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Top 5 Reasons To Get a Travel Visa In 2010
January 6th, 2010
The new year has arrived, and that means that it's time to think about the places you'll go and the things you'll see in 2010. To help you get a leg-up on planning your 2010 itinerary, here are some expert picks for destinations to visit in 2010:
Burma (Myanmar): Concierge.com named Burma as one of its top destinations for 2009 for the country's history and culture, as well as the newly created opportunities for ethical travel there.
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan also made Concierge's list of top destinations for its unparalleled opportunities for adventure travel, including horseback riding, heli-skiing in the Tian Shan mountains, and camping out with locals.
Vietnam: Hanoi, Vietnam made Frommer's list of the top destinations for 2010 for its architecture, food, nightlife, art and shop
Travel Visas for a Southeast Asian Backpacking Trip
January 4th, 2010
The countries of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, are popular destinations for American backpackers in search of an adventure.
Many backpackers plan routes that carry them across the region, often hitting more than one country. Your route will depend on how much time and money you have, of course.
To help you get started, here is a guide to travel visa requirements for each of the countries in Southeast Asia:
Indonesia: US citizens need a passport with at least 6 months validity left and a visa. Visas are available on arrival at the following airports: Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya, Medan, Padang, Pekanbaru, Manado, Biak, Ambon, Balikpapan, Pontianak, Kupang, Batam, and South Sumatra. S
Get a Cambodian Visa To Visit Phnom Penh
December 27th, 2009
Phnom Penh, the bustling capital of Cambodia, is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. The city encompasses almost 7 centuries worth of history, some of it beautiful and some of it incomprehensibly tragic.
According to legend, Phnom Penh was founded in 1372 by a Buddhist nun named Penh. As the story goes, the old woman was going about her daily chores, and went down to the Mekong River to get some water. Miraculously, she found a dead tree floating in the river with five statues of the Buddha inside.
After retrieving the statues, the old woman had her neighbors pull the tree onto dry land and use the trunk to build a pagoda. The statues were placed inside the pagoda, and the shrine came to be known as Wat Phnom Daun Penh, after the old nun. It is from this templ
Get an Ethiopian Visa to See the Stone Churches of Lalibela
December 27th, 2009
Lalibela, Ethiopia is named for an Ethiopian king who reigned from 1189 to 1229. Originally called Roha, the town was renamed in honor of King/Saint Gebre Mesqel Lalibela.
Christianity became established in Ethiopia during the 4th century AD, long before Europeans ever set foot in the country. King Lalibela is famous for building a "new Jerusalem" in the town that was later named after him, after Jerusalem itself was taken by a Muslim army led by Saladin in 1187. Depending on the source, King Lalibela is said to either have spent time in Jerusalem as a young man, before he ascended to the throne, or to have seen it in a vision.
As a result, many of the landmarks in the town of Lalibela are named after areas in Jerusalem. King Lalibela also commissioned many stunning cross-shaped ch
Get a Kazakhstan Visa To Watch a Golden Eagle Hunt
December 23rd, 2009
You've heard of people hunting with hawks and falcons, of course, but what about eagles? In Kazakhstan and other nearby countries, hunting with golden eagles, called berkutchy, is an ancient tradition that goes back centuries.
However, it's also a tradition that's become very rare. According to this article on the Epoch Times, there are only about 50 professional eagle hunters left in the entire country. When the Soviets took control of Kazakhstan, people's traditional nomadic way of life was disrupted and eagle hunting was banned.
Now, Kazakhstan is independent. Given how fast the country has modernized itself, you might not expect a traditional sport like eagle hunting to be making a comeback, but you would be wrong. Eagle hunting is one way for the Kazakh people to keep in touc
