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  1. Festival celebrations at Georgetown's Kuan Yin (Goddess of Mercy) Temple which dates from the year 1800

    Eastern & Oriental

    Penang is big enough to excite, small enough to be laid back. This compact city of around 200,000...

    Malaysia Philip Game
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    Bhutan on the Web

    The Kingdom of Bhutan . Highly organized and illustrated website on Bhutan, its history as well a...

    Bhutan ThingsAsian
  3. A man flies a kite at sunset after a day-long kite flying festival, locally known as 'Basant', in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, 09 February 2003, as officials said around 100,000 people from inside and outside the country had arrived in the city to celebrate the occasion. Two people died and more than 100 were injured during the annual kite flying festival marking the advent of spring in Pakistan. Public parks and rooftops were crowded with revellers celebrating the festival which started with music concerts and dinner parties organized privately or as public events late Saturday.

    Pakistan's Basant Festival

    The ancient eastern city of Lahore marks the beginning of spring with the Basant carnival, an org...

    Pakistan AFP
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    Uzbekistan on the Web

    CIA World Factbook . Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country of which 11% consists of intensely c...

    Uzbekistan ThingsAsian
  5. Gyeongju, S. Korea.

    Gyeongju, Gateway To The Soul Of Korea

    Korea’s ancient capital, Gyeongju, is a showcase of the nation’s history and culture...

    Korea, S Graham Simmons
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    In Search of a Hmong King

    'There is an old Vietnamese song," says Man, 'about my country"s close relationship with China." ...

    Vietnam Leslie Nevison
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    Tibet on the Web

    Tibet Online . Tibet Online is an active online community that is dedicated to ending the sufferi...

    China ThingsAsian
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    Philippines on the Web

    Wow Philippines . This site is run by the Department of Tourism (DOT) with the intention of encou...

    Philippines ThingsAsian
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    Japan on the Web

    Outdoor Japan . Your guide to traveling the outdoors in Japan. Here, you can plan a trip and join...

    Japan ThingsAsian
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    Burma on the Web

    CIA World Factbook . The CIA Factbook offers up-to-date facts about Burma. For example, Britain c...

    Myanmar ThingsAsian

  11. The Tao of Singapore

    At an age when it mattered, I received a bad haircut in Singapore. I had been traveling for month...

    Singapore Leslie Nevison
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    Grand past but uncertain future for Malaysia's Carcosa

    Malaysia's Carcosa Seri Negara, the 111-year old grande dame of colonial Malaya, is up for redeve...

    Malaysia AFP/Romen Bose

  13. The Shan States of Burma: Toyotas, Traders, and tribes

    I bought a young jungle cat in a northern Burmese town, where it faced its fate in the market ...

    Myanmar Leslie Nevison
  14. River Rafting

    South Kalimantan: The Land of a Thousand Rivers

    My last thought before sleep was that the calling-drum suspended from the rafters would fall on m...

    Indonesia Leslie Nevison
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    India on the Web

    CIA World Factbook . The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at...

    India ThingsAsian
  16. Full Metal Jacket (1987) Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

    The Vietnam War on Film

    * * * * * Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001), 197 min Directed by Francis Ford Coppola With Martin ...

    Vietnam ThingsAsian
  17. Raffles Hotel, Singapore.

    Singapore on the Web

    Visit Singapore . Site run by the tourism board offering complete travel and destination informat...

    Singapore ThingsAsian
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    Vietnam on the Web

    Our selection of links to web sites on Vietnam...

    Vietnam ThingsAsian
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    Chinese Filmmaker Jia Zhangke

    Once-banned, director Jia Zhangke seeks wider audience in China...

    China AFP/D'Arcy Doran
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    Myanmar's Jews

    YANGON, October 8, 2006 - Few people pass through the simple metal gates of Yangon's only synagog...

    Myanmar AFP/Charlotte McDonald-Gibson

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