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• China’s Great Wall is disintegrating
• Thai floods: Stress, anxiety as Bangkok residents wait for the worst
• 泣きっ面にワニ？洪水のタイを脅かす新たな危険
• Tourism chief to Sydneysiders: 'Stop whingeing'
• Top Tokyo Halloween parties to be caught dead at
• Another 15 unusual places to spend a night
• The complete guide to Seoul taxis
• Deccan Odyssey: India's old luxury tourist train gets chugging again

China’s Great Wall is disintegrating Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:19 AM PDT The stability of the Great Wall, China's world-renowned fortification, is being threatened by illegal mining for copper and iron, as miners tunnel within 100 meters of the iconic structure, according to various media. People just think of the famous sections and assume that the rest of the wall is in the same condition. -- Dong Waohui, vice-chairman of the Great Wall Association read more

Thai floods: Stress, anxiety as Bangkok residents wait for the worst Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:41 AM PDT A surreal atmosphere hangs over Bangkok, as residents continue to play the waiting game, trying to make sense of the mixed messages broadcast hourly by officials monitoring the flood situation.  In most cases, when disaster strikes, a nation has little, if any, warning. Bangkok would seem to have the opposite problem. For more than two weeks, city residents have been told to prepare for the worst, as the government fights to divert waters surging in from the flooded central plains around the city.   read more

泣きっ面にワニ？洪水のタイを脅かす新たな危険 Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:12 AM PDT この数十年で最悪という洪水にみまわれているタイだが、ヘビ、ワニ、毒虫類という、新たな危険も出現している。 ウタイターニー県にある浸水したワニ園から100匹のワニが逃げた。政府関係者は「彼らは野生のワニほど強暴ではないので、心配しすぎる必要はありません」と力なく笑うしかないコメントをしている。 その一方、保健省は7月に洪水が始まって以来、ヘビに咬まれる事故が増加していると報告した。 CNNGo 関連記事: タイの洪水について旅行者向け最新情報 ムカデからサソリまで危険な毒虫が、陸だけでなく水中からも見つけられている。ザ バンコク ポスト紙は数人の専門家を招き、どのように対処すべきかについてアドバイスを求めた。 「ヘビ対策としては、歩くときに足を前に踏み出す前に、木の枝などで、地面あるいは水面を叩くとよいでしょう。 しかし、その音に驚き、ワニが襲ってくることもあります。 ですから、もし見つけたら、静かにすることです。 ワニに攻撃されたら、木製のくさびで、あごを固定しましょう。あなたがその顎の中に入ってしまう前にです。 これはとても難しい作業ですが、何もしないよりはよいでしょう。自分の命を守るためですから」 read more

Tourism chief to Sydneysiders: 'Stop whingeing' Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:56 PM PDT Are Sydneysiders really a bunch of whingers? They really are, according to the new chief executive of Destination NSW, Sandra Chipchase, who believes locals' propensity to whinge is a stumbling block to selling the city. "When I was interstate the great sport was to ask Sydneysiders, 'so how are things up north or down south?'" she told the Sydney Morning Herald. "After all the whingeing had stopped, you'd think, 'you're doing yourself brand damage.'" The newly formed state government agency is now developing "tool kits" for locals to sell the city. read more

Top Tokyo Halloween parties to be caught dead at Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:55 PM PDT The international party: Metropolis Halloween Glitterball 2011 It's been nine years since English-language free paper Metropolitan kicked off its Halloween parties and while it's no longer in the long-demolished wonder-club Velfarre, it is still located in Tokyo's premiere cross-cultural district of Roppongi. For 2011, "The Monster Bash" will be held at the swanky Vanity Lounge at the top of the Roi Building, notable for three of its exterior walls being sheet glass with a neat view across the city. As usual, partygoers in costume can win prizes, the big one being a pair of round-trip tickets to New York City. read more

Another 15 unusual places to spend a night Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT The world is full of luxury hotels and beautiful places to sleep. But even better are the places that stand out not for their opulence, but for their eccentricity. If you missed our first article on unusual places to spend a night, find it here. Then come back and check out these even stranger, odder, and more memorable places to put your head down.    1. Adrere Amellal, Siwa, Egypt read more

The complete guide to Seoul taxis Posted: 23 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT Article Link:  The complete guide to Seoul taxis Large Hero2 Image:  Text Bar:  The complete guide to Seoul taxis Rollover Headline:  The complete guide to Seoul taxis Rollover Lead Text:  How to get the best fares and safest rides on the most hair-raising modes of transport in the city Article Link Text:  Full Article

Deccan Odyssey: India's old luxury tourist train gets chugging again Posted: 23 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT Earlier this month, a refurbished Deccan Odyssey resumed services after the luxury tourist train received a year-long, all-round upgrade by the Maharashtra Tourism Department Corporation (MTDC) in an effort to attract tourists. Trouble is, when you think of royal train journeys in India the image that inevitably pops up is Palace on Wheels. read more

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