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Family travel Malaysia
Article by Michael Day & Verity Campbell, September 2008
When travel writers have kids, could life on the road be over? Or is it just a matter of an intrepid toddler leading the way? Read the full article ›
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Beijing's art scene
Article by George Dunford, July 2008
Is the fabled Factory 798 a success story or a sell-out, and what's the next big thing? Read the full article ›
Tags: Art, Architecture & Design • Beijing
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Backpacker Cuisine
Article by Austin Bush, July 2008
It's not quite Asian, it's not quite Western - it's not quite right. How did you find yourself eating hot-dog breakfasts on Kho Pha-Ngan? Read the full article ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Thailand
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Backpacker cuisine in Thailand
Photo Feature by Austin Bush, June 2008
Ordering up some authentic Thai food proves tougher than ordering Pork Chop Hawaiian or fried chicken mayonnaise. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Thailand
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Stay another day in Cambodia
Podcast by Barbara Gruber, May 2008
Millions visit Cambodia but most only stay a few days, ticking off tourist hotspots. Until they read one small orange book. Listen to the podcast ›
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Afloat in Bangladesh
Article by Hilary Heuler, May 2008
A hypnotic river cruise aboard an old-fashioned paddle-boat steamer makes a luxurious break from modern hubbub. Read the full article ›
Tags: Bangladesh • Great Journeys • Relaxation
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Commuting in Bangkok
Photo Feature by Austin Bush, March 2008
Long-tailed boat, metro, trishaw…elephant? This city's got ways to get you through its crowded streets. View the photo feature ›
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
Article by Susan Paterson, February 2008
To slurp or not to slurp? Which of the three bows to use? Unravel the intricacies of this most formal of rituals. Read the full article ›
Tags: Culture • Eating & Drinking • Japan • Kyoto • Nagoya • Osaka • Tokyo
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The Food of the Philippines
Article by Robyn Eckhardt, February 2008
The Philippines is a nation packed with regional delicacies, and here's how to taste (almost) every one of them. Read the full article ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Philippines
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Teaching English in Beijing
Article by Daniel McCrohan, January 2008
Want to catch the Olympics but jittery about costs? Teaching could give you extra cash and a new angle on the city. Read the full article ›
Tags: Beijing • Working Holidays
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India with Children
Article by Amelia Thomas, December 2007
Sound daunting? It needn't be - with these tips, you'll be whisking them round temples before they can say 'But why?' Read the full article ›
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Volunteering in Kolkata
Article by Vanessa Arrington, December 2007
One little woman from Macedonia did a whole lot for Kolkata's poor. You can follow in Mother Teresa's footsteps. Read the full article ›
Tags: Kolkata • Volunteering
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Bali's Ten Best Dive Sites
Article by Tim Rock, November 2007
Want to plunge into the deep blue and get your mind blown by Bali's underwater wildlife? Right this way. Read the full article ›
Tags: Bali • Island & Beaches • Water Sports
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Bali's Underwater Wonderland
Photo Feature by Tim Rock, November 2007
Mantas soar overhead, parrotfish and sweetlips shimmy in the cotton candy coral: it's a whole other world down there. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Bali • Water Sports
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Japan's Visual Onslaught
Photo Feature by Amy Gray, October 2007
A trip to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka produces all the colour and kitsch you can imagine, and more. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Japan
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The Maldhari
Photo Feature by Michael Benanav, October 2007
Get an insight into the lives of the Maldhari, whose traditional herding culture is just beginning to change. View the photo feature ›
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Travel the Khyber Pass
Article by Paul Clammer, October 2007
Find out all you need to know about travelling the Khyber Pass - just make sure you've got a strong stomach for paperwork. Read the full article ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Great Journeys • Pakistan
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The Local Alternative in Sri Lanka
Article by Ethan Gelber, October 2007
Forget the tourist traps and big-ticket sights - here's a map that gets you straight to the heart of the matter. Read the full article ›
Tags: Responsible Travel • Sri Lanka • Volunteering
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Picturing the Khyber Pass
