... the small mountain that shadowed the old Ngau Chi Wan village, is my favorite starting point. Here, the air is refreshing and welcoming. The running tracks are firm and well maintained, just the type ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
As summer has come to an end, I made good use of the time and went on a demanding mountain hike at Southwest Lantau recently. I climbed up the stony stairs at Sham Wat Road (深屈道) and arrived at Kwun ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
Hong Kong’s food watchdog said it will take appropriate action after its counterpart in Taiwan banned the sale of citrus-flavored Mountain Dew sodas, which are also being sold in the city, Singtao Dai ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
... ttered in mountain areas or deep inside the forests. In 1994, the Zapatista Movement broke out in this southernmost state against the Mexican state, where the rural indigenous Indian people fought for ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-07
... n fertile mountain slopes near the city of Arusha and tend to be better educated and monogamous. "Polygyny can be potentially protective within cultural settings where women lack direct control over r ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... y, if the mountain won't come to Muhammad then Muhammad must go to the mountain. That is why HKSH is willing to pay hefty rents to get close to wealthy clients, instead of waiting for them to come to ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
Delight turned into pure terror for a group of tourists crossing the new transparent walkway on Yuntai Mountain in Henan province when the glass floor cracked under their feet. The bridge, suspended ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
A 45-year-old Belgian man had a lucky escape as he slipped off a mountain path during an adventure run in Lantau on Sunday. Participating in the Lantau 2 Peaks run, the man fell down a wet slope on t ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
Nepal plans to ban inexperienced climbers from climbing Mount Everest. Permits to climb the world's highest peak will only be given to those who have already scaled mountains that are higher than 6,50 ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
A 63-year-old hiker was killed after falling off Devil's Peak in Yau Tong. The incident happened Sunday morning when the man, surnamed Lo, was hiking with a companion, surnamed Yip, 60. Yip said he lo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
Tibet's leadership in exile reiterated its call for more autonomy, saying that its mountain homeland is being occupied by China, Reuters reported. As Beijing marks the 50th anniversary of the founding ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
Mount McKinley, North America's tallest peak, was set to be renamed Denali on Monday. US President Barack Obama was to officially restore the mountain's native name at the start of his three-day visit ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
A Swiss mountain railway operator probably meant well when it launched a train specifically for Asian tourists. But Chinese visitors are not impressed. They're accusing the company of discrimination, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... , a Smith Mountain Lake recreation site about 320 kilometers southwest of Washington. The broadcast was abruptly interrupted by the sound of gunshots as Parker and the woman being interviewed, Vicki G ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... in a few mountain ranges in central China. There are about 1,600 giant pandas known to be living in the wild and some 300 in captivity. The videos: -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
An Indonesian plane carrying 54 people crashed into a mountain in a remote region in Papua on Sunday, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the Southeast Asian nation, Reuters reported. "The ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
During a recent visit to Greenland, I stood in front of a melting ice mountain in the North Pole and sighed at the damage brought by global warming. I thought about polar bears who are becoming homele ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
... s highest mountain -- five years ago. It came when she and her husband were asked by filmmaker Sean Lee-Davies to do a documentary about the environment on Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro, the world's high ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
... s central mountain range famous for little blessings from nature. These include the Taroko Gorge, rich coastal and marine life and a sprinkling of scenic attractions. Conney had been doing well for he ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-30
... opped the mountain tourism category, took second place in the time-lapse and historical places sections and third in nature and wildlife photography. So took up photography in 2004 when his father bou ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-18
