Destination: Asia
Eight Photos to Inspire Wanderlust
by World Hum | 05.01.09 | 8:12 AM ET
REUTERS Indulge your armchair traveler. We've gathered eight wanderlust-inspiring travel photos from around the world.
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Yahoo! BuzzEight Great Stories on the Travel Writing Life
by World Hum | 04.30.09 | 4:01 PM ET
To mark our eighth anniversary, we've collected eight favorite stories from our archives that explore the wanderlust-inspired literary life
Pyinsalu Township, Myanmar
by World Hum | 04.30.09 | 10:31 AM ET
REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun A fisherman uses palm leaves to sail the Pyanmalot River in Pyinsalu Township located in Myanmar's delta region.
Eight Great Stories of Beaches, Islands, Travel and the Tropics
by World Hum | 04.30.09 | 10:31 AM ET
To mark our eighth anniversary, we've collected eight favorite stories from our archives that celebrate and explore travel at land's end
Eight Great Road Trip Stories
by World Hum | 04.29.09 | 10:21 AM ET
To mark World Hum's eighth anniversary, we've collected from our archives eight favorite travel stories that heed the call of the open road
Eight Great Travel Stories About Food
by World Hum | 04.28.09 | 4:06 PM ET
iStockphoto To mark World Hum's eighth anniversary, we've collected eight favorite stories from our archives that explore the sweet spot where taste meets travel
Eight Great Stories of the Shrinking Planet
by World Hum | 04.28.09 | 10:08 AM ET
To mark our eighth anniversary, we've collected stories from our archives that speak to ways people and cultures are mixing and colliding
Mixed Signals: When A-OK is not Okay
by Eric Weiner | 04.24.09 | 10:28 AM ET
REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev On the intersection of place, politics and culture
My Twice-Cooked Pork Epiphany
by Julia Ross | 04.23.09 | 10:20 AM ET
Living in Shanghai, Julia Ross wasn't too hot on Chinese food. Then she moved to Taiwan and stepped into Shao Shao Ke.
Jakarta, Indonesia
by World Hum | 04.22.09 | 10:30 AM ET
REUTERS/Dadang Tri Workers plant mangrove trees at a conservation garden in Jakarta to mark Earth Day
Karachi, Pakistan
by World Hum | 04.21.09 | 11:34 AM ET
REUTERS/Athar Hussain A boy leads a camel while offering rides along Clifton beach in Karachi.
Interview with Newley Purnell: On Bangkok’s Political Crisis and Travel to Thailand
by Julia Ross | 04.20.09 | 5:04 PM ET
Bangkok is still reeling from the violent “red shirt” protests that swept the city last week. Though protesters surrendered to the government on Tuesday, an assassination attempt against a prominent protest leader on Friday kept Thais on edge. Several countries, including Britain, Australia and China, issued warnings against travel to Thailand last week, and a state of emergency remains in effect.
I emailed Bangkok-based journalist and World Hum contributor Newley Purnell to get his take on the situation and its impact on local tourism.
A Vertical Tour of Hong Kong
by Julia Ross | 04.20.09 | 10:14 AM ET
I read the current New Yorker profile of urban climber Alain Robert—aka “Spiderman”—expecting to learn the whys and wherefores of the Frenchman’s quirky obsession with scaling the world’s skyscrapers. There was plenty of that, but what surprised me was the extensive description of Hong Kong’s built environment, a kind of vertical canvas for Robert’s peculiar talent.
Writer Lauren Collins does a wonderful job describing how Hong Kong’s residents interact with their surroundings:
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Given the Dire Economy, Should I Travel Overseas This Year?
by Rolf Potts | 04.20.09 | 10:12 AM ET
Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel and the world
Yokohma, Japan
by World Hum | 04.20.09 | 9:51 AM ET
REUTERS/Issei Kato A giant mechanical spider performed by French company La Machine walks along the waterfront in Yokohma, south of Tokyo.