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Touching the ancient past in Myanmar
DESPITE Myanmar’s newly acquired status as the darling of the Asian circuit, there is still much about the nation that remains undiscovered. While renowned for its wealth of pagodas, unblemished...
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A visit to a place lost in time: Burma
THE rising sun streaked a light blanket of fog with pink and yellow. Suddenly, pagodas popped out from the mist, some grand and intricate, others squat and modest, some crumbling, others glinting with...
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Top destinations in travel for 2016
BEGIN your 2016 adventure with some of these irresistible locations across the Asia-Pacific. Featuring some of the region’s most exotic capitals, most interesting history, culture, food and nature,...
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The best Asia-Pacific beaches of 2016
SUN, surf and sand – the Asia-Pacific region has it all, and plenty of it! It should come as no surprise then that beaches in the Asia-Pacific rated on TripAdvisor’s annual ranking of the world’s best...
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In pictures: The Buddhas, temples and monasteries of Asia
FROM enormous Buddha statues to monasteries perched on cliff tops or located in remote valleys, Buddhism plays a huge role across Asia. And even for those with no religious affiliation, a visit to any...
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The joy of limbo: Asia’s 5 best airports
IF you have ever lived in Asia, as an expat or a traveling local, then you surely understand the value of a good airport. We end up spending a great deal of our time in the ‘limbo’ of such places,...
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Destination: The ancient city of Bagan
TRIPS to Burma begin in Yangon, but they culminate in Bagan. Its highlights can be summed up in a word: temples. Thousands of them date back centuries or more, and this is one of those places tourists...
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Massive fire destroys Yangon’s landmark hotel, kills one
A MASSIVE fire on Thursday destroyed one of Yangon’s best-known hotels, sending dark smoke billowing over the centre of Burma’s largest city and triggering an hours-long battle to put out the flames....
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Should we still be traveling to Myanmar?
DESPITE the United Nations describing the current violence in Myanmar as “textbook ethnic cleansing”, there are currently no official sanctions against traveling to the country. The Burmese military is...
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Celebrate the life of Buddha at these stunning temples in Asia
EVERY YEAR, thousands of Buddhist devotees travel to some of the most stunning sacred sites to meditate and pray in conjunction with Wesak (or Vesak). Thousands of others, albeit non-religious, flock...
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