Halong Bay--The Most Beautiful Place on Earth

"" Halong kayaking Just got back from Halong Bay this afternoon and it was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful--even more than I expected. We left at around 8am from the hostel and were picked up by Active travel Vietnam _ the tour company that we'd booked with. We picked...

Ha Long_ a combination of people and scenery!

Halong bay scenery We arrived at this UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin, we badly needed a break from the mad motor-scooter traffic of the nation's second-largest city, the swarming pineapple vendors and the ceaseless capitalist hustle. ...

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Saving Mud-Covered Haiti's Crops – And Mountains

"The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret. It was my first trip to Haiti, a ninety minute plane ride from Miami. So close,...

Exclusive ABC report questions Palin reason for firing public safety chief

"Legal pleadings filed earlier this week said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired her public safety chief because of a planned trip to lobby Washington to fund a program to fight sexual violence.  That was the "last strraw" of his bucinking...