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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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Japanese eel becomes latest 'endangered food'
10 things to know before visiting Sweden
Faces of the world: Nat Geo photographer's amazing portraits
Aung San Suu Kyi draws thousands to Myanmar's first literary festival

Japanese eel becomes latest 'endangered food'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:02 AM PST

Is it time for Japanese restaurants to say goodbye to unagi?

Frances Cha

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Bad news for food-obssessed travelers to Japan.

Unagi -- the sweet broiled eel dish that's one of Japan's best eats -- may soon be going the way of shark's fins and fish balls: it gets overfished (check), it gets put on an endangered list (check) and it gets banned from restaurants (TBC).

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10 things to know before visiting Sweden

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:02 AM PST

Enough with the DIY furniture and "Dancing Queen." Learn to relax, recycle, queue up, spot moose and party like a local

Mary Kavanagh

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It's official: we're the first website in 10 years to write a story about Sweden that doesn't mention ABBA or IKEA.

The country of Midsummer and fika (read on, we'll explain) is just too big and diverse to limit the place to easy symbols.

Here are some "Fernando"-free tips to prepare you for a trip.

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Faces of the world: Nat Geo photographer's amazing portraits

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:00 PM PST

Photojournalist Alison Wright doesn't just travel the world -- she reveals its inner beauty with every image she publishes

Frances Cha

As the child of a Pan Am flight attendant, award-winning photographer Alison Wright says that her passion for travel was acquired "in utero."

Often on the job for magazines such as National Geographic and Smithsonian, Wright, 50, has traveled to 125 countries.

Her latest book is an unusual step for a travel photographer used to capturing landscapes and dramatic scenes.

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Aung San Suu Kyi draws thousands to Myanmar's first literary festival

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:02 PM PST

Though the "Lady" was the main attraction, the Irrawaddy Literary Festival managed to focus the spotlight on Myanmar's changing book landscape

Kate Whitehead

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The Irrawaddy Literary Festival was never going to be a regular book bash. Not with one of the world's great democracy icons as the star of the show.

And the thousands that turned up to hear Aung San Suu Kyi weren't what you'd call the usual literary festival crowd.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

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Jetstar Japan adds Three new Domestic Destinations to Network

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:45 AM PST

Jetstar Japan adds Three new Domestic Destinations to Network

Malaysia Airlines Joins Oneworld Alliance

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:16 AM PST

Malaysia Airlines Joins Oneworld Alliance

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Gallery: 'Expert napkin folder' exhibits in England
AirAsia X launches child-free seating
How to travel to North Korea
Walking vs. cycling: Which is better for travel?
Churaumi Aquarium: Okinawa's riveting sea show

Gallery: 'Expert napkin folder' exhibits in England

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:02 AM PST

A Catalan artist recreates the amazing "fabric sculptures" of historic European courts

Frances Cha

Leave Catalan artist Joan Sallas alone in a dining hall with a tablecloth and some napkins for a few hours, and you might return to find a garden of paper lilies or a zoo of posturing beasts.

But the world's leading (if not only) expert on napkin folding is not some space-filler on a Martha Stewart show.

Sallas, 48, has built a career as a master craftsman and artist and also as a writer, researcher and lecturer of the lost art of linen folding.

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AirAsia X launches child-free seating

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:47 PM PST

Kids are now banned from a designated "Quiet Zone" in the front of selected flights

CNN staff

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Beginning this week, under-12s are banned from the first seven rows of economy class on AirAsia X flights to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Australia and Nepal.

In an official press release, AirAsia X's CEO Azran Osman-Rani described the new rollout as a "heavenly package for those who want peace of mind."

Not to mention peace of ear.

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How to travel to North Korea

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:07 PM PST

You would think with tension so high, the isolated state would be off-limits to tourists. But it's not. Here's how to get in and the best times to go

CNN Travel staff

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Despite tense relations between the United States and North Korea, and increased rheotric from Pyongyang, the isolated state remains open to U.S. citizens, among other travelers.

More on CNN: Rescind North Korea's license to provoke

But how do you actually travel to North Korea?

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Walking vs. cycling: Which is better for travel?

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:02 PM PST

A 3,500-mile walk versus a 35,000-mile cycle -- one adventurer who's done both considers the blisters, pulled muscles and exhaustion of each

Rob Lilwall

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It's winter in the Gobi desert.

The sun has set and an icy wind has picked up as I try to pitch my tent.

My feet throb from 12 hours of walking, blisters upon blisters weeping into my socks.

My hands tremble, from exhaustion, as well as cold, as I try to light the cooker for a cup of tea. My cameraman, Leon McCarron looks over to me and asks: "What the hell are we doing?"

It might sound like one of the world's worst boot camps, but this was my own voluntary trip to walk 3,500 miles through Mongolia and China for National Geographic Adventure Channel.

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Churaumi Aquarium: Okinawa's riveting sea show

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 02:00 PM PST

The aquarium's massive tank is one of the few places in the world you can see a whale shark without getting into the water

C. James Dale

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Scores of silhouettes stand in the blue glow of the Kuroshio Sea Tank, only 60 centimeters of acrylic separating them from a mini-ocean filled with creatures great and small.

Smartphones gleam like beacons in the dark, cavernous room, on standby to capture photos once the show starts.

A woman appears on a screen that hangs next to the tank.

"Mina-san, hi, hi," she says in Japanese, welcoming everyone. She's behind the scenes, perched above the water and gearing up for feeding time.

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