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  • rafaelmichalczuk 10:40 am on January 23, 2010 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors, Hamburg   

    Just talked with our new Hamburg Ambassador, Sara Rieck. Hope this location will be a “perfect location” soon. http://www.earth.org/travel-guide/Hamburg

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 6:15 am on January 23, 2010 Permalink |
    Tags: , , , , Earth.org Ambassadors, , screencast, ,   

    How to use content from another website for your own article? 

    In 1,5 minute around the world. Not possible?

    The short video shows you how to use content from


    Experience with us how easy it is and leave your footprints on Earth.org!

     

    • rafaelmichalczuk 6:23 am on January 23, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thanks again to you Eva, super! @valentinyeo, @alfreda – perhaps we could add the screencast-videos, which are already on YouTube, as a nice small guide for how to use CC-content somewhere in the editing box of the articles. Just to show userfriendly how much sources are there and how to use them. I personally think the short video expalins more then much text. What do you think?

    • Cristiano 3:21 pm on January 23, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      I suggest to have a tutorial section in “About us” and link it in the help and in other pages also as Rafael suggest.

    • valentinyeo 12:15 am on January 26, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      sorry guys i don’t wanna get on your nerves. while the screencast is good work i am fairly critical as to wether this is time spent well. the screen where the editor is is going to be changed quite soon. that means you have to do it again… the site is morphing so much these days.

  • rafaelmichalczuk 9:04 am on January 19, 2010 Permalink |
    Tags: , , , Earth.org Ambassadors, inspiration,   

    You need a little bit of inspiration??? 

    You are writing a great article about a museum in Joensuu or recommending a nice restaurant in Székesfehérvár? And you need some inspiration? You want to check the basics about a city, find some ideas of the top sights of a town?

    (Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/)

    Just feel free to use the content of the following websites:

    • http://en.wikipedia.org

    • http://wikitravel.org

    • http://www.travellerspoint.com

    That are creative networks and webpages, from where you can legally “copy and paste” articles. Earth.org joined a license, which allows to reuse all this stuff for our travel guide.

    Check it out, mash it up or just copy and paste it to spread the word about the world’s greatest locations with us!

    Afterwards just enter the link of the website you used for writing your article:

    It is so easy! Have fun with it!

     

    • otto 10:27 am on January 19, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Yes – let us mash up creative commons content :-)
      And everyone is invited also to use our content on Earth.org!

    • evamiamueller 2:01 am on January 20, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hey Rafael, that sounds really easy and fun. I promise the adaquate screencast will fallow soon! Eva

  • teresa 12:24 pm on January 15, 2010 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors   

    Regarding the NEW Ambassador pages: Please note, it’s on my and Rafael’s desk and we are working on it! I can’t promise, but I hope we can finish it during the weekend and beginning of next week! Online soon :-)
    Our goal: short – simple – easy understandable – and of course super nice

     

    • rafaelmichalczuk 2:39 pm on January 15, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      and with nice pictures :) yes you are right!

    • valentinyeo 6:15 pm on January 15, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      here are some things to make sure of when designing the new ambassador page:
      1) the sign up process including the explanation fo the ambassador process should fit on ONE page. not a multi page process like it is now.

      2) for the overview of ALL ambassadors with picutres. how many ambassadors do we have now? do we REALLY need this page because it needs to be maintained and updated regularly or automatically created. i think david already created something?

      3) can you base the page for individual ambassadors on the user profile? so that we don’t have to create a separate page type but EXTEND the user profile.. so for example that ambassadors have an additional badge.

      these measures make sure we can implement quickly and reduce thinking for the user (for the sign up).

