Travel Blog: Shrinking Planet

Travel Song of the Day: ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ by U2


Photo You Must See: Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles

Photo You Must See: Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

A view of the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.


Photo You Must See: Tokyo Punk Parasol

Photo You Must See: Tokyo Punk Parasol REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Japanese girls in punk fashion sit under a parasol in Harajuku, Tokyo’s fashion district.


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Thompson Girl’ by The Tragically Hip


Photo You Must See: Flag-Waving in Montevideo, Uruguay

REUTERS/Andres Stapff

Suporters of Uruguayan party Frente Amplio fill the streets for a campaign rally in the capital, Montevideo.


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Paris’ By Yael Naim


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Blue Canadian Rockies’ by The Byrds


Video You Must See: ‘Artificial’ in the London Underground



Paul Bryan captures the artificial atmospheric conditions of the London Underground.


Photo You Must See: Burqas and a Baby in Kabul

Photo You Must See: Burqas and a Baby in Kabul REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Two Afghan women and a child walk down a set of mud stairs in Kabul.


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Déjalo Ir’ by Marta Gomez


Video You Must See: Where Would You Want to Wake Up Tomorrow?



A film crew asks 50 people the same question on a Brooklyn street. (Via The Daily Dish)


Photo You Must See: Wedding on the Great Wall

Photo You Must See: Wedding on the Great Wall REUTERS/David Gray
REUTERS/David Gray

Actually, we’re not sure there was a wedding—but at the very least, a woman in a bridal gown poses for photos on a section of the Great Wall of China.


Travel Song of the Day: ‘The Whole of the Moon’ by The Waterboys


Photo You Must See: Ice Restaurant in China

Photo You Must See: Ice Restaurant in China REUTERS/China Daily
REUTERS/China Daily

Diners sit at a table in an ice restaurant in Harbin, in north east China. The temperature in the restaurant is about 25 degrees.


Travel Song of the Day: ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’ by The Proclaimers