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Eco-hotels in China

By Serge Pierrard • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Articles, China, Destinations

Despite its dubious distinction as the world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has a handful of accommodation options where you can reduce your travel carbon footprint. These eco-hotels are leading the way toward sustainable tourism in China, promoting low-impact business practices in environmentally sensitive areas.

The river town of Yangshuo is one such place [...]


Yunnan, China

By Ryan Snowden • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Destinations, Yunnan

Yunnan (云南; Yúnnán) is a province in southern China, bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam as well as the Chinese provinces and regions of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Tibet.
Regions
Administratively, Yunnan is divided into many prefectures. Some of those are “autonomous prefectures” for various ethnic groups. For the traveller, Yunnan can be divided into 7 regions:

Kunming [...]


Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam

By Ryan Snowden • Jan 11th, 2009 • Category: Destinations

Phú Quốc is a large tropical island off the coast of Vietnam.
Understand

Phu Quoc is a very mountainous and densely forested Island of 1320 sq km, its 48 km in length from south to north and has a population of approx. 80,000 people. Situated in the Gulf of Thailand 45 km west of Ha Tien on [...]


Vientianne, Laos (Vieng Chan)

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 24th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Vientiane (Vieng Chan) is the capital of Laos.
Understand
Compared to the hectic, bustling capitals in other Southeast Asia countries, Vientiane’s deliciously relaxing atmosphere makes it feel like the small town it is. After you’ve done the round of temples, the best thing to do here is wander down to one of the riverside beer gardens, kick [...]


Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 24th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly known as Saigon or by the abbreviation HCMC, is the largest city in Vietnam and the former capital of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).

Understand
Following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. However the old Saigon moniker is [...]


Tokyo, Japan

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 24th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Tokyo is a huge city with several district articles containing sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and accommodation listings — consider printing them all.

Tōkyō (東京; [1]) is the capital of Japan. At over 12 million people in the official metropolitan area alone, Tokyo is the core of the most populated urban area in the world, Greater Tokyo (which [...]


Bangkok, Thailand

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 23rd, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Bangkok is a huge city with several district articles containing sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and accommodation listings — consider printing them all.

Bangkok (Thai: กรุงเทพฯ Krung Thep) is the capital of Thailand and by far its largest city with an estimated population of over 11 million.
Bangkok is one of Asia’s most cosmopolitan cities. Created as the Thai [...]


New Zealand

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

New Zealand, also known in the native Maori language as Aotearoa, is a temperate to sub-tropical island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. A former British colony, it has a population mainly of European descent, with a sizeable indigenous Maori minority and smaller minorities of various Polynesian and other groups.
A modern but sparsely [...]


Vietnam

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Vietnam (Việt Nam) is a country in Southeast Asia. Its neighboring countries are China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west.
Regions

The North, around Hanoi (Hà Nội): from the Red River Delta to high mountains near China, to the World Heritage site Ha Long Bay, the North harbors some of the [...]


Sri Lanka

By Ryan Snowden • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is in Southern Asia. It is an island country in the Indian Ocean, south of India.
Regions
Provinces:

Central
North Central
North Eastern
North Western
Sabaragamuwa
Southern
Uva
Western

Cities
Sri Lanka has many cities and towns. Below is a selection of the most important to travelers.

Colombo - the capital.
Jaffna - Northern Capital [...]