Guide to the Grand Canyon

LONELY Planet offer some tips on the best way to view one of the world's top natural wonders.

Travel: Solo train adventure in Mexico proves safe . . . and awe-inspiring

I won’t lie: I had some qualms about travelling alone to the Copper Canyon, a series of awe-inspiring gorges bigger than the Grand Canyon that happen to be in the same northwestern region of Mexico consumed by drug-trafficking violence.

Two natural landmarks lure hikers in China

Yellow Mountain and Tiger Leaping Gorge in China are attractions akin to the Grand Canyon.

On 'el Chepe' train, Copper Canyon can be safely visited despite location in Mexico area notorious for violent crime

By Lisa J. Adams, Associated Press Tuesday, January 3, 2012 CHIHUAHUA, Mexico I won't lie: I had some qualms about traveling alone to the Copper Canyon, a series of awe-inspiring gorges bigger than the Grand Canyon that happen to be in the same northwestern region of Mexico consumed by drug-trafficking violence. At the same time, I knew from being in the news business that tourists are seldom ...

Raymond Hunter a leader with interest in others

Raymond Hunter was an interesting man, friends and family said, but more than that, he was an interested man.