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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...

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Relaxed, red-roof Bologna beckons with rich food and culture

Feature | Travel
2009-10-17

LA Dolce Vita (Italian for the sweet life) is one of the reasons why people are attracted to Italy. However, with many tourists overflowing the famous cities of Rome, Venice, Florence, Pisa and Milan, it might be hard...

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Ningbo tourism festival showcases history, culture and nightlife

Feature | Travel
2009-10-17

NINGBO'S tourism festival features historic attractions, music, a carnival, and nightlife on the Old Bund. Yao Minji pays a visit. Tourism festivals are popular around China in the autumn, when the leaves turn...

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Discovering an emerald lake and unspoiled facets of Ningbo

Feature | Travel
2009-9-26

ONE of China's most beautiful and serene lakes, Dongqian Lake in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, is four times as large as the West Lake in neighboring Hangzhou but blessedly less famous -- and less crowded with tourists. ...

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My trip to the island of Rhodes: A colossal medieval surprise

Feature | Travel
2009-9-19

GREEK isles offer surprising getaways. Attracted by a small chapter in the "Lonely Planet" guide, I headed to the Greek island of Rhodes, which is relatively little known in China. Among my friends who have toured...

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Tripping out in tantalizing Taipei

Feature | Travel
2009-9-12

A TYPICAL city girl, I simply cannot get enough of traveling to other big metropolises, and Taipei has always remained on the top five of my list. So I was excited about my first trip to Taipei last month, where...

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Sleepy Yushu boasts legends, beauty and Tibetan culture

Feature | Travel
2009-9-5

YUSHU, a remote county in the depths of northwestern China's Qinghai Province, used to be two days' drive from the nearest airport in the provincial capital Xining. But last month it was opened up to the outside...

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Escape from the city sizzle and find room at an inn called Tomato

Feature | Travel
2009-8-29

IT'S my eighth time here," he gesticulated in simple English to show his fondness of the farm inn tucked away at the heart of Hokkaido, the most northern isle of Japan. He is a polite Japanese man in his 30s we...

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China's past becomes Kyoto present

Feature | Travel
2009-8-15

A TRIP to Japan takes Xie Tian back in time as he realizes how influential Chinese culture had been in the development of one of its major cities. For most people, Tokyo is the first city they want to visit in...

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Mountain landscapes a peak attraction in city of millionaires

Feature | Travel
2009-8-8

IN China, if a man says he's from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, he will probably be thought of as a rich man in most Chinese people's eyes, Wenzhou has a reputation as a city filled with millionaires. It's famous...

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City highlights

Feature | Travel
2009-8-8

JING Shan (Hill of Scene) In Lucheng District, it used to be called Xue Shan (Snow Hill) though it seldom sees snow these days. At its foot is the only zoo in southern Zhejiang Province -- Wenzhou Jingshan Zoo....

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Quaint villages from ancient scrolls and 'Crouching Tiger'

Feature | Travel
2009-7-25

IT'S hard to imagine an unspoiled habitation anywhere on the planet with a landscape exactly like that in a traditional Chinese ink-wash painting -- but then I visited Hongcun and Xidi villages in Anhui Province. ...