Adventure Travel

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.

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.

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...

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...

Far from madding crowd

7 Jun 2012

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.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Mountain bike equipment

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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...

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...

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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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...

Youth hostel plan starts

The government will help NGOs to provide hostels for single youths, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said in his policy address. The idea aims to help working-age young people to move away...