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Cruising 2010: More ships, better shows, water parks, single-cabins

Feature | Travel
2010-2-9

CRUISING has weathered the economic downturn with flying colors. Most cruises are fully booked, more cruise ships are being launched, and they offer more sophisticated programs. Vessels range from hulking floating...

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Roughing it to find real beauty far away from Angkor Wat

Feature | Travel
2010-2-8

BUS trips, motorbike adventures and hikes. When you travel in Cambodia, you need more than a pair of sturdy shoes and a guidebook. You also need determination, persistence and a discerning eye that can discover the...

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Green Leap for Chongming

Feature | Travel
2010-1-30

CHONGMING County has unveiled a blueprint for an ecological island where "green" development will harmonize with the island of forests, fields, rivers and wetlands. A photo book and exhibition celebrate the future....

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Soaking up sun and sea breezes in harbor city discovery tour

Feature | Travel
2010-1-14

LIVE in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air" is how American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson described his idea of what the simple life should be. But I didn't fully understand the meaning until I recently...

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Chinese choose Nordic skiing, mountain biking, ultra-marathons

Feature | Travel
2010-1-12

RUNNING ultra marathons that turn feet into blistered, bloody stumps. Nordic skiing in winter's brutal cold. Riding mountain bikes on rump-numbing trails across the grasslands of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. ...

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Savoring the Northern Lights and sipping reindeer stew

Feature | Travel
2009-12-26

ARCTIC Adventure From the Arctic Circle and blazing Northern Lights to the relaxed and milder southwest coast, Norway beckons travelers with its splendid scenery, engaging people and contrasts. Yang Jian goes with...

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Facebook, Twitter aid tourists

Feature | Travel
2009-12-26

ISAHRAI Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, next month and thanks to Facebook she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in town. "It's been...

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Wandering and wheezing along the 'wild' Great Wall

Feature | Travel
2009-12-12

AFTER US President Barack Obama visited the Great Wall in Beijing on his first Asian tour, he told everybody: "It reminds you of the sweep of history and that our time here on Earth is not that long, so we better make...

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Towns targeted for tourism

Feature | Travel
2009-12-12

QUAINT and beautiful Chinese towns are ripe for tourism and a new project aims to target and develop them to attract visitors without turning them into tacky tourist traps. Xu Wei reports. China is filled with...

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Sipping to music, dance and bull fights in Miao village folk culture

Feature | Travel
2009-12-5

MANY foreigners are fascinated by the various Chinese New Year activities. But as a native Han Chinese, I have recently been captivated by the splendid New Year of the Miao ethnic minority. The seclusion in the...

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Kick back in Sabah, Borneo

Feature | Travel
2009-11-21

WITHIN easy reach of international hubs in Asia, Sabah, Malaysia, is drawing visitors from around the world to savor its natural beauty and tranquility. It's among the lesser-traveled spots in the country. Sabah...

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Gateway to the mountains where tradition lives eternally on

Feature | Travel
2009-11-14

THE land that time forgot Breathe deeply amid traditional towns nestled among breathtaking mountains, picturesque temples, wholesome food and simple welcomes. Fei Lai explores the heights of Yunnan Province. No...

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Following poets' footsteps to find Heaven Terrace Mount

Feature | Travel
2009-11-7

ALMOST Heaven Legendary poet Li Bai extolled the peaks, magical valleys, swirling mists and waterfalls in Mt Tiantai, or Heaven Terrace Mountain. Zhu Moqing follows in his footsteps in Zhejiang Province and declares...

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Chiang Mai motto: Take it easy

Feature | Travel
2009-11-7

I reached Chiang Mai on a foggy morning, after a dreadful night in seething Bangkok -- I had a sensation of being haunted. The flight took me one hour and 10 minutes. I didn't expect the northern Thai city...

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Water town will rock out

Feature | Travel
2009-10-23

MORE than 20 folk bands from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan will perform in Zhujiajiao water town from tomorrow through Sunday. The 3rd Shanghai Zhujiajiao Water Village Music Festival will be a music carnival...