Destination: South America
Photo You Must See: The Colors of Carnival in Rio
by World Hum | 02.01.10 | 12:56 PM ET
REUTERS/Bruno Domingos A brightly-dressed reveller joins in a carnival parade in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, this weekend.
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Yahoo! BuzzMust I Get ‘Off the Beaten Path’ When I Travel?
by Rolf Potts | 02.01.10 | 11:15 AM ET
Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel and the world
Photo You Must See: Flooding Near Machu Picchu, Peru
by World Hum | 01.29.10 | 2:38 PM ET
REUTERS/Mariana Bazo A damaged road to Machu Picchu is partially submerged in the Vilcanota River in Cuzco this week.
World Travel Watch: Violence in Cartagena, Evacuations in Peru and More
by Larry Habegger | 01.27.10 | 11:36 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Reviewed: The Matteo Ricci World Map
by Michael Yessis | 01.20.10 | 3:39 PM ET
Commissioned in 1602, the Matteo Ricci World Map is the first written in Chinese to show the Americas. It’s currently on display at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Edward Rothstein reviews the exhibition:
Ricci created two earlier versions, beginning in 1584, drawing on atlases and materials he took with him on his journey from Italy. But this third version is the earliest to survive and the first to have combined information from both eastern and western cartography. It is also the oldest surviving map to have given the Chinese a larger vision of the earth.
Even the sturdiest of wall maps tend to have limited life spans, but this large, segmented map is so rare that for centuries it was uncertain if this copy even existed, which is why it has been nicknamed the “impossible black tulip” of maps. It is one of six known copies.
Photo You Must See: Ecuador’s Tungurahua Volcano
by World Hum | 01.12.10 | 11:00 AM ET
REUTERS/Carlos Campana Ash, gas and molten rock spew from the Tungurahua volcano south of Quito, Ecuador, yesterday.
New Structures Uncovered in the Amazon
by Eva Holland | 01.08.10 | 10:05 AM ET
David Grann has an update on the latest findings, which point to the existence of a “vast and complex ancient civilization,” in the New Yorker’s News Desk blog. He writes: “The latest discovery proves that we are only at the outset of this archeological revolution—one that is exploding our perceptions about what the Amazon and the Americas looked like before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.”
Grann’s “The Lost City of Z” recently made our list of the best travel books of 2009.
Photo You Must See: Roll Cloud Over Uruguay
by World Hum | 01.06.10 | 3:46 PM ET
A rare roll cloud formed by an advancing storm front hangs above the beach in Maldonado, Uruguay.
Photo You Must See: Glacier Sunrise in Patagonia
by World Hum | 12.22.09 | 11:32 AM ET
The sun rises over the Perito Moreno glacier near El Calafate, Argentina.
World Travel Watch: Fees and Visas in India and Argentina, Maoists in Nepal and More
by Larry Habegger | 12.16.09 | 10:56 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Where in the World Are You, Jim Benning?
by World Hum | 12.04.09 | 1:30 PM ET
The subject of our latest up-to-the-minute interview with a traveler somewhere in the world: Jim Benning, coeditor of World Hum. His email landed in our inbox just moments ago.
Where in the world are you?
World Travel Watch: Robberies in the Bahamas, Kidnapping in Ecuador and More
by Larry Habegger | 11.25.09 | 10:48 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Demonstrations in Venezuela, Clashes in Namibia and More
by Larry Habegger | 11.19.09 | 2:10 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Protests in Nepal, Tensions in Nicaragua and More
by Larry Habegger | 11.05.09 | 7:47 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Photo You Must See: Flag-Waving in Montevideo, Uruguay
by World Hum | 10.23.09 | 3:56 PM ET
Suporters of Uruguayan party Frente Amplio fill the streets for a campaign rally in the capital, Montevideo.