Bhutan
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
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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 Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Adventure travel company GeoEx is one of the best in the business when it comes to organizing unique excursions to the far corners of the globe. For more than 30 years they've been planning trips to some of our planet's more off-the-beaten-path locations, giving travelers ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
The calendar may still say 2012, and I know we all have a busy holiday season to navigate yet, but it is never too early to start planning our trips for the new year ahead. To help us out with that process, Discovery Adventures has announced a host of new tours and ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
This Photo of the Day, titled "A Monk in Bhutan," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member arunchs who tells us:
"I photographed this monk at an institution in Paro, Bhutan.
I probably had no more than few seconds to capture his posture and his slightly ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
When a midlife crisis hit Lisa Napoli in the wake of turning 40, she needed a break from L.A. and her job as a reporter for the public radio program "Marketplace." A chance encounter with a good looking guy led her to a volunteer opportunity at Kuzoo FM in Bhutan, the tiny ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
This Photo of the Day titled "Tsechu- Festival at Wangdue Phodrang" comes from Gadling Flickr pool member arunchs who tells us:
"It is a season of festivities in Bhutan, and we had a chance to visit two of them in different places while we are here.
The ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
She's pretty obvious. Striped shirt. Green pants. A stance that says, "Hey! Pay attention to me!"
This classic scene of monks outside a temple in Paro, Bhutan, is interrupted by the presence of a small, sassy little girl. Captured by Bangalore-based Flickr user Arun ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Most people look for warm places to visit. I look for cold ones. I live near Washington, D.C., and by mid-July, I've had it with the suffocating heat and humidity. I've taken escape-the-heat trips almost every summer over the last five years to places like Newfoundland, Nova ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
When people are forced to flee their native countries, they become refugees. This concept seems simple, but it's not one with which most citizens of the U.S. are familiar. This video on Bhutanese refugees originally ran on The Seattle Channel's program, City Stream. The ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
"Bhutan - A Journey Through The Land of Thunder Dragon" from info@drukasia.com on Vimeo.
It's not every day that I find myself liking promotional videos, but this video seems to be an exception. Sponsored by Bhutan's board of tourism, this video pairs dramatic music and ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Expatify.com asked the question, "Where would you be the safest if World War III broke out tomorrow?" The answers arrived in a post titled "10 Best Places to Live for Avoiding World Conflict." Irrelevant as it may seem to you, the claws of conflict affect a revolving roster ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
We live in an increasingly borderless world and we have access to many countries that were closed (or non-existent) 20 years ago. As reported earlier this week, Americans are especially lucky with access to 169 countries visa free. Still, there are still many countries that ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
An group of three American climbers have traveled to the Kashmir mountain range this summer, where they will attempt to become the first team to successfully summit Saser Kangri II, the second highest unclimbed peak in the world. The mountain, which stands 24,665 feet in ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Rupert Grey and his wife Jan are preparing to make an epic road trip this September. The kind of road trip that we all dream about during which we leave our normal, mundane, lives behind in favor of the open road and untold adventures. In this case, our two intrepid ...
by Justin Delaney (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Earlier this week, the "Burqa Ban" went into effect in France. Since passing into law, several burqa draped women have already been arrested, and the symbolic law is causing an uproar among the Muslim population of France and beyond. However, France is not the only ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Pedalers Pub and Grille may sound like a place where you'd stop for some grub after a long day riding your bike, but in actually, its an adventure travel company that specializes in cycling holidays to some of the best destinations on the planet. To celebrate their 25th ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Fans of National Geographic have long been drawn to the magazine's fantastic photos, with many of us wishing we had the skills to take similar shots ourselves. Now, National Geographic Expeditions is offering us the opportunity to go on a photographic adventure while ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Adventure travelers still looking for suggestions on what to do, and where to go, this year may find some inspiration courtesy of Outside Magazine which has posted their selection for the 2011 Trips of the Year online.
Compiled by the Outside editors, the list, first ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
The very name National Geographic evokes images of adventure and thoughts of exciting journeys to far away places. The iconic Society has probably done more to inspire travel than any other single entity ever. Several generations have grown up gazing at breathtaking images ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
What charmed me about this photo from Thimphu, Bhutan, other than the pleasant colors and lines, was the caption. Flickr user AndreaKW translated the suggestion box's Dzongkha script as literally "thoughts box" and I love the idea, much less pressure than coming up with ...
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