Min says she’s the happiest she’s been in many years. Alex Myall, writing in Exploreweb » She saved her $300 monthly pension and combined it with her savings to buy a white Volkswagen Polo hatchback. She researched everything she could about traveling on a budget — which apps are most helpful on the road, tips […]
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Reuters is reporting that China has unveiled its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming. The Chinese are calling it the Polar Silk Road. “China hopes to work with all parties to build a ‘Polar Silk Road’ through developing […]
The new restrictions are directed at regular tourists. Mountaineers, scientific researchers, and geological disaster researcher are still be allowed inside the reserve. Karson Yiu, writing for ABC News: Tourists will now no longer have access to the research base camp and can only reach as far as the Rongbuk Monastery at 16,400 feet above sea […]
Chinese authorities have recognized that tourism is a key pillar of their economy, and they continue to invest heavily to improve infrastructure and standards, in addition to opening up the country with increasingly tourism-friendly policies and initiatives. At the World Travel Market in London, Euromonitor International’s Head of Travel Caroline Bremner said: “Destinations like China […]
The new bullet trains to southern China promise to be far quicker than existing cross-border rail links, and long-haul services will cut journey times to Beijing from 24 hours to nine hours. “This is definitely convenient in terms of time,” said one passenger who gave his name as Mr Kwok and was taking a train […]
Xia Boyu of China, who lost both his feet during a failed Everest attempt in 1975, and later had both legs amputated due to cancer, finally reached the summit on prosthetic limbs yesterday on his fifth attempt. Justin Housman, reporting at the Adventure Journal: Last December, the Nepalese government wrote a new rule banning double amputees from obtaining permits to […]
Follow Gary and Monika Wescott as they travel through China in August and September 2014 on the quest to drive from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, across all of Eurasia, following the Silk Road. The following are links to their blog about this journey. China # 1 – Arriving in Kashgar China # […]
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Deutsche Welle Documentary » Taiwan is a place of incredible variety. The tiny island’s natural beauty is a concentration of some of Asia’s most spectacular features. To the east, there are sheer cliffs with mountain peaks, plateaus and hot springs. To the south, you’ll find sandy beaches, coral reefs and lagoons. Although the Taiwanese live […]
On June 28, the 17th edition of the Global Peace Index from international think-tank, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) was released, and things are not looking great. The analysis showed that conflict deaths are at their highest level this century causing world peacefulness to decline. Some key findings in the report »