Sri Lanka
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Jaliyaj, Flickr
I've been traveling vicariously this week through my aunt who is temporarily based in Singapore and exploring Sri Lanka right now. The south Asian country has been on my wish list for years, ever since I learned the capital from playing "Where in the World is ...
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
xcode, Flickr
AKA: Vesakha, Vesak, Wesak, Visak, Vixakha and many more derivatives.
When? The second Sunday in May OR the day of the full moon in May OR the Sunday nearest to the day of the full moon in May OR the eighth day of the fourth lunar month OR if you've decided ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
"Coconut: Nose to Tail" from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo.
The Perennial Plate folks are always impressing me. This video examines the role the coconut plays in the life and culture of the people of Sri Lanka. After spending the day with a family of eight on a coconut ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
The folks at The Perennial Plate have done it again, just like they always do. They've created another video that manages to pair perfectly suited music against beautiful and intimate shots of a country's land and people. In this video from their time spent in Sri Lanka, ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
As one of the best adventure travel companies on the planet, GeoEx (formerly Geographic Expeditions) is always looking for opportunities to visit new and unique destinations. For 2013, they've added five such places to their line-up, giving travelers a chance to explore the ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Adventure travel company G Adventures has announced that starting in January of next year it will begin offering options to visit 12 new countries and expand its popular Local Living tours to more destinations as well. These additions to the G Adventures catalog will provide ...
by Jessica Festa (RSS feed) (11 months ago)
It becomes more and more apparent everyday just how much travelers need to research the cultures they are visiting beforehand. Recently in Sri Lanka, three French tourists – two women and a man – were given suspended, six-month prison sentences for kissing a ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Pavia Rosati is the founder of Fathom, a recently debuted travel website. Fathom is smart and beautifully designed. It's full of exciting short briefs about various destinations across the globe.
Rosati, as you'll see from her answers below, is an experienced editor and ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sri Lanka is still recovering after a long and brutal civil war that started in 1983 and only ended two years ago. The fight between Tamil separatists and the government left 100,000 people dead, many of them civilians, and there were accusations of war crimes on both sides. ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Well, it's all over. Whether you woke up in the middle of the night to watch Will and Kate get married or ignored the deluge of media coverage, today's historic Royal Wedding has said "I do" and we can all breath a collective sigh of relief that we can stop hearing about ...
by Justin Delaney (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Introducing a new blogger at Gadling, Justin Delaney...
Where was your photo taken:
This photo was taken in Dahab, Egypt on the Red Sea - one of the coolest places I have ever been. Here I am enjoying a well deserved sheesha after climbing Mount Sinai.
Where do you ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Since the end of the Tamil Tiger confilct in May 2009, travel to Sri Lanka has been increasing, with the country celebrating their 600,000th foreign tourist last month. This year, 700,000 are expected with tourism growing to 2.5 million a year within 5 years, reports the ...
by Stephen Greenwood (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
I think that the best travel photography is the kind that captures a unique instance of the human experience and opens it up for further discussion. It intrigues the viewer to ask questions, to delve deeper and to examine the unfamiliar. It refuses to let you look away ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Where was your photo taken: On a plane bound for Tokyo from JFK, taken to join the elite ranks of Heather Poole's laviators.
Where do you live now: Istanbul, Turkey. I arrived here in May to accompany my husband who is consulting on a project with Turkish company. We ...
by Catherine Bodry (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
I look at this photo and I think, "yes, please." Not only would I like to be witnessing this scene, I also want to splash around in some muddy water on a hot day like this. Don't these elephants look all slick and refreshed? Adametrnl took this photo at the Pinewala ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
The latest issue of National Geographic Adventure has just hit the newsstand with a special treat inside for adventure travelers looking for their next big trip. The magazine has listed its selection for the 25 best new trips for 2010, offering up suggestions of places to ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Eco-adventures are all the rage these days with environmentally conscious travelers choosing to visit far flung places, all the while fully aware of the size of their carbon footprint. They want an amazing travel experience, and are willing to go to great lengths to get it, ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Here we are, back again for another weekly roundup of links from our travel friends at BootsnAll. It's been two weeks (sorry, the Swine Flu had us preoccupied). But don't despair, we've journeyed far and wide, from the jungles of Sri Lanka, to the Savannahs of Africa and ...
by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
When I first read Pico Iyer's book Video Night in Kathmandu, I was hooked. Reading Iyer's words is a trip down streets that you may have traveled before but have not found the words to describe. When you read his prose, the tendency is to say, "Yes, that's it." For places ...
by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Ever wondered how much you need to tip at restaurants while abroad? Or how many cheek kisses to give a new acqutainance? Or whether, in a particular country, it's proper to wear shorts? (I'm looking at you, Andrew Zimmern!) One website has all the answers to those questions, ...
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