Category — Travel

CNNGo posts an article about a trek through Yunnan’s Gaoligong Mountains on a 1,000-year-old road that carries more donkeys than vehicles. Now overgrown in parts making orientation difficult (gps route map anyone?), the so-called Ambassador Road was once an important supply route for caravans of mules carrying exotic goods to and from southwestern China.

Now its obviously been superseded by faster modern transport, but may become a sought-after destination for the more adventurous traveler.

Read more about The loneliest road in China

Technorati Tags: Ambassador Road, China, Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan

Tomorrow, I fly out to Hong Kong where I begin a year long trip living there, but also traveling out to other East Asian countries.

I decided to start a new blog to document this experience where I hope to share what happens as well as stay in touch with everyone.

You can read more about the trip on the site’s about page, but I wanted to mention it here on One Inch Punch, hoping that many readers will also find the new site interesting.

If so, please subscribe via email, or rss, and feel free to make any comments and suggestions on the trip!

Check out MangoVine.net

Technorati Tags: Hong Kong, MangoVine, travel, travel blog

East-Asia is changing with the modernisation influence of the west…

Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, now has its own KFC and other capitalist trappings. Skyscrapers are rising, and foreign money is pouring in.

This may be your last chance to see Phnom Penh before this former village at the mouth of three mighty rivers, once called the Pearl of Asia, turns into a booming metropolis. Even today, the city seems to shimmer with the sense that its low-slung buildings, ambling cows and smiling monks are not long for this world.

The New York Times provides their list of things to do in 36 hours if you get a chance to visit Phnom Penh soon..

36 Hours in Phnom Penh

Via PopWuping

Technorati Tags: Cambodia, Phnom Penh, travel