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A unique trek is about to get underway in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a combination of adventure travel and photography/videography workshop that will see ten lucky people spending the next three weeks exploring the Himalaya, while receiving expert instruction in how to shoot ...Amplified Journeys
Road trips can often be infuriating if you don't have the right musical ambiance. That's why the Hong Kong-based company Amplified Journeys is introducing an easy, pain-free way of compiling a special soundtrack for your journeys cross-continent. Whether you're driving from ...Amazing Race contestants: What does it take exactly?
What does it take to get picked as an Amazing Race contestant team? In this Columbus Dispatch article, there's some insight. Victoria Hunt, the female part of the Columbus-based married couple team--Brad and Victoria, who are competing in Amazing Race 14, tried out for ...David Sedaris with Rick Steves: Funny travel incidents and observations like when flight attendants pass gas
Two of the things I remember from an interview I heard with David Sedaris on Travel with Rick Steves is that Business Class is known as ICU because passengers are in need of attention and flight attendants pass gas as they walk up the aisles because the sound covers the ...China coverage on Travel Channel
In preparation for the Olympics, The Travel Channel has been offering several China-themed options this week and is continuing with its coverage by repeating various episodes. Here they are in case you've missed them and want to catch up.
For those interested in China's ...Talking travel with Sacred Places of Goddess author Karen Tate
When I headed to the West Hollywood Book Fair last September, I didn't know which writers I would meet or what to expect. The scope of offerings was impressive, and one book in particular caught my eye. Sacred Places of the Goddesses: 101 Destinations pulled me in for a chat ...New travel podcast series on the Independent
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The travel section of the UK's Independent newspaper has just launched a cool, new feature: audio broadcasts. Something to Declare is a half-hour radio show dedicated entirely to travel that can easily be downloaded from the newspaper's website. Hosted by editor Ben Ross, ...Why do Americans want to own guns?
I remain baffled by how it's legal to own a gun in the United States. I think even the option of having one is like saying it's OK to kill if you have a good reason. According to a recent piece in Newsweek there are 215 million guns in America -- i.e. more than half the ...Santa Barbara pueblo hopping with J. Peterman
When things calm down in California, let's hope you'll still be able to consider this unique walking tour in Santa Barbara. The Conference and Visitors Bureau has created a Red Tile Walking Tour of the city's original pueblo district, and are promoting it with a brand new ...Photo of the Day (10/15/07)
If this photo doesn't brighten your day, there is no hope for you my friend! Wow, this is a truly spectacular sight. Lovely colors. Taken on Friday in Korea, by ladyexpat.
***To have your photo considered for the Gadling Photo of the Day, go over to the Gadling Flickr site ...National Parks Traveler Gets Facelift
One of my favorite Web sites about the National Parks, National Parks Traveler, has received both a face and content lift, and I highly recommend you give it a spin. It is lovely and they have a much more sensible web address now. NPT is run by the ever-diligent, ...City Surf's Audio Walking Tours for the "Un-Tourist"
According to City Surf, "Guidebooks show you which neighborhoods are cool to visit, we show what's cool IN those neighborhoods." Indeed, City Surf has created audible walking tours of some hip Toronto hang-outs, including Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, Yorkville, ...Running the Sahara
How's this for ballsy (I filed this one under "hiking", tho that seems to be an understatement). A couple of guys decide to do their part to help the world, in this case to bring better water conditions to Africa and Africans, and look for what would seem an impossible ...Interview With "Lightning Layne:" Adventure Gear Tester
For more than a decade, Layne Oliver has tested adventure gear ranging from headlamps to tents to climbing gear. Known in the industry as "Lightning Layne," Oliver is a professional field tester whose job is to help gear designers make only the changes that significantly ...SoundAboutPhilly's Awesome Audible Tours/Google Maps Mash-up
Recently, we told you about the [murmur] project, an audio archive of the stories of Toronto. It turns out that SoundAboutPhilly is undertaking a similar project for the City of Brotherly Love. SoundAboutPhilly's free, customizable sound-seeing tours are told by "real" ...Outside Magazine Launches Podcasts
One of our favorite magazines here at Gadling, Outside, is finally getting into the podcast game.
Instead of sitting down to read the magazine, I can now download portions of it onto my iPod and listen to it on the fly. The whole magazine isn't available in podcast form, ...Podcast of Lonely Planet Founders
While some people hate Tony Wheeler for bringing travelers to undiscovered lands and ruining them as a result, others herald him as a travel god who has provided reams of knowledge about obscure locations people wouldn't have visited otherwise.
Tony Wheeler is, of course, ...Inteview With Mark Samuels, President/Co-Founder of Basin Street Records
I visited New Orleans during Mardi Gras in the mid-90s. It was awesome, if not a little overwhelming. Since then, I've promised myself I'd return. I love the architecture in the city. My head spins at all the wonderful smells wafting from the restaurants. And, of course, I ...GADLING'S TAKE FIVE: Week of January 7
Mic check 1,2, 3... Gadling readers do you here me? It's Friday recap time so check it out! 5. New Blogger Joins Gadling Team: New travel bloggers seem to be popping up every week here on Gadling and we can't tell you how happy we are to have Dia Draper share her own travel ...Gadling Podcast: Mike Marriner of Roadtrip Nation
What do you do for a living? Do you have the job you love or did you join a career for financial expedience? Perhaps you chose your job as a result of family pressure? The big questions is: do you do what you love? Did you take the time to think about it? (OK, that was two ...
