Intelligent Travel Blog

• Today's Pic: Bored in Bangkok

  National Geographic Magazine's International Photo Contest has just ended, and there are some great submissions, like this one taken in Bangkok.
  
  This picture really does say a thousand words. Says photographer Ashutosh Karkhanis, "This picture was shot in Safari World in Bangkok last year." [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  by Jeannette Kimmel

• After the Monsoon in Oman

  Sabina Lohr visited Salalah, Oman, just after monsoon season. While there, she got a unique taste of the region.
  
  In Salalah, Oman, the annual khareef, or monsoon season, brings cool relief from the oppressive summertime temperatures felt throughout the rest of the country. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  by IT Blog

• Goings-On at the Geographic

  
  
  There's so much going on here at National Geographic headquarters that it's hard for us to keep track. Here's a roundup of events happening in November.
  
  Terra Cotta Warriors, National Geographic Museum
  Our eagerly anticipated special exhibition opens November 19 at the National Geographic Museum in [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Jeannette Kimmel

• Daily Radar: 11.04.09

  For the past month, 10 slabs of the Berlin Wall have been installed outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). According to thelocal.de, "The 2.6-tonne slabs have been made available to artists, who have been given free rein to make their own statements on" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Jeannette Kimmel