http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1 RSS Feed for P-com More Destinations en-us Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:46:11 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1/moreheadlines.html http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1/20080427_Scenes_of_tradition_and_tumult_in_Tibet.html LHASA, Tibet - Scene from last summer: A flutter of crimson fills the square as dozens of young Buddhist monks sweep from their classes to their daily outdoor debate practice at the Sera Monastery. The low murmur swells to a roar as they offer their arguments, underscoring points with a clap of hands or a stomped foot. http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1/20080210_Looking_into_Chinas_heart.html China has done its best to ruin the scenery on the Yangtze River. Smog blots out the sun. Factories dot the shores. And the construction of a giant dam has flooded the Three Gorges, the famed river passage through towering limestone and sandstone cliffs. http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1/20080427_Personal_Journey__A_plea_to_China__Just_go_home.html The elderly Tibetan woman at her loom in the Tibetan Refugee Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, looked at me with sad eyes. "Please," she said, "tell everyone back home and on the Internet - tell the Chinese not to get out, but to go home. We wish them no harm, but please tell them to go home." http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1/20070909_Paradise.html BORA-BORA, French Polynesia - A dream landscape emerged as our dinghy sped through turquoise waters toward the uninhabited South Seas islet of Tapu. On a triangular speck of sand and coconut palms, blossoms of red hibiscus, white gardenia and yellow plumeria bobbed on the water at land's edge. http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/destinations/other1/20070708_Personal_Journey___Steps_into_Chinas_culture.html Last year, I followed Adam, my nomadic child, to Chungdu, in southwest China. "You'll be a rock star there," Adam had warned. "They don't see many Westerners."