Photo Feature by Sam Phelps, October 2007
Find out how to travel the Khyber Pass - just make sure you've got a strong stomach for paperwork. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Great Journeys • Pakistan
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Kuala Lumpur's Eat Streets
Article by Robyn Eckhardt, August 2007
If you arrive in Kuala Lumpur with a raging appetite, you're in for one of the sweetest dilemmas. Where to eat? What to taste first? Here are five KL must-eats to get you started. Read the full article ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Kuala Lumpur
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Spirituality Tourism in Thailand
Article by Dan Eldridge, August 2007
Meditate with monks in a monastery, or increase your karma with a lemon juice fast. Spirituality seekers are spoilt for choice in Thailand: here's a guide to the best rests. Read the full article ›
Tags: Relaxation • Thailand
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Sarawak World Music Festival
Podcast by Katharina Kane, August 2007
Malaysia's biggest party delivers the best local sounds - not to mention Polish bagpipes. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Festivals & Events • Music • Sarawak
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Chiang Mai
Podcast by Ben Curtis, August 2007
How to get there and why you should venture beyond the Old City for legendary temples, the best massage and DIY BBQ. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Chiang Mai
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Off-Beat Bangkok
Podcast by Ben Curtis, July 2007
Want to escape the bustle of Bangkok? Just get off the main roads and into the canals, back- alleys and Skytrains. Listen to the podcast ›
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How to Buy a Suit in Vietnam
Article by Kevin Raub, July 2007
Smart tips for bagging the perfect tailor-made suit for the perfect price in the crowded streets of Hoi An. Read the full article ›
Tags: Vietnam
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Tibet: Frequently Asked Questions
Article by Bradley Mayhew, July 2007
What's the best way to get into the country? How can I be politically responsible? Will I get attacked by rabid dogs? Read the full article ›
Tags: Tibet
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Bhutan
Photo Feature by Bradley Mayhew, June 2007
Yearning to catch a glimpse of this hidden kingdom? Come on in. Warning: snowlions and flying phalluses. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Bhutan
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Tiger Parks in India
Article by James Bainbridge, June 2007
Discover India's tiger hotspots and the Easy Rider who can take you to the jungle's frontline. Read the full article ›
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Volunteering in India
Article by Korina Miller, June 2007
Teaching kids about crayons, keeping a cookfire alight in the rain...there's more than one way to help the world. Read the full article ›
Tags: India • Responsible Travel • Volunteering
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Thailand Full Moon Party
Podcast by Fleur Bainger, June 2007
Are they what they used to be? Fleur Bainger goes to Koh Pha-Ngan's most famous bash, where debate runs hot. Bucket cocktails - friend. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Festivals & Events • Island & Beaches • Thailand
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Thai New Year
Photo Feature by Tim Bewer, May 2007
Get out your Super-Soakers - Thailand's Songkran festivities are as soggy as they are spiritual. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Thailand
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Chandigarh
Article by James Bainbridge, April 2007
The city that Le Corbusier built provides a sleek setting for the Punjabi preen scene. Read the full article ›
Tags: Art, Architecture & Design • Cities • India
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Naked Japan
Article by Rob Crossan, April 2007
Stereotypes are made to be broken and the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Man Festival, is a case in point. Read the full article ›
Tags: Culture • Festivals & Events • Japan
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The Road to Long Cheng
Article by Andrew Burke, April 2007
Off-limits since the 60s, the CIA's 'secret city' in Laos is now open to travellers - or is it? Read the full article ›
Tags: Laos
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Food For Life
Photo Feature by Austin Bush, March 2007
Ponce de León had it all wrong: the real Fountain of Youth is the Hunza Valley. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Pakistan
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Fit for a king
Photo Feature by Austin Bush, February 2007
Fish from the Mekong and game from the jungle - the food of Luang Prabang is good enough for rock royalty. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Luang Prabang
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Kurdistan
Article by Tony Wheeler, February 2007
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Kurdistan - it's a good old-fashioned 'Stan off! Read the full article ›
