Moomba Your Heart Out In Melbourne
Today sees the end of a four-day festival extravaganza in Melbourne, Australia, the Moomba Waterfest. It’s Melbourne’s premier event and has been running since 1955. The festival has music and…
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Don’t Forget Your Broomstick
Being held today in Mexico is the rather unusual festival of the Annual Witch Gathering. On the shores of Laguna Catemaco, Mexico the festival, known as Congreso de Brujos, is…
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Downward Dog In Bali
Yoga devotees will no doubt be practising their Adho Mukha Svanasan (downward-facing dog), Lotus and Camel poses this week at the International Yoga Festival. Held in Bali, Indonesia, the week-long…
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Focus On Cambodia; Festivals and Highlights
Cambodia is famed for Angkor Wat which is just the center of what is actually some 40 temples and palace ruins. These are spread out over 200km and are simply…
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Comic Relief Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro
A UK based charity has sent nine celebrities to climb Mount Kilimanjaroin Tanzania, West Africa. It’s part of a host of fund raising activities for Red Nose Day, which is…
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7 Things NOT To Do In India
There are always certain taboos when you travel to a new country. The culture shock, or culture clash as some might say, can often take you by surprise. Nothing seems…
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How Many Sheep Are There In New Zealand?
In the early 1980s there were twenty sheep to every person but now there are only ten for every person. New Zealand’s economy was based around agriculture, dairy, meat and…
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Tibet Temporarily Closed
Foreign tourists that had a visit planned to Tibet have been told that until the end of March, the region has barred outsiders from entering. This month is the 50th…
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Tsunami Museum Open
The victims of the 2004 Asian Tsunami are being commemorated in a new museum that’s just opened in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Of the 240,000 people that died, more…
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Celebrate Fat Tuesday Today
Rio Carnival is a crazy celebration that lasts for four days, 40 days before Easter. Known as Carnaval in Portugese, it is celebrated everywhere from towns to villages in Brazil…
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