Adventure Travel

10 Apr 2013

It took Canadian brothers Ryan and Colin Pyle five minutes to come up with the idea of circumnavigating China by motorcycle, a journey never attempted before. It did not take much longer for Colin...

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Australian tourism chiefs resurrect 'best jobs in the world' offer

6 Mar 2013

The marketing push is targeting the youth segment, which contributes A$12 billion (HK$94 billion) annually in tourism spending and delivers nearly 1.6 million, or 26 per cent, of Australia's...

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Explorer Tim Jarvis to recreate Ernest Shackleton's 1916 Antarctic journey

3 Dec 2012

A polar explorer who retraced Douglas Mawson's Antarctic trek has launched an ambitious new challenge - recreating Ernest Shackleton's perilous crossing of the Southern Ocean.

4:24AM

Passion for fun: Janet Hsieh Yi-fen

23 Nov 2012

Always on the move, the prolific TV host tells Tracey Furniss about her lifelong love of travel.

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Arabian delights

16 Nov 2012

If I hadn't remembered from school geography lessons that the shores of the Dead Sea are the planet's lowest accessible point on dry land, then the late-night trip there from Amman's Queen Alia...

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An ice place to be

16 Nov 2012

We are hunkered down in a valley in the ice - white and blue are the only colours in this otherworldly scene. The overcast sky blankets the black mountains beyond and blends into the frozen...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Far from madding crowd

After the exhausting rush of couturiers, caterers and table plans comes the honeymoon, and the chance to unwind from the stresses of the months leading up to a wedding.

4:51PM

Mountain bike equipment

Orange Five Pro

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Actress scales fresh heights for the role of a lifetime

There is only one race that Vanessa Haywood hasn't finished in her life. She was mountain biking when her front wheel hit a rock, and she fell off - face first - while racing downhill at 50km/h...

9:57AM

No place like roam

My youngest daughter went off to Year Five camp last week. She and her schoolmates went to Cheung Chau for five days, and it was hard to say goodbye. It brought home the notion that, while I have...

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Budget hostels will help young workers

Young people setting out on their working lives will be helped to live away from home by a hostel scheme proposed in the policy address, home affairs officials said yesterday.

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letters

Hostels could help working youths

I agree with the proposal that providing hostels for single working youths can boost the motivation of people who live in relatively remote areas...

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