With three heritage monuments -The Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri & Red Fort, Agra is one of the important destinations of the World Tourism charts. It is not just a decadent city of graveyards and stones, but it is a vivacious centre of Culture, Art and Spiritual philosophies that have enriched mankind and fashioned human contemplations over centuries.

Agra is well-known for handicrafts products such as Inlay work on Marble, Leather work, Footwear,…

Beijing is the capital city of China, in downtown Beijing has a strong exterior surrounding city known as theForbidden City.Here was the  emperor residence. It was built in 1406 and completed in 1420. In the past, it was used as…

From NMT Images

Americans Lack  Geographic Literacy: Can’t Find New York on a Map



It’s not a reassuring picture.



The 2006…

by Victor Block

It’s true that not long after arriving in Taipei I found myself stewing in traffic jams as maddening as any back home in the United States. And yes, locals lined up at the same fast-food restaurants and wore pretty much the same clothes. At times I felt I could’ve…

by José Balido

Just a little more than eight weeks to go till pre-Lenten Carnaval time, and if you’re thinking of a warm getaway to the biggest par-tay in the Latin world, Rio de Janeiro’s is always a rip-roaring crowd-pleaser — but it’s also massively mobbed, pretty pricey, and…

You occasionally need to book and stay in a luxury hotel room even when your budget is tight , and you could shop around at a discounted price for you to enjoy the amenities of a 5-star luxury hotel. If you’re traveling with romance, i.e.: in a honeymoon, you can sweeten the experience of staying in with the luxurious 24 -hour service, designer beds and linens. Booking early can offer you discounted price and for a while, exempts you from staying at cheap budget…

Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales was placed on the list of the top travel writing in 2010 by Ellen Barone, adventure journalist and photographer. It excites me to be included on a list with such travel writing luminaries as Tim Cahill and Rolf Potts, both authors I emulate and admire.…

Bio diesel is a really cool way of using old cooking oil to create fuel that can be used to operate a diesel truck or car.

Well, I'm just a little confused about the other side of this coin and frankly, I'm hoping that my addition doesn't add up.

This is what I think I know:

    A) You can't buy diesel cars in California because they pollute more than California emmisions allow

    B) You can buy Diesel trucks in California as long as you license them…

Nepal plans to attract around 200,000 sexual minorities including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexes

(LGBTI) during the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY-2011). The Blue Diamond Society



(BDS), an organization representing sexual minorities in the country, has said



that it aims to bring 200,000 i.e. 20 percent such tourists of the total one



million tourists in the NTY-2011. Nepal aims to host one million…

Sometimes we often think of 150 years as a long time and in most situations it is. Not in history though.  April 12, 2011 will  mark the 150-th anniversary of the start of the Civil War  (Or the War of Northern Agression, the War Between the States, whatever your prefernce might be.). With the shelling of Fort Sumter in the  harbor at Charleston , South Carolina, four long years of terrible carnage were to follow.

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The sprightly deer, nosing their way around on Miyajima Island remind me of Sarnath, near Varanasi, India and close to my home town, Allahabad. We are in Miyajima, 10 miles from Hiroshima in the Seto Inland Sea and a sacred Shinto and Buddhist site. The closest resemblance between this verdant Island and Sarnath, in the hot, dusty River Ganges plains of North India, is…

In the fall, on assignment for Peter Greenberg, I travelled to the southern tip of Baja California. I had the good fortune to visit not just Cabo San Lucas, the most common tourist destination in the area, but also the nearby village of San Jose del Cabo, which, if truth be told, was more to my liking. …

The Beach at Pantano do Sul, Florianopolis, Brazil

By Roy Heale

On my second visit to Florianopolis I was fortunate enough to be hosted by local experts Marta Dalla Chiesa and Lesley Cushing, the co-owners of Brazil Eco…

This is a question that is asked frequently by visitors to Yosemite National Park and the answer is NO!

Neither the park nor anyone else can guarantee the safety of the water in rivers and creeks.

Either buy your beverages and cart out your trash or simply buy a water filter.

There are many such filtering devices on the market that range in price from $10.00 up. Check them out!

REI has a good selection. I personally use a chemical by McNett called…