, "You know you want me" and the reality is, you do. You fumble for your wallet in the bottomless pit of a bag you carry around and rush toward the "sale" sign you spotted through the endless faces and ...Photo of the Day (6.20.10)
Jun 20th, 2010 at 8:00PM:
How many times have you seen a photo of Sydney's iconic Opera House? Probably way more than you can count, right? But how many times have you seen the view presented by Flickr user Gus NYC in today's photo? Probably never. His photo offers a great example of how to great creative when framing famous landmarks. Every traveler has gotten stuck in the "photo rut" of a famous view. We try to get ...Sydney hostel more than budget accomodation: Wake Up! backpackers reviewed
Jun 14th, 2010 at 1:30PM: While I don't expect anyone to ooze sympathy for the plight of travel writers, the fact is, when we're not getting hooked up at swanky hotels, we're often left to sleep on airport floors and bus seats. I actually enjoy those experiences; it's the eponymous "youth" hostel I've grown weary of. I should add that despite their name, hostels (also known as backpackers) aren't only used by young'un's. ...The top 50 cities for quality of life
May 29th, 2010 at 1:30PM: If you don't live in Vienna, you might consider moving there.
A new survey lists the top 50 cities for quality of life and Vienna comes out as number one. The survey, conducted by Mercer, a human resources consultancy firm, looked at criteria such as infrastructure, economy, housing, recreation, personal and press freedom, and education. Vienna certainly scores high in all that, plus it has ...Jessica Watson completes round-the-world sail
May 15th, 2010 at 11:00AM: 16-year old Jessica Watson completed her solo, non-stop, circumnavigation of the globe earlier today, sailing into Sydney Harbor, while hundreds of Australians cheered, and thousands more watched on television. Jessica set out from Sydney last October, and has spent the last seven months navigating the high seas. By returning to the place she started on Saturday, she has become the youngest person ...Daily Pampering: Executive Club Lounge at the Four Seasons Sydney
Apr 2nd, 2010 at 4:00PM: There's something spectacular on Level 32 at the Four Seasons Sydney, and it's not just the view. Think: warm cookies, homemade desserts and a nightcap.
For a small fee, the Executive Club plays host to pre-evening activities and first-thing-in-the-morning necessities. Treat yourself to hot and cold buffets for breakfast including an omelet station and mounds of fresh fruit, or indulge at dusk ...The ten best cities for sunbathing
Mar 29th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
After you've been cooped-up inside all winter, that first day of nice weather at home feels like a gift from heaven. Clothes come off, frisbees start flying and the hardcore sunbathing begins. Even if it's still cold where you live, the prospect of warmer days ahead looms large. In preparation for the endless days of spring and summer, here's ten of our favorite spots for sunbathing around the ...Ship made of plastic bottles sets sail for Australia
Mar 29th, 2010 at 8:00AM: It has been more than a year since we mentioned David de Rothschild and his Plastiki Expedition. At the time, he was putting the finishing touches on his ship, the Plastiki, which is made out of more than 12,000 recycled bottles, and preparing to set sale from San Francisco to Australia. Unfortunately, due to a series of setbacks, that journey didn't get underway as scheduled, but with those ...15 more great cities for drinking beer
Mar 25th, 2010 at 4:30PM:
Last month, the writers at Gadling spent a lot of time at the pub, creating this list of The 24 greatest cities in the world for drinking beer. We had so much fun and got so many great comments, we decided we couldn't stop: we headed back to the bar and asked for another round. Here's 15 more of our favorite cities in the world for drinking great beer. Did we include your favorite? Take a ...Where to dine in Sydney: VAustralia employees dish on their favorite joints
Mar 22nd, 2010 at 2:00PM: Virginia Woolf said, "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." So, where does one dine when in a new city? What's the best cuisine the city has to offer and where can you find it? Where do residents go on a Saturday night when they need to break free from the week and still feel the comforts of home?
The tourist attractions, museums, tours and of course, the ...The 20 greatest cities in the world for foodies
Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:29AM: Once upon a time, the world's food capitals were a mere few well-known locales like Paris, New York, and Bangkok. All the action (and the eyes, and the forks) were focused there.
Recently, though, many areas of the world have expanded and improved both their menus and their talents in the kitchen, resulting in far more places staking their claims in the classy world of quality dining. ...Conquering Heights: The Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
Mar 6th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Travel writers are born to be adventurous. We live for the unknown - the hidden restaurants, private gardens or once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. We ride on planes, buses, cars, trains, camels, donkeys, boats or anything else that moves, and set out to explore. No sight unseen. No stone unturned. While our jobs are fantasies to some onlookers, our fears our real.
I fly millions of miles at ...Expedition Review: On Board the MV Orion
Dec 22nd, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Where do people go when they've already been everywhere? On a ship that goes to places nobody else can get to. The MV Orion is such a ship, custom-built for expedition-style travel that takes you to the world's more inaccessible places--place like Papua New Guinea, Australia's wild northwestern Kimberley coastline, the remote corners of Indonesia, the lesser-known side of Antarctica, and as was ...Santa crawl around the world: Ho! Ho! Ho! from Gadling to you
Dec 18th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
Last Saturday night, Times Square was literally a Santa free for all. I first noticed the Santa madness as I approached from the direction of the Empire State Building while walking along Broadway. Along the way, a group of five Santas passed me. Then another group of Santas strolled by. Then there was a lone Santa and a Santa with Mrs. Claus. There were also elves.
By the time I reached 42nd ...British backpackers spreading sexually transmitted diseases
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 10:30AM: "No sex please, we're British." That old joke has been proven wrong by a new medical study that found British backpackers in Australia are picking up more than just short-term partners; they're picking up infections that they spread around Australia and back home. A survey of 1,008 backpackers at youth hostels in Sydney and Cairns revealed that 24 percent of British backpackers had unprotected sex ...Teenage Aussie set to sail around the world
Oct 18th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Jessica Watson likes to travel, but she approaches the concept a bit differently. The 16-year-old Australian just left Sydney Harbor today, and she wants to take on the world. Her goal is to sail 23,600 miles alone -- through some of the toughest waters in the world -- and become the youngest person in history to do so.
The trek has kicked off some debate in Australia as to whether Watson's ...Outback Australia: Where are the Americans?
Oct 14th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Close to 300,000 people from outside of Australia visit the Northern Territory every year. And if I noticed anything about those tourists while I was there it's that the vast majority do not speak English. That is by no means a judgmental statement. I enjoyed ...Crazy dust storm covers Sydney in red haze
Sep 23rd, 2009 at 3:30PM: Residents and tourists in Sydney, Australia, might be feeling as though they been transported to Mars, and in fact, a glance around at the city covered in red dust against a red-orange sky does bring to mind images of what a colony on the red planet would look like. Despite its other-worldly appearance, the haze that converged on Sydney yesterday is earth-bound, composed of red dust from the ...Flags of the world, made out of food
Sep 15th, 2009 at 9:30AM: The topic of national identity comes up frequently when we travel, particularly when it comes to displaying our home country's flag. As it turns out, the debate surrounding flags is even more "consuming" than we first thought, especially when the flags happen to be made out of food. In honor of this October's upcoming Sydney International Food Festival, the event's organizers have arranged to have ...