      • rafaelmichalczuk 3:36 am on January 16, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        1) you are absolutely right – there should be a very short process on one page, also the application form should require only a minimum of information and legal info only as a link

        2) in the admin panel I have now added the Ambassador Nr. 50 – this page is important to make Ambassadors more visible on the webpage and to give them a place on Earth.org – I would like to maintain it. Yes there is already this page: http://www.earth.org/ambassadors and also that on the test server http://www.test.earth.org/ambassadors/map . @Thomas – have you already talked with Valentin? Thomas Augustin has done wireframes for this and I have talked with him detailed about that stuff

        3) That is also what I have suggested to Thomas simply to extend the user profile – then much less changes need to be done

        Thanks Valentin for your input!

      • otto 7:23 pm on January 16, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Just an idea – it would be nice if we can see next to the Ambassador his/her activity like e.g. here (http://www.localyte.com/find-localytes/Europe?) – or even for all users. This way @rafael can see the activity.

  • rafaelmichalczuk 2:13 pm on January 8, 2010 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors, introduction, Nairobi, Piedmont, Rome, Somalia   

    Here the weekly Ambassador power 

    Here some more Ambassadors introduce themselves :)

    Jacintha de Kruijff – Rome

    Hey! I’m Jacintha from the Netherlands; Ever since I was born I live in
    a little city called Asperen. At this moment I am studying International
    Tourism Management and Consultancy at the NHTV in Breda. I joined
    Earth.org for a school assignment and started to write articles about
    Rome. I became interested in Rome and I like the idea of Earth.org as a
    travelguide, therefore I decided to become an Ambassador.

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1549336489
    Hyves: http://jacintha-no9.hyves.nl/

    Gaita Wamucii – Nairobi

    Gaita Wamucii here – the Earth.org ambassador for Nairobi – the city in the sun and the place of cool waters. Born and brought up in the beautiful wild plains of Laikipia-Kenya, I have enjoyed the beauty and serenity of living close to the innocence of wild animals. It’s great to have reliable travel information availed by people who know their locations quite well, so I joined the ambassador program to become part of this noble collective effort.

    Adrian Petersen – Piedmont

    Hi I’m Adrian the Earth.Org Ambassador for Piedmont in Italy. I arrived here just over two years ago from the UK. A series of visits to Italy for holidays as well as business over many years and a general disillusionment with the UK led me to achieve my goal of living a new life, with my wife, here in the beautiful region of Piedmont. I now spend my time researching, writing and blogging about my adopted country, from a local and sometimes national perspective.

    Earth.Org interests me because I like the simple and positive philosophy, the non profit approach and the fact that Earth.org is independent from business interests. I really hope it achieves its goal to provide travellers with a community for responsible travel information and that I can play a small part in achieving that goal.

    You can catch me at:

    Earth.org: Ambassador for Piedmont

    Casa Dolcetto: Italian Insights: My Blog

    ItalyItalia: Piedmont Regional Travel Guide

    Ruba: Featured Writer

    Travel Blog Exchange: A community of new media travel writers

    Wandering Educators: Piedmont Editor

    Facebook

    Twitter

    Phillip Barea – Somalia

    I am a lecturer and researcher at Admas University; in Hargeisa, Somaliland (northern Somalia). I am originally from Puerto Rico; and am a bilingual (Spanish-English) professional with extensive work experience in advocacy, communications, education, international affairs, and humanitarian project management. My academic experience is focused on the research and analysis of issues in international affairs, government, armed conflict resolution, and international law.

     

    • otto 3:54 pm on January 8, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Jacintha – this is a beautiful compliment for us – thank you!
      Hi Gaita – oho Nairobi is a “she” (from the overview page: “Nairobi is t……. She is also referred to as the “green city in the sun”.” Would like to read more about Nairobi :-)
      Hi Adrian – thanks to you Piedmont is filling up!
      Hi Philipp – hello Africa again and best to Hargeisa!

    • Mathias 5:07 pm on January 8, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Welcome to all of you.

      So nice to see ambassadors from all over the world!! Thanks for the introductions of yourselfs…

    • Cristiano 2:28 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      My worm welcome to all of you!

