please not on the tours...
please not on the tours book.Where only loco peoples know.Turn away if you see have more than 1/3 are foeigner.
Lumpini Park Bangkok
9 Reviews When we arrived at Bangkok (our last visit July 2006) my brother handed us over a paper where he had written down the Thai name of LUMPHINI - SATHOR. Our hotel was located in that area, and we had to...
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Changi Beach & Changi Village Singapore
10 Reviews Changi village is a somewhat laidback place where one can escape from the virtual concrete jungle that is singapore, for a taste of what it perhaps once was when it was less developed. Don't worry,...
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Parks & Gardens Kuala Lumpur
12 Reviews The Lembah Kiara Recreational Park, located in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, is a popular recreational spot in the middle of the city widely visited by many during weekdays and weekends. Ideal for morning or...
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Hutongs Beijing
62 Reviews For visitors looking for a fun way to experience Beijing's hutong, you should consider doing a motorcycle sidecar tour. I know someone who recently started a company called Peking-Around...
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Other Place to Go Seoul
57 Reviews I am writing one tip here for two separate locations. I do this because they are located close to each other (about 5 minutes walk), and you can buy a discounted ticket that allows entry to both. The...
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Day Trip out of Tokyo Tokyo
44 Reviews ....Every year in late April/Early May, the 1300-year-old Shiofune Kannon Temple's grounds come afire with brilliant azaleas blooming on a stadium-like landscape that is focused on a huge standing...
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Markets and Street Scenes Manila
14 Reviews The two main markets in Manila are the Baclaran market near the end of EDSA and Divisoria market on the other side of the city near Quiapo. Divisoria has already been posted here , and I agree it is...
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Villages and Beaches Phuket
37 Reviews As a local I should really be keeping this a secret but I don't think many people will visit my page, so I am considering this as a prize for those who do stop by and end up using this...
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Out of Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnels Ho Chi Minh City
19 Reviews An easy daytrip from HCMC is Cu Chi tunnels, scene of the underground resistance to American occupation during the war. You can crawl through the tunnels, learn about life inside and even fire an...
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BEACHES Goa
37 Reviews Yes, I think you mean Baga! Never mind but one of the most scenic walks really a long time ago,with a bit of a climb is to be had there. I guess most travelers dont know about it but I happenned to do...
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DAY TRIPS AROUND MUMBAI Mumbai
60 Reviews 800kms on bike, 2 days, 4 locations, scenic roads, lots of driving and unlimited fun! The trip started with the idea of doing a day bike trip to Diveagar and Harihareshwar. I had read that the...
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University Sains Malaysia Penang
1 Review Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Penang is the main and the original campus. It is located on a hill overlooking Penang Bridge and was once a military barracks and so there are some really solid...
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Out of Hanoi-Halong Bay Hanoi
30 Reviews On the Tour I did, we were given the option of taking a small side trip with a local man in his rowboat. The cost was very little, so I decided to do it, most people did. BE WARNED, the Rowboat only...
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Tips collections Delhi
20 Reviews Valley Of The Dolls. One can find just about every kind of a doll one needs to see in Shankar's International Dolls Museum. There are about 6,000 dolls collected from over 85 countries and a third of...
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Portuguese Square Melaka
2 Reviews Visit the Portuegese Settlement, inhabited by descendants of the Portuegese who colonised Malacca (as Melaka used to be called) centuries ago. They hardly look Portuegese anymore but retain many...
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Beaches Ko Samui
8 Reviews Koh Nangyuan is a small island about 1 and a half hour from Koh Samui. It has great snorkeling and diving. It's lovely and there is only a resort there. You can get there taking a catamaran sped ferry...
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Wagha Border Lahore
5 Reviews Wagah border is land crossing between Pakistan and India. Every day just before sunset, there is a ceremony called “lowering of the flags” when thrilling parade by the border security forces of both...
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Ohara Area Kyoto
6 Reviews Ohara is a major stomping ground for Japanese 'aki-front' followers; when the nation gets bored of pining for cherry blossoms and instead glues its eyes to NHK for the first news reports of Kyoto's...
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Chawkandi Tombs Karachi
4 Reviews Some 30 km from City Centre on National Highway is Chawkandi Graveyard. It is about seven hundrad year old Muslim graveyard. These graves are rectangular shape made of Red Stone with a very find art...
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Jungle Trek Chiang Mai
23 Reviews This towering waterfall, about 250m high at the top, is an awesome sight. You approach it near Doi Inthanon National Park, and as you're hiking through the jungle (about a 10 minute hike) you can hear...
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Margalla Hills Islamabad
3 Reviews When hiking in the hills I usually come across villagers carrying wood on their backs, goats and so forth. But rarely do I come across water buffalos all the way up here! This guy is checking out the...
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Places around Hyderabad Hyderabad
10 Reviews Odyssey Wonder conducts adventure trips to places like kondamadugu near hyderabad. camping at srisailam, adventure trekking, rappelling and adventure sports for corporates, colleges and individuals...
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Shenzhen Guangzhou
10 Reviews Hi to all virtual turists!!! My tip is about the place worth visiting in Shenzhen.. It's one of its beaches - Xiao Mei Sha... (As it turned out there're 2 main beaches - Da Mei Sha and Xiao Mei...
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Killing Fields Phnom Penh
11 Reviews Lying approximately 15km from central Phnom Penh in rural surroundings, I arranged a driver via the tour desk of my hotel. I was shocked at how peaceful the place was, especially considering the...
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temples & shrines Osaka
16 Reviews We came accidentally to this small garden with a shrine and a cemetery inside and had a look around: Shinko-in Temple A ceremony had started shortly after we came and we were invited to participate....
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please not on the tours book.Where only loco peoples know.Turn away if you see have more than 1/3 are foeigner.
sri lanka: the thing with asia is, there's always room to go 'off the beaten track'.

Borobudur is difficult to get to but really worth seeing.

Shilpa teaching these poor children

Go to a Japanese Bath House. They are in every town and do have very strict rules on behavior, however once you get those you have a very relaxing experience
The village children are just beautiful and so inquisitive, a delight to see running up and down the steep hills, just wanting to say Namaste and to get another look at the strangers.

Find Pagsanjan Falls where they filmed 'Apocalypse Now' watch for the tiny dragonflies with neon green or blue underneath their wings.
There are many drawings and paintings in my Paintsville page!


Victoria Singapore Hotel Singapore
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Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Q: I am thinking about a 4 weeks trip with my family to Vietnam. I would like to fly to Kunming (25 years ago my husband worked there...

A: First of all Phnom Penh is considerable smaller than Kunming and Hanoi. Guess you can' t really skip Kunming, but you should probaply limit your time in Hanoi if your...
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