Archive for April, 2010

A cruise through the karsts of Halong Bay near Haiphong Harbor in Vietnam is an eerie one indeed. »

It’s barely a week to the opening of Expo 2010 in Shanghai and the city is holding its breath. While this global tradition that dates back to 1851 and put the Eiffel Tower in Paris promises to be the biggest World Expo to date in size and scope, it will also attract some of... »

from www.wheredaily.com The rural/industrial countryside flies by at 125 km an hour on this fast train from Nanjing to Shanghai. The trip should take just over two hours – a good buy for $20 these days. The cars are clean, the seats even have international computer outlets. It’s a bullet into the 21st century that... »

It could be a set out of What Dreams May Come, as Robin Williams wanders the sewers of Hell. Or it could be a bullet on a page of Ten Temples You Should See Before You Die. This apparition rises from the fruit fields on the road to Chiang Rai in northern Thailand almost... »