Opportunity to Win National Geographic Student Trip to London WASHINGTON (March 5, 2012) - National Geographic announces the kickoff of the first National Geographic Student Photo Contest to win a trip on a National Geographic Student Expedition this summer. This contest invites high school students to submit a photo and a short statement describing the photo and how it captures the essence of what exploration means to them. The grand prize … [Read more...]
Adventures in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka sits just south of India and if you draw a line to the south of Sri Lanka there are thousands of miles of nothing but ocean until you hit Antarctica. The Maldives are an easy 1 hour flight away. Sri Lanka is known for its outstanding tea, Buddhist temples and jungles. There are a also a variety of popular beaches - the best ones sit on the Eastern and Southern parts of the island. Read on for more information about our trip. This … [Read more...]
Visit Beijing – February 2012
Beijing, China's Capital City is home to a number of major tourist highlights. Tiananmen Square, the world's largest public square is at the center of this town. It anchors the Forbidden City next door - this is a maze of temples and museums dating back to 1406. A must visit is the Great Wall - Badaling is the closest part of the wall to Beijing and is visited by the tourist masses. China raised the bar to another level with its production of the … [Read more...]
Moon Beijing & Shanghai
Moon Beijing & Shanghai by Helena Iveson Two of China's powerhouse cities are covered in this new edition from Moon Handbooks. We are on our way to Beijing soon and will be using this guidebook during our travels. Beijing is the capital city and has long been the source of attractions including Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven - more recently Beijing was in the global spotlight for the 2008 Olympics. This up-to-date book includes … [Read more...]
2012 Global Travel Indicators Point Up
Los Angeles, CA (13 December 2011) - America's traditional blue-chip AAA's Leisure Travel Index shows that more American's will be hitting the road this holiday season, but a deeper look into more 21st century mashup travel metrics point to an even bigger year for international travelers in 2012. The World's Greatest Travelers 2012 Aggregate Travel Metrics, as selected in expert focus groups and online survey data at the … [Read more...]
Richard Bangs: Global Explorer, Author
Richard has enjoyed an enviable travel career - over the past 30 years he's explored much of the world, made a number of first river descents and founded or was an integral part of several major travel companies. Recently we had a chance to ask Richard about his travel philosophy, career accomplishments and recent projects. Q. Tell us how you became an adventure traveler and what still fuels your appetite for this type of travel? I … [Read more...]
Peter Mondavi Sr: Longtime Napa Winemaker, Industry leader
We recently had the honor and rare privilege to sit down with Peter Mondavi Sr., long time proprietor of Napa's oldest winery, Charles Krug. Mr. Mondavi is 98 years young. We talked about history of course because when you've been in Napa as long as Peter Mondavi Sr. you have plenty to discuss. But we also covered the types of wines being produced today and how they differ from the wines he started out producing in the 1940's, not to mention his … [Read more...]
Wines that Complement Games
Major International gambling hubs include Macau (tiny island off China's mainland coast), Las Vegas, Monte Carlo and Singapore. Alcohol and casinos often go hand in hand - free drinks are usually offered by scantily clad servers. Most of the time they offer cocktails or stiff drinks or even beer but why not make your beverage of choice wine - the perfect accompaniment for playing the slot machines, dealing cards or playing video … [Read more...]
Squid on the Floor
At sunrise the buzz of motorbike traffic has not yet begun, and the street is oddly quiet. We come out of the alley and onto the sidewalk where shop owners are opening up and iced coffee vendors await their first customers. We're out here at this hour waiting for a van, which soon arrives. The four of us shove our bags in the back and groggily climb in. The previous afternoon we booked a Halong Bay tour from one of the hundreds of vendors in … [Read more...]
The Lovely Inishowen Peninsula and More
As our plane dipped down below the mist, patchwork fields of green came into view. Then we went in for the landing in Belfast and could see sheep in a nearby pasture. This was hard to explain, but I felt like I was entering into an ancient homeland. Maybe because my family had distant Irish ancestry. My sister-in-law met my mother, sister and I and we went by car to the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal along the coast to Moville. The … [Read more...]
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