Jaunted - Tag: videos

Going to The Great Wall of China and Resisting the Urge to Get a Subway Footlong

juliana — 2012-02-09T18:03:30-05:00

There may no longer be a Starbucks at The Forbidden City in China but there is a Subway sandwich shop at The Great Wall. Seriously.

You can find the footlong mecca at the entrance to the impressive 2.5-kilometer stretch of the Great Wall in Mutianyu. From here you can walk in, out and around several of the 22 watchtowers that were built during the early Ming dynasty.

Some of the steps are steep and tiny and, as to be expected, you need to watch where you're going.There are no handrails and very few informational signs. It's just you, the wall and silence (well, when the other tourists aren't chattering that is. We managed to grab a quick little video on our iPhone of the Mutianyu section. Enjoy!

You Guys, Delta Just Did a Flashmob

JetSetCD — 2012-02-09T16:14:05-05:00

Oh my god. Well if it wasn't obvious before, it is now: airline/airport flashmobs are the new black.

Latest on the travel flashmob trend is Delta, who just barely released a 5-minute dance, incorporating flight crew and operations peeps from ATL, JFK, DTW and TOC (Technical Operations Center).

It starts off corny, but stay with it. It gets...cornier, but omg do we want to hug everyone involved. See the full video:

Around the World in 5 Minutes of Time-Lapse Video

JetSetCD — 2012-02-06T11:42:26-05:00

Okay, so we're definitely a little bit late on discovering this awesome time-lapse travel video, but trust us that it's worth a look, or a re-watch if you're all like "whatever that's so two seconds ago."

Truly this is the best way to start off a week, getting a healthy dose of creative/destination/photography/introspection inspiration.

Here's the deal: Kien Lam (user kiendlam on YouTube) quit his job and took off on a round-the-world trip, capturing it all to condense into this nearly 5-minute time-lapse video. That's 343 days, 17 countries, 19 flights, 58 buses (!!), 18 boats and 6,237 images to summarize. It's official—we definitely don't have the patience to pull off great time-lapse photography such as this, which is why it's great that we have Mr. Lam for indulgences in armchair travel.

The full video:

Panama City: Watch a Giant Container Ship Pass Through a Lock of the Panama Canal

ASchechter — 2012-02-02T09:22:00-05:00

Ever wondered what a giant container ship passing through the Panama Canal might look like? Well, it just so happens we were visiting down there last week, and managed to stop by the Miraflores Locks, on the Pacific side, to witness a giant Dole container ship—full of pineapples, we assume—ease its way into the canal.

The entire process involves three sets of locks (Miraflores, Pedro Miguel and Gatun) and takes about 8-10 hours (though they allow multiple ships to travel along the canal at once) from one ocean to the other. But worry not. We've gone ahead and sped up the process to cram a 45-minute Miraflores Locks crossing into an easy-to-swallow two-and-a-half minute video clip. See below!

San Francisco: Three Minutes, Twenty Seconds to Fall in Love with San Francisco

JetSetCD — 2012-01-31T17:41:19-05:00

Like anyone really needs more of a reason to fall in love with San Francisco, the tourism board has developed a cute, heartwarming video showcasing all the little bites of life that make SF...well, SF. And there literally are bites, of pancakes.

The video is titled "A Day in the Life," but all the different neighborhoods, landmarks and little social experiences make it more of a week, or several weeks if you're an average visitor trying to hit them all.

It's definitely no time-lapse, tilf-shift Lisbon, but it is a nice watch if you're trying to convince yourself to hit the City by the Bay in 2012, or if you already live there and want to fall back in love with the city.

Singapore: Hanging Out at Singapore's Changi Airport: Riding the 4-Story Slide

JetSetCD — 2012-01-31T12:56:46-05:00

There's a reason Singapore-Changi International Airport consistently wins awards; it's because the place is ah-may-zing. After spending much time at the three main terminals earlier this week, we're sharing with you our favorite, can't-miss bits of this massive travel hub.

Today: The 4-story flume slide in Terminal 3

The line is full of kids shrieking with joy, their parents looking on with cameraphones at the ready. At first glance, a traveler could think that the slides (yes, there are two slides) at Terminal 3 are for children only, but they're not. They're so not.

In September 2010, Changi Airport debuted the twirly, stainless steel fun tubes, one only as high as a single story and free, the other four stories and requiring a ticket which can be obtained for every $10 SGD spent at an airport store. We stocked up on cheap accessories at one such store and headed to an Information desk to collect our ride—2 rides, since we had spent $20-ish.

Finnair Flight Attendants Surprise Passengers with Bollywood Booty Shaking (VIDEO)

JetSetCD — 2012-01-27T08:27:58-05:00

This Friday morning, do you have a weird craving to watch Scandinavian women wearing saris, dancing in sync with lively Bollywood music? Well then, this is your lucky friday!

Just a few days ago, a group of dancing Finns boarded a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Delhi and—you know what's coming—performed a whole dance routine to "Om Shanti Om" in celebration of India's Republic Day. Even business class got a dose of the booty shaking, and check out the flight attendants getting down!

Of course there's a story behind the idea to bring this onboard, and you can read it here, on the Finnair blog. Umm and yeah—we totally want to learn that dance now.