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Heaven and Halong Bay
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... »
On the Road to Old Nanjing
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... »
Tale of the Thai White Temple
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... »
In Barbados, It’s the Water
Barbados, a dot on the map between the Caribbean and the Atlantic just above Grenada, is known for more than sun, soak and sand. It’s known for its ability to make babies. »
Stately, Sexy Keswick Hall in loving Virginia
Virginia’s Stately Hideaway Deep in the land of statesmen, founding fathers and plantation gentry is a place Thomas Jefferson might have skipped but honeymooners might consider otherwise. If Virginia is for lovers, then Keswick Hall at Monticello is an interesting amalgam of stately propriety and romance on a 600-acre spread of rolling green hills and... »
The Dish on Juicy Travel Site Bites
from WhereDaily.com The LA Times Travel Show is not for sissies. Each year, the convention hall books out just around Valentine’s Day with nearly 1,000 exhibitors and thousands more who pay $10 a ticket to see parading Las Vegas showgirls, paradise travel posters and buy last year’s travel guidebooks at a discount. This year, the... »
Rooms with a View in Tahiti
Even if you’re not getting married in Tahiti you can still invite the folks, the cousins, even the neighbors for a stay in French Polynesia’s latest resort manse: one of two Presidential Overwater Bungalows that opened recently at Hilton Bora Bora Nui »
Sushi with your Salsa in Vegas
Brazil is home to the largest Japanese population outside of Japan. Who knew?Connoisseurs of the fifth sense took this fact and made it into a posh new restaurant in Las Vegas, Miami and New York where a little sake, a little sushi and a lot of chili and taco shells provide the most confounding... »
Calistoga: Napa’s Neverland
People head to Calistoga for its waters – hot and mineral-heavy straight from the roiling pulp beneath the mighty San Andreas. But people head to Calistoga Ranch Resort for the high-ticket R&R. »