Tags: Asia • Tough Travel
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Kyrgyzstan
Article by Dean Starnes, February 2007
Kyrgyzstan is the best thing to come galloping out of the Central Asian mountains waving a headless goat since the collapse of the USSR. Read the full article ›
Tags: Kyrgyzstan
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Kazakhstan
Article by John Noble, February 2007
Enormous, oil-rich Kazakhstan looks down at the tiny 'Stans to its south and pities their backwardness. Read the full article ›
Tags: Kazakhstan
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Stan Off
Article by Lonely Planet authors, January 2007
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Kurdistan. So which 'Stan has it? Lonely Planet's Central Asian specialists argue the case for their favourite. Read the full article ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Asia • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan
Article by Peter Broomfield, January 2007
Turkmenistan makes the neighbouring 'Stans seem straight. Where else in the world can you celebrate Melon Day? You'd be hard pressed to find another 'Stan so downright bizarre. Read the full article ›
Tags: Turkmenistan
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Underground Jakarta
Article by Stirling Silliphant, January 2007
Jakarta's indie scene is like a yet to be published culture magazine bursting with the latest ideas. Read the full article ›
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An Uphill Struggle for Nepal Trekking
Article by Piers Pickard, January 2007
For those who go trekking in the mountains of Nepal, nothing is certain but desks and taxes. Read the full article ›
Tags: National Parks • Nepal • Outdoors
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If It's Good Enough for Van Damme…
Podcast by David Garrido, January 2007
Good Enough for Van Damme Go from the training ring to ringside seats on the trail of the ancient art of Thai kickboxing. Listen to the podcast ›
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Ice Sculpting Heats Up
Podcast by Ray Bartlett, January 2007
The chainsaws grind and the competition gets fierce in this podcast from Sapporo's Snow Festival frontline. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Festivals & Events • Sapporo
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Minaret of Jam
Article by Paul Clammer, January 2007
It’s the holy grail of travel in Afghanistan. Take a twirl up this tower and you'll hit the jackpot of views. Read the full article ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Art, Architecture & Design • Great Journeys • Tough Travel
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Monkeying Around in China
Article by Kate James, December 2006
Journey to the West of China where cult Japanese TV show Monkey is revered and monuments have been erected in the characters' likeness. Read the full article ›
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Afghanistan
Article by Paul Clammer, November 2006
Decades of war, jihad and women looking like ghosts under their burqas? Disneyland this ain't. But it's exciting, addictive and - for my money - the friendliest country in the world. Read the full article ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Tough Travel
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There Goes The Neighbourhood - Beijing
Podcast by Daisy Harper, November 2006
The courtyards and alleyways of Beijing's hutongs are vanishing under the developer's dozer. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Beijing
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The Real Kazakhstan: Where Borat Never Was
Article by John Noble, November 2006
Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: more about thriving cities and mobile phones than broken-down Ladas. Read the full article ›
Tags: Kazakhstan
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Tibet Outside Tibet
Photo Feature by Bradley Mayhew, October 2006
Wander through a deliciously kaleidoscopic landscape of mountainside monasteries and grinning karaoke champs. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Tibet
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Chinese Acrobatics
Article by Jeanette Scott, October 2006
It's an acrobatic feat in itself being one of China's street children. Read the full article ›
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Showtime in Shanghai - He Shoots, He Air Balls
Article by Jim Doherty, September 2006
Making friends and shooting hoops on the courts of Shanghai where Yao Ming is king. Read the full article ›
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Pyongyang and The Party
Article by Anonymous, August 2006
You're never lonely in Pyongyang, travelling with minders on state-sanctioned tours. Read the full article ›
Tags: North Korea • Tough Travel
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Enduro India
Photo Feature by Ben Curtis, August 2006
120 Royal Enfield Bullets, 2000km of southern Indian roads, two weeks, two broken bones. View the photo feature ›
Tags: India
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Ghengis Khan Rides Again
Article by Michael Kohn, June 2006
