Women's Travel
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (3 days ago)
About 300 million people play social games on Facebook per month. Now imagine if even a fraction of their time was spent playing games that could trigger funding for positive causes.
That's the concept behind "Half the Sky Movement: The Game," a new Facebook game that ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
"I hope you're not a monk, because I'd love go Tibet with you." Cue sound of detonating bomb.
Our friends at Lonely Planet recently compiled a list of the best worst travel-themed pick-up lines, via Twitter. The results are hilarious, as well as cringe-inducing. ...
by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
News of the death of an American woman vacationing in Turkey made headlines across the country, but her tragic death also raises an important question because the mother of two – who was missing for nearly two weeks before police found her body over the weekend – ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (25 days ago)
By many measures, Hong Kong is one of the most expensive cities in the world.
But for every five-star hotel, luxury boutique and gourmet restaurant, there's a budget room, quaint flea market and cheap dimsum stand waiting in the wings. In fact, apart from high ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
We all know that airplanes double as mobile petri dishes. But with a particularly nasty flu epidemic upon us, the Gadling team thought we'd mother you by reminding you to get your flu shot, already. That, and bring along these proven deterrents to the flu and other airborne ...
by Micheline Maynard (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
There are two kinds of travelers in the world – those who unpack promptly after a trip, and those who can't bring themselves to do so.
I fall into the latter category. More times than not, I am unpacking my suitcase in order to pack for my next trip. Apparently, ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
With very few exceptions, I've spent the last 17-plus Christmases going out for dim sum. No matter where I'm living at the time, once December rolls around, I start researching the best places to indulge my har gow habit. Why? Because I've worked in the service industry for ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Tourists come to Hong Kong for a number of reasons: business, shopping, sightseeing.
Me? I came to eat.
I have long heard about Hong Kong's famed cuisine, with its unique blend of Chinese, Western, Japanese, Southeast Asian and international influences. The city ...
by David Farley (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
I first heard about Lieka from her boss. He runs a tour guide company in Amsterdam. And over beers, he listed the types of tours his company offers. "There are Red Light District tours, there are food tours and there are drinking tours."
"Oh yeah!" he said, "I also have a ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Let's play a quick word association game. I say "Bay of Pigs," you tell me what comes to mind.
Fidel Castro? Communism? Failed CIA missions?
When I think of the Bay of Pigs, I think of crystal clear water stretching out as far as the eye can see. I think of black ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
"Travel writers are obligated to meet people, to ask questions, to pay attention," writer, editor and Gadling contributor Lavinia Spalding told the audience at TEDxParkCity earlier this year. "With that comes a heightened sense of awareness and observation, and some ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Flower stand in Old Havana
Until very recently, nearly every entity in Cuba was owned and operated by the government.
But in the past few years, the Cuban government has tried to promote private businesses in hopes that the shift will provide a much-needed boost to ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
We've all been there. Maybe we've been one. The person on a guided tour or trip who's a complete, utter, pain in the ass.
Perhaps it's unintentional. Maybe it's due to deep-seated issues that would cause empathy in another situation. Or just possibly, it's because the ...
by Allison Kade (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
It's no secret I'm a fan of couchsurfing. Finding hosts online to put you up in their living rooms sounds sketchy, but I've never had a real negative experience. The value isn't just in a free place to crash. The biggest plus is meeting incredible people, real people who can ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
I'm an unapologetic Luddite. My colleagues at Gadling will attest to this. The fact that I write for AOL is both cosmic luck and hilarious irony given my initial reluctance to embrace the digital era.
I can't help it; it's hereditary. At least, that's what I tell ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Mention Georgia O'Keeffe and cooking isn't what comes to mind. But the iconic Southwestern artist was ahead of her time when it came to food. So says O'Keeffe's former cook and assistant Margaret Wood, author of "A Painter's Kitchen: Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
After years of fine-tuning, I may have just mastered the art of dressing for airport security.
It wasn't easy, mind you. For many years, my travel uniform consisted of jeans, a belt, a white T-shirt and sneakers. But my belt would always set off the alarm, my ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Watch Meg Ryan Visits Cambodia's Toul Kork Road on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.
"Half the Sky" is more than a four-hour PBS documentary series; it is a movement to turn oppression into opportunity for women worldwide.
The documentary, which premiered earlier ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
No one is ever going to accuse me of being a tech junkie. But as a journalist, I've had to temper my Luddite proclivities so that I can earn a living while on the road.
Compounding the issue is my essential frugality and innate dirtbag tendencies. I only travel with a ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the reign of the "Two Hot Tamales," Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken were the badass female chefs/restaurateurs of the '80s and '90s, and the darlings of the Food Network in its infancy (read: when it was good). They helped to ...
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