travelogue: budapest

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ohhhh budapest.  you deserved so much more of my time instead of a scant 28 hours! if only i hadn't done some bookings while half-asleep, if only i hadn't gotten lost and wandered around the city for a couple hours, if only i hadn't had to hang out in my suite and do laundry--we would have become so much better-acquainted!   but, the suite i got to stay in was really cool and communist-looking. 

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When you travel to Budapest, Hungary, you can take the tourist track, do what the locals do, or both.  What does the capital and largest city of Hungary have to offer?

Hiking to the clouds, Longji

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Hair wrapped artfully in a turban of black cloth, her tough frame is softened by a lilac top and short frilly skirt. As she saunters in and out of the room, I watch the light momentarily catch on her earrings – they are two silver crescents, raw and slightly tarnished, sweeping around a hollow in the shape of the full moon.

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The Longji Rice Terraces in Guilin, Guangxi, China, are a place you must see up close to believe.  Not only are rice terraces aesthetically appeasing, but they, in short, feed China.

Gardens: Chicago Style

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You think of Chicago and you think architecture. You think bone chilling cold winters. Television buffs think of George Clooney and ER. You think industrial revolution. You think The Jungle and Sister Carrie. You think the mob and Al Capone. But, I certainly never thought gardens. Chicago has gardens at every other turn. You go two blocks and there’s a garden or a park.

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Like most people, when they think of Chicago, they immediately think of architecture. How about Chicago's hidden gem: gardens?

The Shard

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Freshly constructed, Europe's tallest building looks like a giant alien mothership has landed.

The Shard, the tallest building in the UK and, indeed, Europe, stands at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft).  The Shard is also the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, after the 330-meter (1,083 ft) concrete tower at the Emley Moor transmitting station.

MONTREAL / 5

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Montreal loves any excuse to shut down a street and we Montrealers love walking down the middle of the street without getting hit by a car (though we already jaywalk any chance we get). Two weekends in a row most of the St Laurent Boulevard - aka the Main - was closed for the sidewalk sale and we got to soak in the sun while spending money and eating street food & mango on a stick.

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How do the locals of Montreal, Canada spend their summer?  By shutting down a street so that vendors can setup shop in order to sell food, souvenirs, and other things.

Montreux, Switzerland: The playground of the rich and famous

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Montreux is a resort town for the rich and famous.  Located on the shores of Lake Geneva, it is most famous for its jazz festival, posh hotels and casinos.  It is also very picturesque.  Hence, here are some photographs I took during my visit.

Welcome to Montreux, Switzerland, the playground of the rich and famous.

Great Alaskan Adventure

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Part I

My boys and I - Will, Hickory and I, that is - just returned from a week-long road trip through Alaska's interior.

I.did.not.want.to.come.home.

Our travels took us along the Glenn Highway to Lake Louise, into the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park along the Nabesna Road and then further into the Park via the McCarthy Road to McCarthy and Kennecott, two quirky towns perched on a glacier full of fascinating history.  

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Would you want to come home after an incredible trip to the Alaskan wilderness?  After a week-long road trip, Sarah and her family certainly did not want to.

Tioman Island, Reprised

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At the beginning of May I left for a 20-days work experience trip with EcoFieldTrips, a company that mainly organises and lead fieldtrips in Tioman for school groups. Tioman is a small tropical island on the east coast of Malaysia that's approximately half the size of Singapore. Most of the island remain happily undeveloped - the main industry is tourism, concentrated in a few small villages along the coast.

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Wan-Ting's wonderful photos from a 20-day work experience trip with EcoFieldTrips to Tioman Island, a small island located 32 km off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Pahang, from a scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata) to an underwater treadmill that was probably used as reef-building material.

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

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Quote Credit to J.R.R. Tolkien's 

Personally when I read this quote my first reaction is that I am not travelling because I'm 'lost' and trying to find myself, which is such a common travel cliche. My first thought is I travel because that is what I'm supposed to be doing with my life right now.

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Quote of the week from "The Lord of the Rings".

New Zealand landscapes

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New Zealand is no stopover to your destination.  New Zealand is the destination.