Don't want 'work e-mails' and 'clients' phone calls' ruin your vacation? Mongolia is the place you should go!

So how to unplug? Those that don't should head to the Gobi Desert and Alaskan wilderness, two destinations where coverage is still minimal. While cellphone companies service parts of Mongolia, the country is mostly without a signal, including at the Three Camel Lodge in the Gurvansaikhan National Park. The lodge serves as a base camp from which to explore the foothills of the Gobi-Altai Mountains and nearby sand dunes. Guests, who are also without wireless Internet, stay in traditional, furnished felt tents used by nomadic herders.

A Deloitte survey showed that one-third of business travelers checked and replied to work e-mails and voice mails while on vacation!

It's getting harder to escape the blinking light of one's BlackBerry while on vacation. The handheld device is now supported in 135 countries and available from over 350 carriers and channels.

Travelers might also be surprised to hear cellphones ring in the Yosemite Valley, Galapagos Islands and even on Mount Everest. Not only are these remote destinations now rigged for basic cellphone service, wireless Internet is available at local hotels and resorts.

That's not so good for those seeking a reprieve from the daily grind.

Just 10 years ago, finding an area untouched by widespread digital technology was easy. But growing demand for cellphone coverage and wireless Internet access in even the most far-flung locales has changed that. Now those seeking a vacation from work and technology are left with two choices:

travel far out of range or practice self-restraint.

World's 8 Ultimate Unplugged Vacations:

While two cellphone companies service parts of Mongolia, the country is mostly without a signal, including at the Three Camel Lodge in the Gurvansaikhan National Park. The lodge serves as a base camp from which to explore the foothills of the Gobi-Altai Mountains and nearby sand dunes. Guests, who are also without wireless Internet, stay in traditional, furnished felt tents used by nomadic herders.

For more information, visit www.threecamellodge.com.

2. Ultima Thule Lodge (Alaska)

The Ultima Thule Lodge is located in the Alaskan Wrangell Mountains, which is out of cellphone range. Guests spend their time discovering glaciers, admiring the northern lights and viewing the wilderness by small plane. At the end of the day, visitors retire to rustic cabins and can relax in the wood-fired sauna.

For more information, visit www.ultimathulelodge.com.

3. Ksar Massa (Morocco)

A luxurious spa hotel run by British company in:spa, Ksar Massa is set on a stretch of isolated beach in the Souss-Massa National Park, an hour away from the port of Agadir in Morocco. Rooms are decorated in traditional Moroccan style with ocean views and come without Internet, phones or televisions. The week-long package includes all meals, nutrition consultations, yoga and exercise sessions and massages, as well as trips into the neighboring bird sanctuary. There is also a swimming pool overlooking the sea.

For more information, visit www.inspa-retreats.com.

4. Ngala Private Game Reserve (South Africa)

Part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World group, this private game lodge in South Africa features six luxury tented suits, all with their own bathrooms, outdoor showers and a pool overlooking the Timbavati River in the Kruger National Park. There is no phone and Internet access. Guests are offered massages and daily trips into the sanctuary to view game and birds, as well as dinners in the bush. For an even more luxurious experience there is a suite set in a secluded part of the camp with its own private swimming pool and a sun deck overlooking a water hole and private garden.

For more information, visit www.slh.com.

5. Hotelito Desconocido (Mexico)

With no phone, Internet or electricity, the resort in Mexico's Playon de Mismaloya Nature Reserve is made up of 30 palafitos, or bungalows, built on stilts on a 40-mile stretch of beach, and lies within one of Mexico's largest turtle reserves. There is no electricity, phone or Internet access, and at night the resort is illuminated by candlelight. Guests enjoy includes a spa with a cold water Jacuzzi and swimming pool, and activities include horse riding, fishing, sailing as well as tours to watch turtle nesting. Rooms include a private terrace and bathroom with open-air shower, while the suites come with hammocks and private gardens; one has a panoramic tower.

For more information, visit www.slh.com.

6. Mille Etoiles (France)

Guests of this 14-tent encampment, which lies within a forest set above the Ardeche river gorge in the Rhone Alpes region of France, stay in yurts, the traditional homes of Mongolian nomads. Labastide de Virac, a small village with a 15th-century chateau is a small drive away. Though there is mobile phone reception, there is no Internet connection, and only solar power in the luxury tents, which are made of oak and covered in natural canvas, and come with their own private deck and hammock. Showers are communal, and a shared kitchen and on-site restaurant are available.

For more information, visit www.canvaschic.com.

