Thursday, December 22, 2011

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6 travel innovations we’d like to see in 2012

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:19 PM PST

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Tattoos gone wrong: Permanently lost in translation

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:09 PM PST

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The girlfirend's name a week before the break up; the Tweety Pie on a 300-pound body builder. Many tattoos can be considered mistakes. 

But there is a special place on the Internet for what we are calling Chinese "tatt-tastrophes." 

Tian, an Arizona-based amateur linguist, runs the Hanzi Smatter blog -- a site dedicated to Asian language tattoos gone wrong. Tian translates Chinese tattoos for people who probably should have sought him out, or any Chinese-speaking friend, before getting their flesh indelibly inscribed. 

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Charlie Frew: Off-road from Hong Kong to Portugal

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 09:11 PM PST

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6 travel innovations we’d like to see in 2012

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:05 PM PST

e.coli tester
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The travel industry is forever coming up with new stuff to lure us out of our Barcaloungers and make our experiences abroad easier, smoother and richer. Or at least a bit less taxing.

Some ideas are ingenious: airplanes, luggage wheels, 800-megapixel cameras the size of your thumbnail. Others are ridiculous: an inflatable shirt that -- we kid you not, this was test marketed -- doubles as a wearable mattress pad.

The point is, an inexhaustible supply of golden travel innovations are waiting to hatch. As far as we know, the following overdue breakthroughs haven't yet made it. But isn't it about time they did?

1. Pocket E. coli scanner (with optional Hep. A attachment):

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China’s new ghost town: Wonderland in Beijing

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:57 PM PST

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Ordos is history; the latest ghost town to be unearthed in China is Nankou, 45 minutes' drive north of  Beijing.

Located along the highway to Badaling Great Wall, Nankou (南口镇) houses China's most ambitious theme park attempt, which goes by the ironic name of Wonderland.

Now completely deserted among empty cornfields, back in 1996 the 123-hectare Wonderland was pegged to be the biggest theme park in Asia in by Thailand-based Reignwood Group.

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McDonald's vs. KFC for Japan's best 'festive feast'

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:55 PM PST

Kentucky Fried Chicken, Christmas, MacDonald's
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Christmas in Tokyo yields a special kind of wonder, an unofficial holiday spreading commercial good cheer. Open stores decked with decoration, romantic restaurants booked for Christmas-Eve date night (when reportedly condom vendors enjoy a robust sales spurt) and, of course ... holiday lines at Kentucky Fried Chicken. 

A legend is born

KFC (or "kentakkii," as it's popularly known) launched its Japan-wide Christmas campaign in 1974 and since then has aggressively marketed its buckets as a holiday essential.

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ソウルで過ごすハッピーホリデー

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:00 PM PST

アンバサダー ホテル
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ソウル人として認めざるを得ないのは、ここには本物のクリスマスの伝統がないということだ。 ほぼ100%商売の種にしている事実は否めない。

デパートの装飾はきらびやかであり、クリスマスライトや馬小屋はなんだか気取って見える。ここが買い物「天国」であるがゆえのことだろう。

だが伝統がないからこそ、ソウルのホテルはクリスマスムードの盛り上げに熱心だ。ホリデーシーズンは自分にご褒美を与える良い機会ということもあり、ホテル企画、パーティ、その他のもろもろのお楽しみが目白押しなのである。

最高のホリデーをもたらしてくれそうな、お金で買える幸せなソウル版パッケージ企画を紹介しよう。

伝統的な幸せ ソウル プラザ


ソウル プラザで近々オープンするスケートリンクを見渡すと、セントラルソウルの妖精のライティング装飾が目に入る。プラザ ホテルとその「ヤドリギの下でキス(Kissing Under the Mistletoe)」という名のホリデーパックの魅力は、セントラル ソウルに近いという立地に依るところが極めて大きい。

そう、都会で生きるには立地こと「ロケーション」がすべてなのだ。

ザ プラザはロマンティックでトラディショナルな雰囲気にまとめており、クリスマスはカップルのためにあるというソウルの一般的な見方を代表しているともいえよう。

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Best bike paths in Sydney

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

Centennial Park
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It's not just Cadel Evans who enjoys a bicycle ride around Sydney.

A cyclists' movement in recent times has ensured that paths cover the harbor city.

Here are five of the best tracks in town.

Centennial Park

More than 700,000 cyclists visit Centennial Park each year. This is not surprising considering the parklands, which include entertainment precincts and recreational areas, span 360 hectares in the center of Sydney.

The park is open to cyclists from sunrise to sunset, every day of the year. On any given day, you will likely find a range of cruising speeds around the park pathways -- from learners to professional cyclists.

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