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- Should You Use Your Indonesian Visa to Visit Indigenous Tribes?
- Money to Burn? Get a China Visa And Visit Shanghai’s Newly Re-Opened Peace Hotel
- Chinese Visa Requirements To Visit the Center of Heaven and Earth
- Bolivian Visa Requirements to See the Last Refuge of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Archive for August, 2010
Chris Guillebeau On The Difficulties of Getting a Belarus Visa
August 13th, 2010
Like Russia, Belarus is one of those countries that seems to absolutely revel in bureaucracy. Consequently, if you decide you want to visit, you should be prepared to jump through more hoops than your average circus animal. Even professional travelers can find Belarus' visa system frustrating. For example, it took Chris Guillebeau, a writer/digital nomad who is in the process of visiting every single country in the world, 3 tries to get into Belarus, even using a visa service.
From his blog, here's a list of the problems he had on his last, successful attempt:
1. Can not write “OR” for state – must write “OREGON.”
2. Can not write “Oregon” for state – must write “OREGON.”
3. Can not use “#” for “Number” – must write “NUMBER”
4. Digital signa
Should You Use Your Indonesian Visa to Visit Indigenous Tribes?
August 12th, 2010
One of the neat things about Indonesia is how many different local tribes and cultures there are, each with their own unique customs. Gadling has a post up about some of the most interesting tribal cultures in Indonesia, encouraging readers to visit groups like the Sea Gypsies (more properly, the Moken or the Mogen), the Batak, the Baliem Valley Tribes, the Tana Toraja and the Dayak Tribes of Borneo.
Certainly, a huge part of the charm of any foreign travel is seeing how people live in other parts of the world and experiencing local cultures. And often, your tourist dollars are a boon to the people you're visiting, providing money for food, schools and other necessities that we take for granted. However, too many tourists can also interfere with traditional ways of living, and there's
Money to Burn? Get a China Visa And Visit Shanghai’s Newly Re-Opened Peace Hotel
August 8th, 2010
For most of us, traveling overseas means budgeting carefully to contain costs. However, if you just won the lottery or are otherwise lucky enough to have money to burn, you might be interested in Gadling's write up of China's newly re-opened luxury hotel. The Peace Hotel, which just opened its doors back up after a 3-year, $64 million renovation, has rooms that start at $340 per night and go up to $1000 per night. Splurge on rooms here, at you can walk in the footsteps of former US Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter and silent-film legend Charlie Chaplin, all of whom stayed here often in the past.
Rooms and suites feature amenities like walk-in closets, luxury bathrooms, flat-screen CDs, powder rooms and in some cases, even dining suites so you can entertain guests in style. Sur
Chinese Visa Requirements To Visit the Center of Heaven and Earth
August 7th, 2010
On Monday, August 2nd, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee concluded its 34th session, adding 21 new sites to the World Heritage List. One of the new additions to the list is a collection of religious and historical buildings located near the city of Dengfeng at the foot of Mount Songshang, China's most sacred mountain. The monuments include the famous Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin style of martial arts, and an astronomical observatory build on the orders of Kublai Khan. Because there are so many temples and monasteries located in the shadow of sacred Songshang mountain, the Chinese refer to this area as the "Center of Heaven and Earth."
On its website, UNESCO explains that the sites were added to the World Heritage List due to their historical, religiou
Bolivian Visa Requirements to See the Last Refuge of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
August 5th, 2010
Wilder even than the Wild West, at the turn of the 20th century Bolivia was one of the best places in the world to be an outlaw. When famous bank robbers Robert LeRoy Parker (aka Butch Cassidy) and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (aka "The Sundance Kid") needed a place to hide from the law, it's no surprise that that's where they headed.
Unfortunately, whether it was because the money ran out or just because they craved the adrenaline rush of pulling off a successful heist, the two criminals simply couldn't stop stealing-and even in turn-of-the-century Bolivia, a couple of gringos with a penchant for robbing banks stuck out like a sore thumb.
After they robbed a mule train carrying payroll for the Aramayo Franke and Cia Silver Mine, Butch and the Sundance Kid aroused the suspicions of a loca