7. Tiamo Resort (South Andros)

This luxury eco-resort on the tiny Bahamian island of South Andros has no television or Internet access; though there is cellphone reception, owner Mike Harman says guests are encouraged not to use them, except in specially designated areas. The 11 beach bungalows are set on 12 acres, and built in traditional Caribbean style, some featuring a private beach side with hammocks and an open air shower. Hotel concierges are trained biologists and guests are offered trips to view the local habitat and wild life in the surrounding 125-acre nature preserve. Kayaking and sailing trips are also available.

For more information, visit www.tiamoresorts.com.

8. Amankora Gangtey Lodge (Bhutan)

At this luxury eight-suite lodge in Bhutan's Phobjika Valley, even the hotel manager has to drive four miles to check her e-mails. The valley is largely inhabited by shepherds and monadic yak-herders, and the property is without electricity, though the hotel has a generator. The communal dining and lounge area has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the mountains, and there are massage and yoga rooms available for guests. Gangtey itself has a working 16th-century monastery. The valley is part of Bhutan's Black Mountains National Park, which in winter is home to a flock of endangered black-necked cranes from Tibet.

For more information, visit www.amanresorts.com.

Leaving The Wired World

visitors may attend to small details, like asking the staff to fax an important paper, but most, says Andy Adams, the ranch's general manager, try to avoid spending their week-long vacation--which can cost up to $21,000 when renting a riverside cabin--on work.

Destinations like these, which offer either Internet or cellphone service, can actually aid executives in setting boundaries on vacation while remaining reachable. But they are increasingly harder to find, particularly as demand for cellphone and Internet service grows in places like China, India and Africa. Even once-isolated areas like Antarctica and the Australian outback now have cellphone or high-speed data service.

The key to unplugging is moderation and delegation. Adam Weissenberg, Deloitte's vice chairman and U.S. tourism recommends leaving a list of 10 people who can handle different tasks, hiring a savvy assistant who knows what merits interrupting your vacation and setting a limit on the number of times you check e-mail each day.

"If you let technology run your vacation," he says, "you can easily run into that trap of being [online] the whole time."

Combining art with meat is definitely a different concept. I'd have to say that I've never seen anything like this before, but I like it. Nicolas Lampert is the artist and he has combined the love of art with the love of food and created Meatscapes. Read on for more of his work.

Nicolas Lampert has created a series of art called Meatscapes. I asked Nicolas how he had the idea of Meatscapes, and he said that he came up with the idea by questioning land use. "In
Wisconsin, where I live, the majority of rural land is
utilized for raising cows, either for grazing land, growing food for cattle, or appropriating water for livestock so I started thinking about how to represent this in a graphic form. The result was the meatscapes that brings up this issue in a very subtle way."

Of all of Nicolas Lampert's art, I have to say that I love Meatscapes the best. The choice of photos along with the selection of various meats has many different effects. What first attracted me to these were the colors and the placement of meat. I was curious as to the reaction Mr. Lampert has received about Meatscapes so I asked him what people have commented on. "With the meatscapes and the machine animal collages, it was important to me to leave the reading of the image open enough so that each viewer will come to their own conclusions. To date, I get polar opposite views to the Meatscapes. Some see them as celebrating eating meat, others as speaking out against it. Also, humor is used as the entry point so the images are inviting at first, but I hope they make people question and think about the larger issues of consumerism and its impact on the environment."

I would say this art is definitely imaginative. I'm glad to see there is no obvious message in these, so like Mr. Lampert said, people can come to their own conclusions. That's what art is really about, isn't it?

Here are a few of my favorite ones:

The family portrait is my favorite. Which one is yours?

What do you think of this art? Any initial reactions to it? What about when you really look at it, what message do you think the artist is trying to portray?

Big Lots security guard: “You fellows made a huge mistake bringing that chicken here.”

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Chicken at Tracks

Chicken Softball

Chicken Outfielder

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Chicken Creeping

Chicken Night Lights

Known only as "Brazilian Graffiti", this incredible artwork was done on demolished buildings using rubble strewn about.

I love that these artists can create beauty in something so unsightly as a demolished building. There are incredible artists out there and I think these are definitely some of them.

It's too bad some parts of my town are littered with "boring" graffiti. If we had this I might even be able to walk downtown in dark alleys late at night. (Okay, maybe not.

This one is my favorite. I would love to have something cool like this in my closet to scare people. I would name it my personal Bogeyman.

What are your thoughts on this? Have you ever seen these in person?