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FIJI | Sat, 21 Nov 2009 | By jimjamjim | Views [33]
Reaching out across the waves and all the sharks beneath, right across the lands to all the people accross the world. I arrived like a fresh green coconut on Vorovoro Island but now I’ve turned old, brown and hairy… it is time for me to leave ... Read more >
Tags: fiji, adventure, hammock, eco, best, culture
ARGENTINA | Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [385] | Comments [1] | Video
Location: San Antonio de Areco, Argentina
Dates: the weekend of November 10th
Level of Participation: 3 – show up for the carnival scene
ready to eat, dance, and join in the gaucho culture
Description: Día de la Tradición ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, gaucho, culture, asado, buenos aires, world festivals
SOUTH KOREA | Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [829] | Comments [1]
Did you know
that in South Korea...you
should never leave chopsticks in your rice? That you should never beckon anyone
with palm up using one finger?; it's the way Koreans call their dogs! That
writing someone's name in red symbolizes death? ... Read more >
Tags: south korea, weather, 5 things, asia, culture, monsoons, packing, beaches, learn korean, korean phrases
USA | Sat, 1 Aug 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [439]
A family enjoying a daunting Chicago-style deep dish pizza "pie". Now that's a slice! While the U.S. may be known as a culinary melting pot - adopting, transforming, and fusing cuisines from around the world, there are a few foods that just ... Read more >
Tags: food, eating, usa, america, travel-tips, culture
COSTA RICA | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [1093]
Costa Rica is one of the prettiest countries you can visit, full of exceptional wildlife, beautiful scenery and wonderful people. However, always remember that to be a responsible tourist there are some Do’s and Don’ts you should follow. Do: Do ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, travel tips, culture, responsible travel
VIETNAM | Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [157]
It
was only a four hour journey to Hue from Hoi An but we still had the
bizarre “sleeping bus” to semi-horizontally not sleep in for
the journey. We allowed ourselves to be taken to the suggested
guesthouse ... Read more >
Tags: hangover, citadel, history, culture
VIETNAM | Mon, 1 Jun 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [1150]
Vietnam is a friendly country that is generally safe to travel to and full of wonders like Hanoi, the Mekong Delta and let’s not forget the always scrumptious roasted sparrow entrees! The Vietnamese are very appreciative if they see you trying to ... Read more >
Tags: vietnam, responsible travel, travel, scams, southeast asia, culture, volunteering
VIETNAM | Mon, 1 Jun 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [387] | Comments [1]
Cyclos (also called trishaws) in Vietnam are now mainly for tourists, although many locals do still use them from time to time. They won’t be hard to miss as drivers ring their bells constantly trying to attract attention, especially near tourist attractions.... Read more >
Tags: cyclos, vietnam, southeast asia, travel tips, rickshaw, trishaw, culture
JAMAICA | Fri, 24 Apr 2009 | By khwe5401 | Views [94]
What can I say? Majestic? Quaint? Bourgeois? Legacy? Can these mere words surmiss the wonder that is Jamaica. I am one of the few Trinidadians who can proudly say that I have lived and flourished there on that island. Ever since I was young, I had a ... Read more >
Tags: trekking, beaches, on the road, sunsents, culture, lifestyle
THAILAND | Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [147] | Video
By the time we got back from the trek we were too tired. even for a massage, so we sold out and grabbed a pizza and watched a movie in bed. This was followed by a catch-up day – lots of internet and blogging for me while Claire did a few chores ... Read more >
Tags: massage, new year, festival, temple, culture
JAPAN | Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By kurenai | Views [135]
Today was a roaming day, and a bit far from my normal
grounds: I went to Himeji
in Hyogo prefecture. I left my apartment at 9:30 am to be in Himeji by 11 so I could meet my friend at the
station. We headed straight into the Himeji
tourist ... Read more >
Tags: japan, himeji, castle, culture, tradition, sakura, cherry blossom, spring, temple, park
THAILAND | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [455] | Comments [2]
Choosing a trek in the North of Thailand felt like a bit of a lottery at the time. Every seemed to offer the same thing – 3 days 2 nights of a jam packed agenda including visiting a hill people village, doing an elephant ride, bamboo rafting and ... Read more >
Tags: trekking, tribe, culture, cave
THAILAND | Mon, 6 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [288]
