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Hidden travel gems to escape the holiday crowds

9/29/2018, 10:52:40 PM
Hidden travel gems to escape the holiday crowds ✔ Ulan Buh grassland in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region is pictured in this September 2018, file photo ✔ The area once served as a hunting ground for the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) royal family ✔ [Photo/IC] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next   >>| 1/10 Next


‘Legal weddings’ offer bliss for foreign couples, tourism industry

9/29/2018, 10:29:41 PM
SHIZUOKA—An increasing number of foreign couples are coming to Japan for “legal weddings,” providing ✔ The Shizuoka tourism association plans to accept more legal weddings at the foot of Mount Fuji to increase the number of sightseers to the prefecture ✔ The Japanese government needs to firmly understand the differences over systems and the recognition of a ‘marriage’ between overseas countries and Japan


11 Overcrowded Places We Don’t Want to Visit at Rush Hour

9/29/2018, 11:36:26 PM
We think that there’s nothing worse than the subway and buses at rush hour. But Kowloon Walled City citizens wouldn’t agree with you. The city had a population density of approximately 1,255,000 inhabitants per sq km (3,250,000/sq m.) All in all, the city was destroyed and there’s only a park left. Kowloon isn’t the only overcrowded place in the world. And you’re about to see why. ✔ In 2013, there were even more visitors  10,720,000 people ✔ Try to avoid rush hours in Tokyo: from 7 AM to 9 AM and from 5 PM to 7 PM ✔ The best time is from Monday-Friday (before 8:30 AM or after 3:30 PM.) 5 ✔ Preview photo credit hindustantimes.com, 4search.com


Discover great beds, beer, food and over a thousand years of history in Bury

9/29/2018, 9:04:01 PM
STROLLING through the ­streets of Bury St Edmunds, I told my family to pick up the pace. There was 1,000 years of history to discover in this pretty market town — and we only had a weekend to fit i… ✔ Later that evening we dined at the hotel restaurant, The Eaterie ✔ 4 We stayed in the ivy-clad Angel Hotel which overlooks the market square It serves a modern British menu and we started off with bubble-and-squeak croquettes, followed by Suffolk Wagyu sirloin a total treat ✔ Cheers! See today's best travel deals Get email alerts of the best deals straight to your inbox


‘Sky’ monorail system making the grade with web magazine

9/29/2018, 10:49:29 PM
KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--The Shonan Monorail is on the right track thanks to its official web ✔ Satoshi Hachima, professor of public design at the Chiba Institute of Technology, appreciated the beauty of the structure of the chunky bridge piers ✔ To find out more about the Shonan Monorail, visit its official web magazine Sora de Buran (http://www.shonan-monorail.co.jp/sora_de_bra-n/)


Here's our guide for how to catch the best ski action across Europe this winter

9/29/2018, 9:03:57 PM
SUMMER is over – it’s time to look forward to scraping ice off the car instead. If that doesn’t fill you with joy, the prospect of a ski holiday should. Luckily, there are plenty of new attractions… ✔ New zip line, Val Thorens: The resort opened the highest zip wire in Europe last season now it adds one of the longest ✔ Given the mishaps on Channel 4’s The Jump, that sounds wise see skischoolcourchevel.co.uk ✔ See today's best travel deals Get email alerts of the best deals straight to your inbox


A Scientist Asked What You Would Do With Your Last 30 Days On Earth, And People Had Jokes

9/29/2018, 9:25:32 PM
"Probably still Netflix." ✔ Ebony @4_ebony @AntonioParis Subscribe to all the 30 day free trials that ask for credit cards 02:28 AM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 6 ✔ Top trending videos Watch more BuzzFeed Video Top trending videos Watch more BuzzFeed Video Watch more BuzzFeed Video Top trending videos Watch more BuzzFeed Video The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews


Radio host Gethin Jones chats on-air gaffes, turning 40 and finding The One

9/29/2018, 11:19:52 PM
WE catch up with the 40-year-old Radio host Gethin Jones about on-air gaffes, life in Manchester and searching for the one. Where: Hits Radio, Manchester. Hi, Gethin! How are you finding the early … ✔ WE catch up with the 40-year-old Radio host Gethin Jones about on-air gaffes, life in Manchester and searching for the one ✔ Your sister Mererid made a comment about you calling things off with a woman because of the length of her toes – explain! Oh my god, that got so out of hand


North Korea demands US lift sanctions before it will abandon nukes

9/29/2018, 11:51:32 PM
A robust address by foreign minister Ri Yong-ho at the United Nations shows the deep gulf that divides the dictatorship and the United States. ✔ I want to reiterate that the future can be very bright for North Korea if it makes good on its commitment to final, fully verified denuclearisation ✔ The question of declaring an official end to the Korean War has exposed a potential gap between Seoul and Washington ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


Questions raised about Indonesian tsunami alerts as death toll expected to reach thousands

9/29/2018, 10:57:34 PM
Indonesian officials may face a reckoning over why the tsunami alerts were pulled even as a disaster was roaring ashore. ✔ Rescue officials will now have to deal with the impact of the second major earthquake in Indonesia in two months ✔ Loading In August, a 6.9 earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks hit the island of Lombok, south of Sulawesi, killing more than 450 people ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


Gwyneth Paltrow's fiance Brad Falchuk arrives at wedding

9/29/2018, 9:39:33 PM
Gwyneth Paltrow is set to marry Brad Falchuk on Saturday evening. At about 5 pm EST 47-year-old Falchuk - a producer on American Horror Story - was seen in a grey suit as he pulled up to her home. ✔ Gwyneth Paltrow is set to marry Brad Falchuk on Saturday evening ✔ Last weekend, she was seen lingerie shopping in New York City, which was believed to be in anticipation of her big day ✔ The photo saw the age-defying beauty stun in a nude bikini top with a towel around her waist


Gwyneth Paltrow is married! The star, 46, weds Brad Falchuk

9/29/2018, 10:22:46 PM
The ceremony took place at her mansion in Amagansett, which is in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York, just after 5 pm EST, according to People . ✔ Gwyneth Paltrow has wed her fiance of one year, Brad Falchuk ✔ The Oscar-winning actress, 46, and the Assassination Of Gianni Versace producer, 47, have been together for four years but engaged for one the past year ✔ The location is ideal with it's sprawling gardens


Hurricane Florence Has Left Farmworkers Stranded Without Work, Food, Or Aid

9/29/2018, 9:25:29 PM
“Nobody is worried about us.” ✔ The North Carolina Growers Association, which provides workers to the state’s farms, is the country’s top employer of H-2A visa holders with about 10,000 certified positions during the same time period ✔ He’s heard some local groups have donated food to worker camps in his area, but he hasn't seen it yet


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