FX Excursions

FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.
February 2014
2014 / February 2014
Jan 28, 2014

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

It’s had its ups and downs, but the Cheung Chau Bun Festival is still going strong in the 21st century.

Daejeon Prepares for Its Iconic Zero O’Clock Festival

Daejeon, South Korea, looks forward to August 2024 and the return of its iconic tradition, the Zero O’Clock Festival. This year, the event is held Aug. 9 –17 with a time travel theme featuring past, present and future zones. Find events pertaining to each zone’s characteristics in the area of Jungang-ro Street, from Daejeon Station to the former site of the South Chungcheong Provincial Office. These streets will be free of vehicles, and public transportation is highly recommended.

2014 / February 2014
Jan 28, 2014

Drives: Taif To Jeddah

In the small hours of a moonless night, it’s just a road. Lit by sodium lights, it twists up through darkness, seemingly suspended in the void. We have it almost to ourselves. My cousin is driving, neatly negotiating a continual sequence of rising bends. I gaze beyond the meandering river of light into velvet blackness. This, I have been told, is one of the greatest roads in the world. I can’t see why.