    • peter 8:06 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      great to see, how edo is getting known..power to travellers:)

  • rafaelmichalczuk 9:30 am on January 1, 2010 Permalink |
    Tags: 2010, , Earth.org Ambassadors, new year   

    Happy New Year from Berlin 

    Happy New Year from me, too. Yes, let us rock Earth.org in 2010!

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 3:11 am on December 30, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: , Earth.org Ambassadors,   

    Hello from Chennai, India 

    To make things perfectly clear – a warm welcome to Ali. Just feel free to post on the blog :)

    Its great to see so many from India to have joined Earth.org for a common cause!!

    I’m Ali Asghar from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I’m a Telecommunications Engineer by education and a budding entrepreneur having started my company some time ago with a friend.

    What brings me to earth.org is the urge to make some contribution to the world we live in. With globalization and industrialization at its peak, the need to preserve and safeguard Mother Nature is more greater today than ever before. Therefore, I believe that it is the collective responsibility of all individuals to ensure that we leave back a world which is inhabitable and safe for our future generations. This can only be possible if we conduct ourselves as responsible citizens of the world.

    My interests include debating, reading, blogging, trekking and travelling.

    You can find me on:

    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/aliasgharmy
    Facebook: Look for Ali Asghar
    LinkedIn: http://www.in.linked.com/in/aliasgharmy
    Blog: http://www.aliasgharmy.wordpress.com

    Come let’s join hands to make the world a better and safer place to live!

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 5:27 pm on December 28, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors, Italy, Mantova, ,   

    Warm welcome to Coreen! 

    Coreen has just joined today as Ambassador of Mantova, Italy and now she is already on the blog! A warm welcome to her!

    Coreen Mazzocchi

    Hello! I am new the Ambassador for Mantova, Italy. Originally a Colorado gal, I have traveled to Italy numerous times and now make my home here. I have been fortunate to also visit New Zealand, Greece, France, and the tiny nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. I am amazed by the great diversity of our planet, and joined Earth.org to be a small part of its preservation.

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/ItalyGirl71
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/coreen.mazzocchi
    LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/coreenmazzocchi

     

    • Rob 7:20 pm on December 28, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Welcome to the team Coreen! I guess we should watch this space huh: http://www.earth.org/travel-guide/Mantova Looking forward to reading about your hometown!

    • Mathias 9:26 am on December 29, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Coreen, welcome to Earth,org! I have been living for 2 years in Emilia Romagna and I love the city of Mantova! Thanks for being ambassador there.

    • otto 9:38 am on December 29, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Coreen – hope you will feel soon home in Mantova and on Earth.org :-) !

    • Cristiano 2:22 pm on December 30, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Benvenuta Coreen!

    • Coreen Mazzocchi 5:01 pm on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thank you everyone! I look forward to catching up with the site, and with each of you as well. Happy New Year from Italy!

  • rafaelmichalczuk 5:11 pm on December 19, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: , Earth.org Ambassadors, location, ,   

    Ambassadors are displayed on their locations! 

    Hi guys,
    our common efforts have led us to it. From now Earth.org Ambassadors are displayed on their locations of Ambassadorship! Just take a look at the top, in the right corner :) Here as example, Babu – Ambassador of Kerala:

    Soon they will be also displayed on the subsites of locations and changes, which allow to show more than one Ambassador per location, will be synced to the live server. So now worry please, you will be all there asap!

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 11:37 am on December 13, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors   

    Hello from Sri Lanka 

    Hello and a warm welcome to our new Ambassador of Sri Lanka. Very happy to have you on board. Here his short intro:

    This is Amal Rasanga earth.org Ambassador from Sri Lanka (Asia). I come from one of the most attractive cities in Sri Lanka: Kandy. I am a certified Hypnotherapist & Gymnastics Coach & Web Designer. My hobby is coaching Gymnastics. I am willing to help people as I can, & Love to travel, explore amazing places. Yes, I need to show the beauty of Sri Lanka for all. That’s why I am with the earth.org. If any one need to get details about Sri Lanka, I am here for help you!

