China luxury hotel: too much of good thing?
The owners of a new hotel maintains an air of confidence in the face of adversity. The 234-room Pangu Plaza, which opened in December, charges as much as ,750 a night for a suite.
The sushi bar, where the cheapest lunch special is 5, cooks its rice in mineral water flown in from Japan. The walls [...]
Mayland wind turbines for green hotel
Mayland Seaside Hotel, a 5-star hotel project to be set on the Zhujiang River should be completed in 2012-2013.
The design provides for wind turbines on the upper portion of the tower and massive array of photovoltaic panels covering the entire south façade. There will be a a fuel cell power generator that would run on [...]
Ex-Khmer Rouge still dominate regions of Cambodia
Just as the chief Khmer Rouge torturer takes the stand before a United Nations-backed genocide tribunal, a mausoleum fit for a king will be unveiled for another murderous leader from the same regime.
Pung Chhiv Kek Galabru - Cambodia
She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005 . Kek Galabru is one of Cambodiaa s foremost defenders of human rights.
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Rethelyn’s trip to Mekong Delta (Mekong River in Vietnam to Cambodia)
China Starts Building U.S. ‘Flying Tigers’ Park
Construction of a park began Sunday in Lingui county in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to commemorate the U.S. Flying Tigers air squadron who helped the Chinese fight the Japanese in the World War Two.
The park, covering 17 hectares, will be built on the site of the Yangtang airport that hosted American planes during WWII, about 15 kilometers from Guilin City.
The 23.4-million-U.S. dollar park will become an important place for Flying Tigers members and relatives of the…
Six Sichuan Pandas Set for New Home in East Coast Tourist Resort
Six captive pandas in quake-hit Sichuan Province could get new homes in a tourist resort in east China’s Zhejiang Province in October, the local government said Wednesday.
The move is part of the efforts to find suitable new homes for pandas from the Wolong base of the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center of Sichuan, which was ravaged by the May 12 earthquake last year.
The six will be moved to the Changyu Dongtian resort, a group of 1,500-year-old natural caves in Wenling City, if…
Elephants tubing and temples with the parentals
Lets try a bit of a catch up to where I left the parents.So in Luang Prabang we stayed a day or two more than most slow boaters and did a bit extra. Dad and I rented a motorbike more like a scooter really and tore up the countryside on it. We also did a night as a Mahoot trip where we had an elephant each went for a splash with them took them into the jungle and tied them up with a 30 met
Northern Laos
Ganz viele liebe Menschen zu Hause und etliche Travellers die ich unterwegs traf haben mir alle immer sehr von Laos vorgeschwrmt. Deswegen habe ich mich besonders gefreut da hin zu gehen. Aber leider scheint es so als htte ich zumindest fr den Norden die total falsche Jahreszeit erwischt. Und obendrein war ich die ersten 5 Tage auch noch krank. Aber nicht extrem krank. Nur Husten und ei