Destination: Sri Lanka
The Sexual Lives of Sri Lankans
by Hannah Tennant-Moore | 12.17.10 | 1:56 PM ET
After a month of catcalls and groping, Hannah Tennant-Moore wonders what she's doing alone with a masseur
World Travel Watch: Tube Strike in London, Election Worries in Egypt and More
by Larry Habegger | 11.17.10 | 1:26 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Flesh Fines in France, Medical Tourism Risks in South Asia and More
by Larry Habegger | 08.18.10 | 12:22 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Floods in Central Europe, Ongoing Violence in Bangkok and More
by Larry Habegger | 05.19.10 | 10:22 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Elections in Sri Lanka, Shark Attack in Cape Town and More
by Larry Habegger | 01.20.10 | 12:59 PM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
World Travel Watch: Weather Delays Across Europe, Elections in Sri Lanka and More
by Larry Habegger | 12.23.09 | 11:23 AM ET
Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news
Photo You Must See: Stilt-Fishing in Sri Lanka
by World Hum | 10.09.09 | 12:31 PM ET
Sri Lankan fishermen wait to catch fish as they sit atop stilts in Ahangama.
Seven Images to Inspire Wanderlust: From Nicaragua to New Delhi
by World Hum | 06.05.09 | 9:26 AM ET
Indulge your armchair traveler with seven wanderlust-inspiring travel photos from around the world
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
by World Hum | 05.26.09 | 4:06 PM ET
Dancers dressed in traditional costumes perform during a street parade in central Colombo, part of continuing celebrations following the end of Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war
Expat Tales: Wanderers, Starving Artists and Dissolutes
by Julia Ross | 05.06.09 | 3:10 PM ET
Novelist Malcolm Pryce rounds up his top 10 expat tales with heavy representation from Asia and the Pacific: novels and journals on Vietnam, Thailand, Tahiti and Sri Lanka make the cut.
Eurocentrics will appreciate Pryce’s inclusion of the Thomas Cook European Railway Timetable, but, for Asia travelers, the money quote can be found in his description of Bangkok: “The city is, in fact, a combine harvester for the ex-pat male heart.” Something tells me that line will come to mind next time I’m walking through Patpong.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
by World Hum | 04.15.09 | 11:41 AM ET
A Buddhist monk blesses a ceremonial elephant at the Bellanwila Buddhist Temple as part of New Year celebrations by Sri Lanka's Sinhalese and Tamil in Colombo
Morning Links: A ‘Tropical Havisham Enigma,’ iPhone Travel Apps and More
by Michael Yessis | 03.03.09 | 9:54 AM ET
- Pico Iyer investigates a “tropical Havisham enigma” in southern Sri Lanka.
- There’s a good reason why airline passengers lost fewer bags in 2008.
- Roger Yu evaluates some iPhone travel applications.
- Gulliver asks: “How will the recession affect green business travel?”
- Forbes lists America’s worst intersections.
- The fine Southwest has to pay for flying those planes that had missed safety checks: $7.5 million.
- The “very unconventional” lodging at Pixel Hotel Linz is spread all over the Austrian city. (via This Just In)
- Finally, here’s a look at the art of yarn bombing—“improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time”—in Vancouver B.C.
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Subcontinental Homesick Blues
by Anthony Bourdain | 12.15.08 | 12:36 AM ET
From a balcony in Sri Lanka, surrounded by AK-47-toting soldiers, Anthony Bourdain reveals why music can make a travel moment
No. 3: “The Great Railway Bazaar” by Paul Theroux
by Terry Ward | 05.29.06 | 12:58 PM ET
To mark our five-year anniversary, we’re counting down the top 30 travel books of all time, adding a new title each day this month.
Published: 1975
Territory covered: India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Japan
Tsunamis Bring Out the Best in Travelers
by Jim Benning | 01.30.05 | 7:03 PM ET
In much of Asia, Western tourists are best known for frittering away time on beaches and haggling over the price of $4 hotel rooms. But when the tsunamis struck, Jim Benning writes, many visitors proved worthy guests.
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