Lonely Planet author Sally O'Brien has worn out shoes walking through Copenhagen, the bridge between Europe and Scandanavia. By the way, in case you're trying to learn Danish, they all speak English better than you do.
In the jungle-clad mountains of the Sierra Nevada, Colombia, we visited a cocaine lab run by a coca farmer. How do you make cocaine? Take some coca leaves, a number of nasty substances, add some bullets, some scary para-military soldiers, a dash of guerrillas, some corrupt cops and a pinch of coca farmer, and you've got one of the world's deadliest drug ****tails.
Lonely Planet author Erin Richards lived, worked and even got married in Amsterdam. It's a lot more than the lure of the red light district and the business hub. Relax like a local, spend hours by the canal, cycle around and head off for a night at a brown café. Why are they brown again?
Lonely Planet author George Dunford sums up Edinburgh. More Europe than Britain probably because of the month-long Edinburgh Arts Festival every August, the city is sophisticated Scotland. Pub culture is the backbone of society, making it easy to meet the locals. Try scotch or hand-made Real Ale but steer clear of football in conversation until you find out which team they go for!
After getting food poisoning in India and basically fasting for a week, I was starving, and on the hunt for delicious Vietnamese delicacies. The goal was to spend the entire day satiating my hunger, breakfast, lunch, dinner, desert and coffee. I had a mission on this one epic day to fill my empty belly in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Filmed by Anton Seim
A Lonely Planet author guide to Krakow, the medieval city of art, left-over Communism and bread rings, where people truly care about their culture. Travel with Lonely Planet.
While the Parisian cliches of romance and bike baskets full of baguettes are proven true, the unexpected manages to rear its head. Who wouldn't love a city that closes its streets so everyone can rollerblade? Travel with Lonely Planet.
Lonely Planet author Eilis Quinn relishes the mix of cheesy and traditional, the head-spinning transformations, the back alleys and curious locals of Beijing. You'll need a bicycle and an itinerary but only to discard it in an instant.
A surfer's paradise and a beach lover's bliss, Hawaii attracts millions of visitors a year and why wouldn't it when even the name conjures up dreamy images of picture perfect tropical islands.
A day in Downtown Los Angeles, where the neighbourhood and the residents play out the day like an orchestra. This 'Baraka'-style meditation on the city of angels was produced by Double Dog films, on Lonelyplanet.tv
The sites around Beijing are just as amazing as the sites inside the city. Here are some quick shots from the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and the Lao Shan Mountain Biking Area.
