TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH…AND NOSE DEVIL RAIL
If you are looking for an off the beaten path type of holiday – one that likely no one you know has ever made – look to the Telegraph’s compiled list of the “world’s most extreme places”. This is not a Rick Steeve’s guidebook but rather a how to get to the hottest, wettest, coldest, dryest, flatest, deepest, smallest, most volcanic and highest places around the world complete with trekking and adventure guide firms. From Peru to China the twenty stops include Canada, Norway, Ethopia, South African island and, of course, Antartica.
WORLD’S BEST STREET FOOD CITIES: NO NEW YORK
According to the editors at VirtualTourist.com, a user-generated travel site with 1.2 million registered members from 220 countries, the world’s best city for street food fare in Bangkok. Members specifically recommend Soi Rambuttri in the old district of Bangkok and Soi 38 near Sukumvit for its evening food markets which are open until 3 am. All over Bangkok you can snatch up freshly prepared favorites like Pad Thai, green papaya salads, mango sticky rice, and chicken with green curry for USD 1-2. While the Thai capital came in first, two other foodie cities in SE Asia took second and third place: Singapore and Penang respectively. Luxuo notes that Singapore is […]