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Asia rocks! The best live music and festivals of 2012
THE rise in disposable income across Asia in recent years has been attracting more and more Western acts to these shores. And this year Asia’s ecstatic fans are looking forward to everything from…
Driven to distraction: The world’s worst intersections
News.com.au published a gallery of the world’s worst intersections this week. Featuring all kinds of maddening roundabouts, a jumble of lanes and beguiling traffic flows, these intersections are enough to give you a…
Trekking in Nepal: Poon Hill – Ghandruk
THOSE with little time on their hands but still want superb views of the Annapurna regularly embark on the Poon Hill – Ghandruk circuit. This four-day route is a popular one and something…
Top festivals and events in Asia this week – May 14-20
FROM a lantern festival in Seoul to a fashion exchange in Singapore and writers festival in Sydney, there are plenty of events happening around Asia this week. Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney, May 14-20…
Never too old to travel: Australia’s oldest backpacker
APPARENTLY 95 is not too old to travel according to Keith Wright. If you thought you were getting a little long in the tooth to hit the road, keep reading. At just five…
In pictures: the old and new Yangon
WITH one foot embedded in the past and the other taking its first steps into the present, Yangon is very much a city of the old and the new. Here you’ll find some…
Perfect Mother’s Day escapes
SPAS, beach holidays, good food, wildlife experiences… here are some perfect ways to treat your mum this Mother’s Day around Asia. Spa and health holiday Asia is brimming with resorts with health treatments,…
Is Burma Asia’s next expat haven?
IT has been widely reported that Burma is experiencing a tourism boom as the government continues to relax its iron grip on the nation and introduce reforms. In 2011 numbers jumped 30 percent…
Where to shoot stunning photos in Asia
TRAVEL and wonderful photography seem to go hand in hand in Asia. There are numerous destinations providing an array of portrait opportunities, fantastic landscapes, colourful markets and amazing street scenes. Here are five…
Melbourne building rates amongst world’s top 10 eyesores
THE quirky Pixel Building in Melbourne rates among the world’s ugliest. Travel website Trippy.com put together a list of the world’s ugliest buildings based on staff and travellers’ opinions. Boasting the weird, the…