i The restaurant was closed, had a for sale sign outside and Jane and Steve were nowhere to be seen. We decided for one to have a look for a place to stay while the other minded the bags. Walking down the street it was clear there were absolutely ... Read more >
Tags: culture, food, drinking, boxing, mot, israeli, ladyboy
JAPAN | Fri, 27 Mar 2009 | By kurenai | Views [156]
Sumo season is here in Osaka
and with it comes bustling crowds of people in an already bustling part of a
busy city (Namba). This is probably the strangest time for a foreigner to live
in Osaka because not only are you repeatedly mistaken for ... Read more >
Tags: japan, osaka, culture, tradition, sumo, spring
THAILAND | Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By allwelcome | Views [962] | Comments [2]
When Western Tourists travel to other cultures for their inexpensive summer holiday, is their consuming passion for the sun, beach and cheap alcohol blinding them to their constant cultural beepers and bloops? In other words, are we ... Read more >
Tags: culture, t a j
JAPAN | Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By kurenai | Views [551]
My friend and I felt the need for a little bit of culture so
we headed over to the National Museum of Art in Osaka. Leaving Higobashi exit 3 (on the blue
Yotsubashi subway line) we followed a map directly outside the station to the
museum. ... Read more >
Tags: japan, osaka, museum, art, culture, contemporary, kanji, china
INDONESIA | Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By cam2yogi | Views [539] | Comments [2]
Day 1: The Danu Tour I t is morning over the rice
fields. Expected sounds of roosters crowing and crickets singing spread
across this valley. Small birds chirp as they hover over the sawah’s (the field’s) green carpet. Geckos skitter along patio ... Read more >
Tags: cameron karsten photography, laura defreitas, cam2yogi, lauranidra, bali, indonesia, yoga, culture
JAPAN | Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By kurenai | Views [227]
Bunraku –
boon-rah-coo – or traditional Japanese puppet theater was founded in Osaka in
1684, though apparently established as the form we know today coming about in 1872 (I’m quoting the Wiki here). Bunraku contains the puppeteers (the ... Read more >
Tags: japan, culture, theater, osaka, puppet, winter, new years
JAPAN | Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By kurenai | Views [305]
My thoughts of Japan throughout the past year of living here; the good, the bad, the strange and ugly. Japan is a land of extremes: from
the obsessive otaku s to the overly
frilly maid café dresses, the made-up high school girls with their ... Read more >
Tags: japan, teaching, living, culture, festival, concert, travel
JAPAN | Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By kurenai | Views [1046]
There is a reason to go to Kyoto in the autumn: kouyou , or red leaves. It doesn’t matter where you go or what you
do, these beautiful multi-colored trees are all around you in various arrays of
color: vibrant green, rich yellow and orange, ... Read more >
Tags: japan, kyoto, culture, red leaves, temple, shrine, kouyou, autumn, fall
JAPAN | Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By kurenai | Views [191]
I had a chance to visit an onsen hotel last weekend in Ikeda called Fushiokaku (http://www.fushioukaku.co.jp/english/index.html) and it was quite a treat. My friend and I walked into our lovely spacious (well, spacious for Japan) hotel room, plopped ... Read more >
Tags: japan, onsen, culture, osaka, rotenburo, hot springs, kouyou, red leaves, autumn, fall
SOUTH KOREA | Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By miss_traveller | Views [402] | Comments [1]
After being away from Seoul, Korea for six months, I decided to bite the bullet and come back to 'Korea Sparkling,' and 'Land of the Morning Calm.' I decided that being offered more money and more holidays, plus getting a chance to see all the great ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy, culture, outlook
CHINA | Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Views [204]
We met a few locals on our trip thru mainland China who were willing to talk candidly to us about their life and experiences in their home. For the most part we talked to educated, interesting people - we had no opportunity to talk to the peasants, ... Read more >
Tags: china, people, culture
PERU | Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [412]
Another thing I had forgoten about Latinoameica was the buses. They´re more like planes. We left our hostel in Lima to get a bus to Pisco - thankfully only 6 blocks which gave us the opportunity to try out packs out walking a little in the heat. The ... Read more >
Tags: peru, wildlife, culture, earthquake, boat, island, desert
VIETNAM | Sat, 20 Sep 2008 | By michaelfarrant | Views [366]
Je sais que c'est la deuxieme histoire qui a trait au scooter, mais c'est the mode de transport en Asie et aussi un aspect de la culture qui ne cesse de m'etonner (et de me faire peur). Pour n'importe quel routard les "rides" en scooter ... Read more >
Tags: scooters, transport, fou, culture, vietnam
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