Travel Blog: Shrinking Planet
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Wheels’ by The Flying Burrito Brothers
by Eva Holland | 09.23.09 | 1:06 PM ET
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Yahoo! BuzzThe Oregon-Guanajuato Connection
by Jim Benning | 09.23.09 | 11:22 AM ET
Nice story in the Global Post about a particularly potent sister city relationship between Ashland, Oregon, and Guanajuato, Mexico:
While other cross-continental matchings are largely symbolic, this relationship has fostered academic and musical exchanges, helped build houses—and even led to 79 marriages.
I gotta say, Ashland couldn’t have picked a better sister city than Guanajuato. The Spanish colonial city doesn’t get the attention it deserves—it’s one of my favorite places in Mexico.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Tangled Up In Blue’ by Bob Dylan
by Michael Yessis | 09.22.09 | 2:39 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Road to Nowhere’ by David Byrne
by Jim Benning | 09.21.09 | 2:38 PM ET
Video We Love: David Byrne Cycles Times Square
by Eva Holland | 09.21.09 | 12:41 PM ET
0:19—“Lady, if I was a truck you wouldn’t be doing that.”
1:31—“Times Square, crossroads of the world.”
2:27—“Sometimes when I tell people I ride around New York they think I’m crazy. That may be.”
3:52—“If this were a bike lane, there would be a truck from New Jersey in it.”
Photo We Love: Dhaka’s Street Kids in Close-Up
by World Hum | 09.18.09 | 2:14 PM ET
Photo by Joanna Kakissis Street kids crowd around the camera in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ by Gladys Knight and the Pips
by Eva Holland | 09.18.09 | 12:32 PM ET
Photo We Love: Purple (and Green) World Heritage Windmills
by World Hum | 09.17.09 | 5:04 PM ET
REUTERS/Jerry Lampen Energy-efficient LED lighting illuminates the World Heritage-listed windmills of Kinderdijk, Netherlands.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
by Jim Benning | 09.16.09 | 3:38 PM ET
Photo We Love: Fall Leaves in Minnesota
by World Hum | 09.15.09 | 5:02 PM ET
Maple, oak and birch leaves change color in Minnesota.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Destination Anywhere’ by The Marvelettes
by Eva Holland | 09.15.09 | 2:02 PM ET
Video We Love: Gliding Down the Eiger
by Eva Holland | 09.15.09 | 10:41 AM ET
- 1:08—Sweet aerial shot of the mountain
- 1:23—The descent begins
- 3:17—End of the real action
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Heartland’ by U2
by Michael Yessis | 09.14.09 | 2:37 PM ET
Photo We Love: The Scarves of South Sulawesi
by World Hum | 09.14.09 | 12:36 PM ET
REUTERS/Stringer Indonesia A woman tries on a headscarf at a market in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Beautiful World’ by Colin Hay
by Jim Benning | 09.11.09 | 11:19 AM ET