Join the partying hordes in Mongolia for the 800th anniversary of Ghengis Khan's rise to power. Read the full article ›
Tags: Culture • Festivals & Events • Mongolia
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Yoga in Bali
Article by Emma McMahon, June 2006
Relax, seven days of stretching and sweating at a spot best known by surfers will see you rise with the sun. Read the full article ›
Tags: Bali • Relaxation • Sports
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Chinatown, Singapore
Article by Katie Falkiner, May 2006
Explore Keong Siak Rd and surrounds for chaos, clutter, hidden bars and some of Singapore's best hawker stalls. Read the full article ›
Tags: Eating & Drinking • Singapore
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The Kandahar Wedding Crashers
Article by Rodney Cocks, May 2006
Flamboyant is an understatement when it comes to a Kandahar wedding. You'll find out that it is possible to dance on a full stomach! Read the full article ›
Tags: Afghanistan
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Destination India
Podcast by Ben Curtis, April 2006
Got a motorcycle licence and two weeks to spare? Get over to India and take part in a colourful ride from Goa to Kerala on a Royal Enfield. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: India
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My First 24 Hours: Phnom Penh
Article by Jane Rawson, March 2006
Dodging traffic and 30,000 different kinds of dysentery in Phnom Penh. Lovely. Read the full article ›
Tags: Cities • Phnom Penh
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Chasing the New Year
Article by Michael Kohn, January 2006
December 31st was the obvious launch pad for my serendipitous decision to celebrate four different New Year's while travelling through Asia. Read the full article ›
Tags: Festivals & Events • Mongolia
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Bollywood or Bust
Article by Michaela Gordon, December 2005
Step inside Mumbai and see a city of dreams, despair, drama and dazzle; heartbreaking poverty and staggering grandness. Read the full article ›
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Buzkashi
Photo Feature by Rodney Cocks, December 2005
Feel the heat on your neck and the dust in your eyes as you watch men on speeding horses jostle over a headless goat. View the photo feature ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Sports • Tough Travel
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Destination Southeast Asia
Podcast by Joe Cummings, November 2005
Joe Cummings has a bunch of Southeast Asian secrets he's willing to share. Here he blows the lid on the region's most authentic curries. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Asia
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Afghanistan A Round at 'Royal' Kabul
Article by Rodney Cocks, November 2005
Rodney Cocks, currently living and working in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, details a lighter side to living in one of Central Asia's hotspots. Read the full article ›
Tags: Afghanistan • Sports
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Master of the Bunny Slope
Article by David Weber, November 2005
The Thorn Tree's Don't Forget to Write branch is heavy with so many travel stories that we've decided to share the fruit here on LP.com. David Weber snowboards in Japan. Read the full article ›
Tags: Japan • Skiing & Snowboarding
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The Armenians in Chennai
Article by Sanchia de Souza, November 2005
Visit Chennai's old business district for a small slice of Armenian history amidst the modern madness. Read the full article ›
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Destination Bali
Podcast by Ryan Ver Berkmoes, November 2005
Author Ryan Ver Berkmoes tells us why Bali is still Bali, despite the recent bombings. It's just a smile away. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Bali
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Cambodia the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Article by George Dunford, October 2005
From savouring fine food and taking in a cello concert to shopping up a storm, there’s lots of easy ways to give back during your stay in Cambodia. Read the full article ›
Tags: Cambodia • Responsible Travel
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Tsunami Update: Holiday in a Disaster Zone
Article by Karla Zimmerman, October 2005
As November and the peak tourist season for Thailand and Sri Lanka rolls around, many prospective travellers are faced with niggling, uncomfortable concerns beyond issues of personal safety. Read the full article ›
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Bali After Bomb II
Article by Ryan Ver Berkmoes, October 2005
Beyond the terrible physical and mental damage comes economic hardship in a country, which for its people and beaches is famed as a holiday destination. Read the full article ›
Tags: Bali
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Southern Thailand
Podcast by Rafael Wlodarski, September 2005
Rafael Wlodarski talks about tsunami-affected Thailand. He's seen a remarkable recovery - mâi pen rai, as locals would say. Listen to the podcast ›
Tags: Thailand
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