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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
Filed under: Asia, Vietnam, Photo of the Day
I kind of want to ride a water buffalo. Do you think it's like riding an elephant? (I haven't done that, either, so I guess it doesn't matter.) These two boys look quite at home on top of these...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
Filed under: Asia, China, Photo of the Day
Today's Photo of the Day is of this lovely happy Buddha. Although, I've done some research and discovered that this figure is not actually Buddha, but a 10th century Chinese monk named Hotei. Apparently...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Amy Chen
Filed under: United States, Transportation, Budget Travel, Travel Deals
If you're tight on cash this Valentine's Day, it may still be possible to plan a last-minute getaway to New York City or the Boston area. World Wide Bus, which launched last...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
Filed under: Asia, China, Malaysia, Photo of the Day
The Chinese New Year celebrations are still in full swing here in Asia. As it's the continent's version of spring break crossed with Christmas, folks are on holiday and many shops and...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Amy Chen
If you really want to impress a chocoholic on Valentine's Day, consider stopping by one of these chocolate factory tours in San Francisco, New York City, Las Vegas, Hawaii, and Vermont. Most of these tours are free, plus you'll score...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
If getting up in the morning sometimes seems like you're taking on the world, then actually taking on the world might sound preposterous. But with a little planning and some extra precautions, traveling without fear of a mental collapse is a...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
This sky is my favorite kind: the sun is still in one part of it, brightening everything up, but the impending blackness of the clouds means trouble is brewing. Not that that is any bother for the sunbathers, who are catching a few last-minute...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
Filed under: Asia, China
Set on a hillside directly overlooking the Songtsam Monastery, the Songtsam Retreat offers a taste of Tibet to the traveler in China. The collection of buildings are built in the style of Tibetan stone houses, and...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
The normally rigid lines of this Left Bank Paris building are softened and distorted in a rear window reflection. Besides the definitely Parisian building, I also like that there are blue skies (so rare in Paris), and the fact that the...
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Press Room/Opinion
Author:Catherine Bodry
Filed under: Asia, China Gadling's last stop on Yunnan's ancient tea horse road was Shangri-la, China, a high-altitude Tibetan city named after the mythical town in John Hilton's "Lost Horizon." Full of snapping prayer flags in high-altitude...
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