China to Celebrate the Upcoming Lantern Festival on February 28
When we are still enjoying the festive moodof Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival is coming to us this Sunday, on February 28, the fifteenth day of the first Chinese lunar month.
For most Chinese people, Lantern Festival is considered to be the ending of Chinese New Year, and various kinds of celebrations are to be held.
If you want to know what Chinese people will usually do during the Lantern Festival, please check it out here….
Tourists Visit Yunnan’s Stone Forest Scenic Spot with Visions of Avatar
In addition to blockbuster film Avatar’s growing popularity in China, fans have become captivated by Pandora, the mysterious planet from the film. During the Chinese New Year holiday, China’s southwestern Yunnan Province witnessed more than 90,000 visitors to the Stone Forest Scenic Areasince it is reminiscent of the forest depicted in the film.
Located 80 kilometers southeast of Yunnan Province’s capital of Kunming, the Stone Forest scenic area boasts landscapes that underwent complicated geog…
Floating lodge opens on river
Water level … the floating 4 Rivers Eco Lodge in Cambodia. CAMBODIA’S first floating eco-lodge has opened in Koh Kong province.
Cambodia opens luxury casino
CAMBODIA opened a luxury, US0 million casino on Friday hoping to attract more foreign tourists and promote its fast-growing entertainment industry, casino owners said.
Tribal Wisdom Symposium: ‘Songs of Memory’
Date: 12 February - 30 April 2010 (Open daily except Mondays, 08.30-17.00)
Venue: Chiang Mai City Art and Cultural Centre (behind Three Kings Monument)
How to ride an Elephant
A very early start but today was one of those rare days that we weren’t actually getting up to catch a plane. Today we were going to ride Elephants This would have been my 3rd time doing this. I first got to ride one in Zimbabwe when I was 14 riding it without a saddle just like a horse. Gosh that was uncomfortable. Then I rode one on a choir trip to Thailand sitting in seat on the back.
Vientiane
Vientiane is the capital of Laos the city has a very European feel thanks to the French occupation which ended a few decades ago. Continental cafes and coffee shops are everywhere as well as wine shops selling French plonk pate and cheeses. We opted for our first western style dinner as we had not had anything of the sort in ages Natalie with a really yummy pasta dish and Daniel with the best b
2 baby dogs, play in a small house near the mekong river
Mekong-River-Storm
Songkran (Thai New Year) 2010
Date : 10 - 15 April 2010
All Thailand