    My Websites:

    http://www.tinywebdesigner.com
    http://www.hypnosisforlife.uni.cc
    http://www.cpgasl.co.cc

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 9:43 am on December 12, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: , Earth.org Ambassadors, team members,   

    Make you visible on Earth.org 

    Hi guys, I need your help. As already written in my email: We would like to siplay all Ambassadors (I would suggest all team members) on one site. David is alreday working on it, but we need the descriptions, pictures and links.

    Send me as soon as possible:
    - a short description of you (300-600 characters including spaces). There share your interests with us, try to answer the questions: Why have I joined Earth.org as Ambassador of…? or What do you do to improve our common world?
    - a list of your websites, blogs, Twitter, Linkedin, Xing accounts that can go public and can be shown with your profile
    - a nice picture of you, which will be displayed together with your short statement

    I hope you like the idea! I’m waiting for your emails!

    Rafael(at)earth.org

    Here 2 examples:

    Radha So

    Leihao all! it’s Radha Ambassador from Hong Kong, the city of 1000 wonders. I landed here after a sweet life in Italy, a sophisticated adventure in New York, a comfortable life in Colombia and awsome travelling in between all aimed to within seeking of truth and coolness. This is exactly why i joined earth.org: because our earth deserves more and more people who can experience self realization and fresh cool breeze for themselves and wherever they are. It is our innate right to live on a self integrated, loving and sustainable planet.

    Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/radaso
    facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Radha-So/538028553?ref=search
    twitter:http://twitter.com/radhagarima
    blogs and website:
    http://www.radhagarima.wordpress.com
    http://www.nirmalamagazine.wordpress.com
    http://www.freemeditation.ca
    http://www.robertasia.wordpress.com
    http://www.108children.wordpress.com
    http://www.cartablog.wordpress.com

    Rafael Michalczuk

    I’m Rafael, the person taking care of the Earth.org Ambassadors allover the globe. Originally I come from one of the hanseatic cities in Germany: Hamburg. In the year 2002 I decided to move to Poland to find and live my second identity: the polish origin. Over the years I made a lot of experiences by traveling up and down Europe, especially the Balkans have found a big place in my heart. The non-profit approach isn’t alien to me. I have joined a team of our planet’s enthusiasts – that means “nothing human is alien to me”.

    Earth.org Ambassador of Toruń http://www.earth.org/travel-guide/Toru%C5%84

    Linkedin: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/rafael-michalczuk/15/a85/651

    Xing: https://www.xing.com/profile/Rafael_Michalczuk

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000101238484

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/RafaelEDO

    Cosmotourist: http://www.cosmotourist.de/myct/profile/u/Persona/t/

    Suite101: http://www.suite101.de/profile.cfm/rafaelmichalczuk
    European Circle: http://www.european-circle.de/autoren/rafael-michalczuk/

     

    • rafaelmichalczuk 9:48 am on December 12, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @david, @Valentin – this is the way I would like to display Ambassadors, the best solution would be to display all team members in such a way too. Please take this in consideration when editing the new page for all Ambassadors. I have asked all Ambassadors to send me such descriptions. If you agree I will send a second email to all EDO. I will store them in this gdoc: https://docs.google.com/a/earth.org/Doc?docid=0AQEFvwW06yoFZGZ0aHFwa3JfMTdkd3pta2dnMw&hl=en

      @Ambassadors – please be sure to send me your descriptions as soon as possible, waiting for you

    • Anne 8:25 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @rafael: great that’s a very good idea and will motivate our crew!! I suggested to locate them with a map, if it is easy to do technically. Mareike also suggested to have contact details available for ambassadors but also team members, so that everyone knows to whom adress questions.

  • rafaelmichalczuk 9:24 am on December 12, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors, , ,   

    See And Do

    View more presentations from Earth.org.

