How were the blocks raised to the top of the 489ft Great Pyramid? An architect develops a theory about a snaking internal ramp that's been hidden inside the pyramid for 4500 years.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Great Pyramid Mystery Solved?
Kilkenny, Ireland
I interview Kathleen Moran about the Kilkenny Craft Centre and how Kilkenny established itself as Ireland's craft capital.
Exploration Exposé
A selection of our favorite exploration photos submitted to MY SHOT by National Geographic readers.
Elephant Man
A man with a 50 pound tumor on his face arrives at the hospital with his sister to undergo life-changing surgery.
Heavenly Havens
A selection of our favorite exotic island photos submitted to MY SHOT by National Geographic readers.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Waiting Out the Storm: May 3, 2009
Ed Viesturs, Peter Whittaker, and Melissa Arnot settle in at Camp 3 as a snow storm sweeps in.
Keeping the Mountain Clean: April 25, 2009
As Everest Base Camp grows more crowded, we take an opportunity to meet some of the Sherpas dedicated to keeping the mountain clean.
London 2008 - Leicester Square, Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus
Finally I succeeded getting to London after my one day delay in Salzburg. After arriving late on May 9, 2008, I got a good night's sleep at the Zetter Hotel, a hip boutique hotel in the Clerkenwell area. The next day, after a delicious breakfast, my travel partner Andrea and I got going early to start our discoveries. We walked past historic medieval St. John's Gate and admired the Victorian era Smithfield Market. From here I took my first ride on the Tube (London's famous subway system) to the historic St. Pancras Railway Station which is now the terminal for the Eurostar Trains, connecting London with the Continent. We then walked over to neighbourhing King's Cross Railway Station where we checked out Platform 9 3/4 of Harry Potter fame.
Our next destination was the Portobello Market, an ecclectic mix of fresh vegetables, fruit, baked goods, enticing aromas from all sorts of delicious freshly made street food, funky clothes, furs and antiques. After our interview with Michael Williams, one of the organizers of the Notting Hill Carnival (a Caribbean-style carnival and Europe's biggest street party) we walked through the serene streets of Notting Hill and Kensington before we embarked on a brief tour of Little Beirut, a heavily middle-Eastern influenced area on Edgeware Road.
A tube ride later we arrived at Hyde Park Corner where to my disappointment nobody was giving any speeches or ranting about anything. Only two older gentlemen were sitting on two soap boxes and taking a rest, maybe exhausted from an earlier discourse. After a brief stroll through Hyde Park, which was full on sun worshippers, we tubed it to London's Financial District where we checked out various classicist bank and stock exchange buildings, the stunning Victorian era Leadenhall Market, the Lloyds Building, a postmodernist masterpiece by Richard Rogers, which has all the piping on the outside, and the Gherkin, the famous cucumber shaped Swiss Re building. Our walk continued to another historic train station: the Liverpool Street Railway Station from where we took a train to Walthamstow Village to do an interview with the owner of Eat 17, a restaurant and deli that serves really cool waffles (among many other things), where I had a supremely delicious spinach risotto.
Our final stop for the day was a walk around Leiceister Square that included London's Theatre District, Chinatown and hustling and bustling Piccadilly Square. I simply couldn't believe how packed the streets of London's entertainment area were, we could hardly walk...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Dhani Tackles the Globe: New Zealand Preview
Dhani visits Auckland, New Zealand, on a quest to conquer the sea as the next great kiwi sailor. In this City of Sails, he has just one week to work his way on to an Americas Cup yacht and then take the ultimate test in an actual Team New Zealand tryout.
Walrus Mom and Baby Cuddle
How's this for a birth announcement? Weight: 100 pounds. And a face only a mother could love. On second thought, walrus pups are kind of cute in their own way.
Mom Grizzly Teaches Her Cubs
Mom Bear teaches her cubs how to fish in the same place she learned when she was a wee grizzly.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Giada De Laurentiis in a Bikini
Thanx for all the comments - the music is "Final Countdown - Europe"
Japanese Cocktail
Anthony Bourdain enjoys the preparation and spectacle of creating a Japanese Bloody Mary cocktail.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Inner Mongolia
Experience the rich nomadic lifestyle in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Share in their simple way of life as you stay in the beautiful Gers, unwind, share a meal, ride a horse and feel like a nomad.
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