Basics

Turkey

BEST TIME TO GO
Marmara and North Aegean:
Swimming: June – September
Touring: March – November
High Season: Mid-March Mid-November

• Bhutan
• Thailand
  

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Slideshows

Jiu Hua Shan

An 11-hour bus ride from Shanghai and a 7-hour hike takes you to the peak of one of China’s 4 sacred mountains. Climbing already makes you feel closer to nature and nearing the peak, you already hear the...

• A Shanghai Kind of Life

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Lists

That Down and Dirty Goodness

At the risk of ruining an entire weekend’s trip with bouts of indigestion and diarrhea, some full-fledged adventurers and bona fide foodies take to the streets...

• Dreams of Fashion
• The Putrajaya Floria 2009

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FEATURES

Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink

Adversity has a way of gluing a nation together, and apparently, rain or shine, the Filipino people will always have to this heroic sense of unity to be proud of even in the midst of the worst adversities.

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Pinakbet Pizza

Visit Herencia Café in Paoay, Ilocos for a fusion of bizarre contemporary flavors. Try the Pinakbet Pizza made with local vegetables and fish paste, pizza style!

BASICS

Indonesia

World's largest archipelago located in Southeastern Asia, between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, with 17,700 islands between Australia and the Asian mainland.

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Red Mansueto

Long before the terms “ecology” and “environment” became buzzwords, Red Mansueto was already alluding to it in his greenhorn days as an artist in the early 70s. As part of the legendary and seminal avant-garde group Shop 6, Mansueto incorporated discarded objects into his art pieces and photographed a city (Manila) already in decay.

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Sushi Rolling

The contemporary world has a continuously evolving palate appreciating more daring fusions of cuisines that have resulted in very interesting and creative flavors that weren't known in the earlier years. As they say, it comes with the times. But where there is a fusion of flavors, there is also that other side—the unchanging, simple and basic tastes of the world. The Japanese have shared with us a dish ...

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Hongkong MTR: A ride around the region

See Hong Kong’s efficient rapid transit system or MTR transport some 2.4M passengers from 6AM to 1AM, keeping up with their daily fast-paced, urban lives.

BASICS

Singapore

Immediately north of the Equator, and positioned off the southern edge of the Malay Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia.