Your China Photos
Your China Photos
Your China Photos
Enjoy photos from China submitted to National Geographic by readers like you.
World’s Best Zip Lines
World’s Best Zip Lines
World’s Best Zip Lines
Traveler intern Daniel Bortz straps in to find zip line adventures for all riders, all occasions, across the globe. A pair of feet dangles over a terrain of active volcanoes, spurts of lava seeping out and flowing down the sides. Another pair sails through a thick forest, abundant foliage on both sides, breaking to an…
Tensions, Dams, Development Threaten India’s Magical Arunachal Pradesh
Tensions, Dams, Development Threaten India’s Magical Arunachal Pradesh
Tensions, Dams, Development Threaten India’s Magical Arunachal Pradesh
Last night the New York Times reported that tensions were escalating in Tawang, a culturally Tibetan town in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Himalayan region has been closed off to foreigners for most of the last 50 years due to boundary disputes between India and China. But in early 2007, with the state easing…
Travelers Beware: Even Accidental Crossings of Hostile Borders Can Mean Jail
Travelers Beware: Even Accidental Crossings of Hostile Borders Can Mean Jail
Travelers Beware: Even Accidental Crossings of Hostile Borders Can Mean Jail
The American journalists taken prisoner in March for illegally entering into North Korea revealed that North Korean soldiers “dragged” them from China over the hostile border. In an exclusive column in the L.A. Times, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were freed last month, recounted part of their grim tale and admitted to entering North…
Saying Good-Bye to Climbers Jonny Copp, Micah Dash, Wade Johnson
Saying Good-Bye to Climbers Jonny Copp, Micah Dash, Wade Johnson
Saying Good-Bye to Climbers Jonny Copp, Micah Dash, Wade Johnson
Text by Freddie Wilkinson. Read more by Wilkinson on his blog, The Nameless Creature Friends, family, and climbers around the world are mourning the loss of Micah Dash, Wade Johnson, and Jonny Copp. The trio were last seen alive when they left their base camp in the Gongga (Minya Konka) Range of the Eastern Himalaya…
Sudoku Traveler: China
Sudoku Traveler: China
Sudoku Traveler: China
Since its rise to popularity in 2005, the number game Sudoku has produced an overwhelming array of addicts. And last week, when National Geographic Games’s new online game, Sudoku Traveler: China, hit the market, I joined the ranks of happily addicted Sudoku players. After all, the only thing better than losing yourself in a game…
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