    Hey guys – I hope this short presentation will help you all in adding “See and do’s” to the travel guide of Earth.org. I hope you like this way of presentation. There will be soon more. Feel free to share it.

     

    • otto 1:23 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Rafael!

      Great. Let’s see how users rate it.

      Suggest you also do one version with a voiceover – and see what goes better.

      • rafaelmichalczuk 1:48 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Thanks Otto, the voice version is already planned (somewhere in my mind), thinking also of a nice background music…

    • radha 9:05 am on December 16, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      it s just FINE ~ Thanks Rafael!

    • Cristiano 6:44 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @rafaelmichalczuk, Can’t we add this somewhere in our webpages.

      This could suite the help section. It is the first tutorial that we have. We may create a section called Tutorials and add this for the moment and the others to come in the future.

      @otto I think a section called video gallery should be added too. We now have a couple of good video presenting Earth.org. What do you think?

  • rafaelmichalczuk 11:24 am on December 11, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors   

    Again in Berlin and getting my Earth.org dosis today. Will be a busy weekend! Getting back to my email inbox and dealing with Ambassadors’ and sales stuff. Have a great day!

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 1:20 pm on December 7, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors,   

    Hi guys,
    today again from Poland, doing a bit of research for the sales team. Found this nice site, which is inspiring in many ways. In terms of displaying Ambassadors on our webpage but also in terms of sales. Just take a look http://socialenterpriseambassadors.org.uk/ambassadors

     

    • valentinyeo 8:08 pm on December 7, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      got ur mail on this topic r. gonna coe up with a page like that. need areas in the user profile for all this stuff. like mini bio or something. alfreda is going to work on the profile soon enought. cheers mate.

  • rafaelmichalczuk 4:35 pm on December 5, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors   

    See and Do for Visitors 

    Hi guys, today I want to try out if a short presentation can be helpful for you and how it works on the blog!

    Just let me know :)

    See and do

     

    • rafaelmichalczuk 4:41 pm on December 5, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Waiting for your suggestions how to improve the way of presenting guide books on the blog. Just a test!

      • Anne 4:54 pm on December 5, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hello Rafael, I would love too but can you send me in another format than ptt… I cannot open it!

        • rafaelmichalczuk 4:56 pm on December 5, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Hi Anne, you find everything also in the draft of the Ambassadors guide book

        • rafaelmichalczuk 4:57 pm on December 5, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          That is why I’m thinking of a different way of presentation

      • lifeofmareike 9:14 pm on December 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hey Rafael, may I see that I bit closer?

    • varun 4:39 am on December 7, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Rafael,

      Using http://www.slideshare.com and embedding the presentation in blog would make it easier to view & share.

  • rafaelmichalczuk 2:00 pm on December 4, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors,   

    Hi guys, just arrived 10 minutes ago in Poland. Now going to look for new potential sponsors for Write and Plant in Germany. @otto, @Mareike – nice to hear you will meet this weekend. Unfortunatally I’m not in Berlin those days.

     

  • earthorgcollect 10:45 am on December 2, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors,   

    HK work is goin on and on…. 

    nihao all ~

    1) this is my last add but i am not satysfied with the pic work ive done so far, i mean the way they are inserted into the post.

    http://blog.earth.org/2009/11/best-five-islands-to-explore-in-hong-kong/

    plus 5 new reastaurants updated but dont have the link now.

    2)now working on `Relax in style in Hong Kong` (few advices on where to find relax while vacationing in the city, basing on the travelling style of visitors).

    3) i luv to ask you (to get some inspiration): what would you like to know as a traveller about Hong Kong? give me some title if anything come up to your beutiful mind and i ll develop it

    4)  @Rafael/ Imogen: i am trying to stick to one quality article for week and dedicating some time to browse and read the content we already have available abt HK. So far so good, how are you duing? Thanks Imogen for your emails, this is a very nice team.

