Koalas, kangaroos and the Sydney Opera House are all the standard icons for the armchair traveler looking at Australia. That was before I touched down at Brisbane in the Sunshine State of Queensland, the first stop of my Australian tour ?and realized Australia had a lot more to offer.
My trip to the Philippines was not sponsored by Hershey's, but it might as well have been, especially when I climbed 214 steps up the deck and was greeted by giant mounds of chocolate kisses ?except that these are giant hills scattered over an area of 50 square km.
Our little motorcade made its way noisily through the main street, police escort blaring its sirens to clear the way. We squirmed a little in our official black limousine, unused to such privileges and uneasy about the inconvenience we were causing the local folks, some of whom had stopped marketing to stare, curious about the commotion.
A sense of history dominates the Raffles Beijing Hotel, whose commanding French-Chinoiserie facade has long stood on Chang'an Avenue as an icon of the city's historical heritage.
CHICAGO - A much-hyped protest against body scanners and invasive pat-downs fizzled Wednesday as many US airline passengers said preventing another terrorist attack was worth a few moments of discomfort.
GUANGZHOU - World No 1 Nicol Ann David dismissed Hong Kong's Annie Au Wing Chi 3-1 to clinch the women's squash singles title in Guangzhou on Sunday and keep her career in the sport's stratosphere, while fellow Malaysian Mohamad Azlan Iskandar followed suit in the men's competition.
GUANGZHOU - Forty-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm, who returned to professional tennis in 2008 after a 12-year layoff from the sport and returned to the top 50 this season, said next season is likely to be her last.
GUANGZHOU - After struggling through a year which saw her WTA Tour ranking fall to a six-year low of 95, China's Peng Shuai came into the Asian Games as a dark horse for the crown.
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