Read the new New York Times piece on Bali: 36 Hours in Bali
The writer’s story, writen almost hourly, on how she spent her time in Bali, one of the island in Indonesia and an internationally famous tourist destination.
SAY Bali and most people think paradise. There are stunning sunsets, sculpted rice terraces and a temple on almost every corner. And for less-spiritual seekers, this steamy Indonesian island also has great surfing and a rollicking nightlife. Sure, it’s gotten pretty touristy, especially on the pub crawl along Kuta Beach, where beer-swilling Australians rule. And while recent terrorist bombings have rattled Bali’s blissful pace (it is a Hindu-majority island in a Muslim-majority nation), they have done little to temper its popularity or discourage super-chic resorts from being built. Paradise, after all, is as close as the nearest temple, finding yourself on your knees with a blue flower pressed between your fingertips, asking for blessings from Brahma or one of the other gods.
Her travelogue in Bali:
Friday
3 p.m. MONKEYING AROUND
4:30 p.m. FOUR HANDS BEATS TWO
7:30 p.m. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
9 p.m. GO FOR THE GRILL
Saturday
9 a.m. GET DOWN IN THE RIVER
2:30 p.m. MUSEUM MILE
5:30 p.m. BEST SHOW IN TOWN
7 p.m. BUST THAT BIKINI
9:30 p.m BLING IS THE THING
Sunday
10 a.m. ESPRESSO IT
11 a.m. PARADISE WITHIN PARADISE
2 p.m. SARONG AS ART
Complete info: 36 Hours in Bali (NYTimes.com)
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After featuring Pnom Penh, the NY Times Travel section now published a review on another Southeast Asian city: Hanoi, Vietnam
On the piece “The Awakening of Hanoi” the writer described Hanoi with these words:
A stylish, European-influenced metropolis with manicured lakeside promenades, tree-lined boulevards, ancient pagodas and French-colonial buildings painted in a peeling palette of jade, turquoise and burgundy.
Located at the northern part of the country, this current capital of Vietnam was once was was the capital of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1976 and home to about 3 million people.
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New piece from New York Times travel section about Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia you can find here: In Phnom Penh, Hopefulness Replaces Despair
Tourists came to this part of the world usually visits Cambodia more famous tourist attraction Angkor Wat on the northern part of the country near the city of Siem Reap.
But apparently, Phnom Penh is now becomes a discovery for most of people, especially the young ones.
In fact, after a few days in this city, you notice that Phnom Penh has something of a “next Prague” vibe about it — a place where many young people from around the world, heady with excitement and the thrill of the unknown, are coming to reinvent themselves.
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This list is for you that have always been wanting to explore South Asia.
The list of course not a complete one, but it’s a start that can give you an idea where to go in South Asia.
South Asia region includes:
- Most of India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- Bhutan
- Tibet
- Sri Lanka, and
- The Maldive Islands.
The major cities in South Asia: Mumbai (Bombay), Karachi, Kolkota (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Kathmandu, Lhasa, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Lahore
PLACES TO VISIT
» KATHMANDU - Kathmandu and its sister-cities of Patan and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley are sometimes overlooked as travel destination because of all that Nepal has to offer. This capital city of Nepal and it is also the largest city in Nepal. It stands at an elevation of approximately 4,265 ft (1,300 m). It is an urban and suburban area of about 1.5 million inhabitants in the tri-city area in the Kathmandu Valley in central Nepal, along the Bagmati River.
» THE TAJ MAHAL - The Taj Mahal (sometimes called “the Taj”) is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Indian, Islamic and Persian architectures. Located in Agra, India, with white marble brought from Rajasthan, the building took 22 years to construct between 1631 and 1654 by a workforce of 22,000.
» GOLDEN TEMPLE is the focus of the Sikh religion. Its official name is Harimandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib (also Hari Mandir, Harimandar and other variants) is the most sacred shrine in Sikhism, located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is a place of peace and scenic beauty well worth seeing; but it also has a history of bloodshed and, possibly, a future that includes a renewed struggle for an independent Sikh state.
» GOA’S BEACHES - Of the 75 miles of coast line in the Indian State of Goa, over 50 miles of it is beach. Internationally renowned for its beaches, Goa is visited by hundreds of thousands of foreign and domestic tourists each year, and has become one of the most popular holiday destinations for European travellers. Warm, inviting, near-tropical beach. And while the rest of Goa - its culture, food, inland scenery, and cities - are all well worth visiting, Goa’s beaches are what makes the state one of India’s major tourist attractions.
» LHASA is the gate way to one of the most fascinating places on earth. Lhasa literally means “place of the gods”, although ancient Tibetan documents and inscriptions demonstrate that the place was first called Rasa, which means “courtyard place” or “goat place”. Its altitude is about 3,650 m (12,000 ft), making it one of the highest cities in the world. The city is home to about 200,000 inhabitants.
» MUSTANG - It is the Forbidden Kingdom. Or, at least it was forbidden until 1992 when the government of Nepal decided to reopen it to tourists — in very limited numbers. Once an independent kingdom, although closely tied by language and culture to Tibet. From the 15th century to the 17th century, its strategic location granted Mustang control over the trade between the Himalayas and India. By the end of the 18th century, the kingdom was annexed by Nepal.
» CHANG TANG WILDLIFE PRESERVE - also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan (Qingzang) Plateau, is a vast, elevated plateau in East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province. It occupies an area of around 1,000 by 2,500 kilometers, and has an average elevation of over 4,500 meters. Called “the roof of the world,” it is the highest and biggest plateau in the world, with an area of 2.5 million square kilometers. Located in Northwestern Tibet, the Chang Tang Wildlife Preserve is the second largest wildlife preserve on Earth. Some 300,000 square kilometers of Tibet’s wilderness have been protected by the preserve since it was created in 1993.
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Videos are the next big thing on Internet, specially with the spread of broadband connection and the recent buy out of YouTube by Google for $1.65 billion on October 9, 2006.
YouTube are full with popular tv series, short funny clips, music videos and generally whatever people put and uploaded there, but one area that can be greatly benefit from video is travel.
People always want to see first the places they are going to go, the destinations that they plan to visit and the hotels they are going to stay.
Enter Travelistic, dubbed itself as “Videos for Travelers”, Travelistic is basically YouTube but for Travel Videos only.
There you can upload your videos, gives comment, rating etc.
You can embedd the videos to your blog or your website ala YouTube.
Other than user uploads travel videos they are also hosts professional content and tourist board videos.
So the next time you travel somewhere, create a video of the place (the new digital camera now all came with video recording function), upload it to Travelistic and put it on your blog so you don’t have to carry the bandwidth. 
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