    Have great keep going of the week evrybody :-) )

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 10:46 am on November 29, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors, ,   

    I'm just working on the steps for Ambas… 

    I’m just working on the steps for Ambassadors and I have made the experience, that when I click “contribute” or “share recomendation” it is closing all my open windows, when I’m using Windows Explorer. For Mozilla it works. I think it is a problem for the tech team. Don’t know if you have experienced it too?

     

    • otto 12:59 pm on November 29, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      ohoh – I suggest you enter a trac ticket!

    • david 9:43 pm on November 29, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      I had a brief look into this and I did see a problem with Internet Explorer, but not the same problem you are describing. However, I fixed it in the test server. Can you try in http://test.earth.org ?

      • Rafael 5:18 am on November 30, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Thanks David, I have tried on the test-server: now it is working, you have fixed the problem!

    • David 4:35 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Its live now

  • earthorgcollect 5:04 am on November 26, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors,   

    Best five islands to explore in Hong Kong 

    The 236 islands forming Hong Kong are the very essence of the whole city. Their landscape and lifestyle is always unbelievably cool and refreshing. Their history is the very starting point of one of the most populated and modern areas of the world.

    Ping Chau

    The awesome thing of this island is that the highest top along the main hiking trail, at the pagoda, is the only spot in Hong Kong from where the whole city can be watched at 360 degree. Super for round photo shooting. Another record of this island ofteh bicycles is the fact that it is location to the oldest factory of all China: the government is still struggling on if recuperating or demolishing the building half visible next to a tall coconut tree along the promenade. The flora is interesting for the knowledgeable eyes here. Two amazing shops very closely located not to be missed out: the traditional ceramic where small groups can sit down for a spontaneous workshop: the lady artist will supply them with colours, tools and tips for painting. The Ta Tsu Koi Chinese antique furniture, a family business shop which is also shipping the goods abroad to the visitor’s countries. In front of the ceramic art shop to be absolutely tasted the sticky rice cakes, especially the herbal deep green one enveloped in a leaf. One of the most multicultural islands in all Hong Kong, dining turns to be a great experience in Ping Chau for the variety of food available: Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Chinese, Cantonese.

    ping3

    Cheung Chau Island

    It is one of the major islands in Hong Kong. About one hour ferry from Central harbour in downtown. This is the perfect place to go on Summertime for windsurfing and kite playing. Kwun yam, one of two in the island, is considered a A grade beach. Because of the huge rocking platforms on some traits of the coastline this is also a pleasant place to hike and shot breathtaking pictures. Walking downtown among the shops is pleasant and there are interesting local things to shop. San Hing Praya is the Street running along the coastline with all the typical houses and plenty of shops. Really cheap and fresh seafood restaurants deserve a stop for a delicious and filling dinner. For a snack moment, people love to queue up for the original crunchy potato skewers, the delicious deep fried tofu and fish balls along the street. In addiction a lot of art crafting affordable shops can be seen: “Adagio” is selling cool stuff from Tibet and fabrics sewed by the owner herself inside the shop.

    Mui Wo in Lantau Island

    Fascinating old village, still very much intact in all its features. The perfect day trip to enjoy a wide light gray sandy beach. An artistical touch is given to this place by some very good local painters living here. A more natural paradisiacal touch is hidden right behind the hotel on the pier: a beautiful waterfall surrounded by lavish green and peace. From Mui Wo starts the long hiking trail on Lantau.

    Tung Ping Chau

    A WWF reserve with tropical blue sea. Best site for coral growing in the shallow waters; with a heavenly landscape of huge flat rocky platforms unique in their genre the geo marine habitat here looks just amazing and pure. At times teams of volunteer visitors are organized on the field to clean up some spots. It is possible to sleep overnight or camping for very small groups. Dining at the ruined villages is very cheap and traditional with fresh seafood and vegetables to choose. Genuine feeling of holiday all pervading on this special little island. The best is to reach after 2 hours boat from Ma On Shan side.

