Travel Blog: Shrinking Planet
Video You Must See: China’s 60th Anniversary
by Michael Yessis | 10.05.09 | 2:31 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Passenger Side’ by Wilco
by Michael Yessis | 10.05.09 | 1:55 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Changes’ by Seu Jorge
by Jim Benning | 10.02.09 | 3:13 PM ET
Photo You Must See: Virgin Over Heathrow
by World Hum | 10.01.09 | 5:02 PM ET
A Virgin Atlantic plane flies low over nearby houses before landing at London’s Heathrow Airport.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon
by Eva Holland | 10.01.09 | 1:01 PM ET
The World’s Connections, Mapped
by Eva Holland | 09.30.09 | 3:30 PM ET
The New Scientist has a fantastic slideshow of world maps, showing global shipping lanes, railways, navigable rivers and more. The idea? To demonstrate how “little of the world’s land can now be thought of as inaccessible.” (Via The Morning News)
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Jacksonville Skyline’ by Whiskeytown
by Michael Yessis | 09.30.09 | 1:14 PM ET
Video You Must See: Burning Man in Time Lapse
by Eva Holland | 09.29.09 | 4:42 PM ET
(Via The Daily Dish)
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Ojalá’ by Silvio Rodriguez
by Jim Benning | 09.29.09 | 3:33 PM ET
Photo You Must See: Big-Wave Surfing at Cow Bombie
by World Hum | 09.29.09 | 1:02 PM ET
Surfer Mark Visser drops into a 36-foot wave at Cow Bombie, near the Western Australian town of Gracetown. The surf spot is located roughly 175 miles south of Perth.
Video You Must See: Buried in an Avalanche
by Eva Holland | 09.28.09 | 5:09 PM ET
1:05—Skier starts his descent
1:24—Buried in avalanche
5:22—First sounds of rescuers
6:09—Daylight
(Via The Daily Dish. More details at Vimeo.)
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Jackson’ by Johnny Cash and June Carter
by Eva Holland | 09.28.09 | 1:26 PM ET
Photo You Must See: Mugging for the Camera at Oktoberfest
by World Hum | 09.24.09 | 5:04 PM ET
A waitress serves mugs of beer to the thirsty crowds on Saturday as Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Amsterdam’ by Jacques Brel
by Jim Benning | 09.24.09 | 12:48 PM ET
Photo You Must See: Dust Storm at the Opera House
by World Hum | 09.23.09 | 5:01 PM ET
A dust storm obscures the Sydney Opera House at sunrise this morning.