Travel & Culture

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore is to build a S$12-billion (US$7.95-billion) subway train network to further ease travel to the city centre. – Read More...

SANTO DOMINGO ~ Children of US billionaire Donald Trump, the singer Julio Iglesias and fashion designer Oscar de la Renta – Read More...

By Diane Wedner Los Angeles Times LITTLE CORN ISLAND, Nicaragua ~ This is the way you picture island resorts looking – Read More...

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia is hunting down more than 20,000 foreign nationals who have entered the country as tourists before – Read More...

By Thomas Curwen Los Angeles Times KOKEE STATE PARK, Hawaii ~ Of course we thought about turning back, but we – Read More...

Short of gluing your purse or pants pockets shut, there’s no foolproof way to fend off pickpockets. But here are – Read More...

QUITO ~ Tourism, overpopulation and non-native species are threatening the ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands, the archipelago which inspired British – Read More...

By Annabel Thomas For The Bali Times SEMINYAK ~ “Wall diving” is a very evocative phrase, conjuring up visions of – Read More...

BEIJING ~ China will link its sections of the Silk Road into a single, sprawling tourism zone to streamline management – Read More...

BUENOS AIRES ~ Attention global shoppers: Argentina is offering first-class plastic surgery at up to 75 percent off American and – Read More...