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showing my own copy by way of introduction

Wayan Nuriayasih’s restaurant in the Balinese city of Ubud feels more like a place of pilgrimage than a tourist destination. Wayan, a woman in her late 30s wearing a sarong and a sequined Super Mario T-shirt, asks me to stick my tongue out, and looks at my palm. There’s good news and bad news, she […]

Travel journalists can be dreadful prima donnas

It’s never too late for a welcome party. Despite a delayed flight that landed well after 9pm our ground handler, driver and tourist board representative had turned out to welcome us to Berlin. This being a press trip we headed straight out to dinner – where the splash of vintage grape on balloon glass proved […]

We really need to make sure everybody knows

SANTA LUCIA, CUBA — As Cody LeCompte anxiously awaits the end of his Cuban vacation from hell, dozens of other Canadians have just arrived on the tropical island eager to begin their holiday in the sun. A busload of new tourists pulled in early Saturday to the Gran Club Santa Lucia, the same resort where […]

The Czech exhibition is among

The eastern Chinese town of Huzhou wants to buy the Czech pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, Pavel Stehlik, general commissioner of the Czech participation, told CTK Wednesday. Representatives of the town, inhabited by some 2.8 million people, would like to situate the pavilion in a newly built city zone near a lake, Stehlik said. […]

one of the world’s largest automakers

Global Experts Discuss the Future of Electrification During today’s forum, experts discussed how different stakeholders can work together to promote the electrification of the motor vehicle. Yu Zhuoping, Dean of the Automotive School at Shanghai’s Tongji University, said: “The Chinese government has begun implementing an energy-saving and emission-reduction strategy. It has set the strategic goal […]