    Lamma island

    The coolest for its artistical attractions. The wildest for the environment. Lots of European families landed in Hk decided to settle down here despite the rustic houses and all kinds of interesting animals (lots of snakes they say) populating. When arriving at the harbor, about 20 minutes from HK mainland, the visitor may probably run into some native lady selling tasty hand cooked red bean sweet soup or cookies. By following the main narrow street the whole greenish and easygoing, wild and relaxed environment will disclose. There are 2 things to pay attention about while hiking around Lamma. One is the strong smell of its flowers scattered in mass at any corner like in a big garden. The other is the artistically sometimes extravagant touch exhibited by shops and restaurants. Romantic sets have been created at the outdoor tables of all the restaurants. The tea time here means traditional or western home made cakes. Lamma is perfect for family outings. At dinner or lunch tasty, fresh and expensive fish for all the visitors to choose directly from the big tanks outside each restaurant. The sunset along the main hiking trail is awesome. There is an interesting organic farm on the mountain very easy to reach; the walk is more less mild, okey for kids, and lasts about an hour or so up to the farm. The entire circuit takes about 2 or 3 hours to be completed. A main beach with restaurants aside is good for resting or swimming.

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    • varunsharma 6:49 am on November 26, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      A very cool write up once again. Great stuff!
      Keep them coming Radika.

    • Mathias 10:17 am on November 26, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Really nice… also the photos are beautiful!

    • Imogen 7:25 pm on November 26, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Tooooo pretty! Thankyou for the articles and all the colour!

    • Imogen 6:36 pm on November 27, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Ok, I think I am a little bit lost…. These (wonderful) articles are blog posts – are they also on the HK section of EDO?

      • Rob 9:28 pm on November 27, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        I asked Rafael to clarify this also, when they are online, please add a link to the content so that people can find the context and read more about the destination :)

        • Imogen 2:24 pm on November 28, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Solved: These are being blogged but not posted on EDO. Even more reason to finish the How-To guide for writers (Imogen, take note!) :-)

          • Rafael 7:20 am on November 29, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

            Hi guys, thanks for your infos. I’m aware of the problem. Have seen your both emails now. Will fix the situation asap.

            • Rafael 7:21 am on November 29, 2009 Permalink

              @radha – thanks for your great articles – We will manage together to upload them in the travel guide

  • mareikeonearthorg 10:06 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
    Tags: Earth.org Ambassadors, languages,   

    I was just thinking about a language section for every country (I know there is one, but I don’t think that would be the correct category). A couple of important sentences could be useful. What do you think?

     

    • Thomas 10:41 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      …good idea Mareike — that’s why a “travel dictionary” with basic phrases is planned! ;-)
      Where would you think it would be most useful?

      • lifeofmareike 11:32 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        How about putting it into travel essentials of one country? But then would there be the possibility to put it on travel essentials of EVERY location within this country? Because somebody looking for Paris won’t necessarily search in the general information for France…

        Errr I just realized that this is a general problem: Categories like tipping and behavior should have the same content for the country and all its cities/ towns, but I also know that this couldn’t work with bigger countries like India or the US. What could we do about it???

        • Rafael 6:28 am on November 25, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Hi Mareike,
          great that you bring so much ideas with you. Thomas is the right person to adress this suggestion. It is allready this way that such general informations like languages are displayed at all the locations of a country. I think it could be really added there. @imogen – perhaps you have an idea to integrate it in the best way?

        • radha 8:43 am on November 25, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          maybe we can refer to a basic-phrase material for cities only, not for countries; for cities with a “high population of languages”, cities which are holding in languages the essence of their advanced or fastly rising multiculturality. For example Hk would be one of these kinds with more than 300 languages spoken among 8 millions people. i guess there are several cities like that on earth~

    • otto 11:14 am on November 25, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      fyi: In general such suggestions goes either to @imogen and/or @Thomas.

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