It's near midnight in Xayar county town, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, but the night market is still bustling with people.
I needed an escape, a vacation that would shake me out of my routine, and leave me with more than souvenirs and digital photos.
An eerie silence lingers over Varosha, an abandoned Greek Cypriot neighborhood left in beachfront limbo since war split the Mediterranean island.
Florida, with four of the five most treacherous metropolitan areas for walking, is the most dangerous state in the United States for pedestrians.
Climbing the Statue of Liberty or catching the view from the Empire State Building are still top New York attractions but tourists are also scrambling to see where their favorite TV shows are filmed.
In a growing campaign to refer to November as "Movember," men around the world are being encouraged to grow a mustache for 30 days to raise awareness and funds for prostate and testicular cancer.
While the Mayans left many spectacular mementos of their achievements in the jungle on Yucatan Peninsula, the influence of the Spanish is usually found in cities and towns of the region, such as Merida and Izamal.
There are no direct flights between China and Mexico. Chinese visitors have to fly to Tokyo and catch AeroMexico's flight from Tokyo to Mexico, en route Tijuana.
Cenote Ikil, or "Sacred Blue Well", is one of nature's works of art. Sunshine and water pour into the limestone sinkhole as bats and swallows dash in and out. It is 60 m in diameter and 40 m deep, while the cave opening is 25 m above.
More people are choosing to explore the country with recreational vehicles (RV).
Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.
Author Simon Lewis in Beijing, 15-years after he started researching for Rough Guide to China, a travel book helping visitors navigate both the simple and complicated paths of China. Jonah M.
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