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  1. Whenever I’m doing my own videos (next to come on Monday!), I’m always thinking, “How can I really immerse a viewer in the experience of the trip?” Well, one way to do that, would just go ahead and make a video where the viewer sees everything that you did. And I mean everything. Like David’s video above when he decided to, oh, take a few hundred pictures during his weekend trip to Singapore from Denver.

    Highlight: Check out the shots from a motorcycle at 2:01.

    posted by Matt Stabile on Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 11:53 pm

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  2. Eating Your Way Through London

    Looking for some ideas for your next trip? Here are 10 must-see spots in Asia as revealed by an insider.

    By Carl Thompson

    Asia is the ultimate travel destination for the summer: easily accessible, endlessly diverse and comfortably affordable. With exciting cities, scenic splendor, fascinating wildlife, towering monuments and unique festivals, all of your best travel stories are likely to originate here. Just some of the highlights of this incomparable region, from India to Japan, are covered in this short but comprehensive guide.

    India: Jaisalmer

    The interminable bus journey to reach this dauntingly remote corner of India is amply rewarded by the spectacle of Jaisalmer’s vast city wall, with its 99 circular turrets rising dramatically out of the Thar Desert. Once inside the Golden City, look for the havelis, the former mansion houses of rich merchants, with their glorious honeycomb balconies and lattice-work parapets. This is a place to lose yourself in twisting medieval streets, then explore beyond the surrounding sand dunes on a camel trek.

    Don’t miss: The ornate gate, complete with Krishna temple, leading to the Gadi Sagar Lake at sunset. (more…)

    posted by Matt Stabile on Sunday, June 21, 2009 @ 8:47 pm

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