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  1. Nobody ever forgets their first encounter with a tusker on the streets of the Thai capital.

    Tusk Force: Thailand’s Pachyderm Parade

    Jim Algie takes you on the annual Elephant Roundup in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand.

    Thailand Jim Algie
  2. Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival float

    The Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival

    The sheer profusion of color that the flower festival and carnival brings to Chiang Mai aptly giv...

    Thailand Randy Gaudet
  3. Songkran festival or Thai New Year in Chiang Mai Thailand

    Songkran Festival or Thai New Year

    Songkran, or the Thai New Year, is still the most important of all the Thai festivals and holidays.

    Thailand Randy Gaudet
  4. Tulip Festival at Everland

    Everland

    It was a bright Thursday as I made way to Everland Theme Park . The time was about 11 in the morn...

    Korea, S Audrey Lim
  5. Hot air balloons or Khom Loy at the Loi Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai Thailand

    The Loi Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand

    If you like candles placed in colorful paper lanterns, fireworks, beautiful girls in traditional ...

    Thailand Randy Gaudet

  6. Celebrating Chinese New Year - Parades

    On the Champs Elysées in Paris, on Singapore's Orchard Road, and on Canal Street in New York Cit...

    China Tricia Morrissey
  7. In Japan, children are treated with the utmost care and attention. The literacy rate in Japan ranks among the world's highest, and the infant mortality rate is among the lowest. Despite its population density and astronomical cost of living, Japan provides excellent 'quality of life' for its children.

    A Child's Life - Japan

    A story told with photos.

    Japan Robert George
  8. The Thai Wai

    Advice for visitors to Chiang Mai Thailand

    Beautiful scenery, friendly people and excellent food, this is Chiang Mai.

    Thailand Randy Gaudet
  9. Philippines, Mindanao, Koronadal City. T’nalak Festival

    The T'nalak festival, South Cotabato, Philippines

    Philippines, Mindanao, Koronadal City. The Province of South Cotabato, celebrates the grandest ...

    Philippines Ronald de Jong
  10. Pu No and Na No, the town's guardians, prepare for the parade. Luang Prabang, Laos.

    Holding Back the Years: New Year in Luang Prabang

    Situated on a hill rising dramatically at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers, Luang...

    Laos Samantha Brown
  11. Opening parade, 1999 Nusa Dua Festival.

    Living in Bali

    Bali has a way of infiltrating your heart. Once you've been there, you're never really the same a...

    Indonesia Graham Simmons
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    Masked Insanity

    Halloween comes early to the northeastern Thailand province of Loei. Or so it would appear. It's ...

    Thailand Donald Gilliland
  13. Two Thai woman perform next to naka statues during parade kick off of the Songkran festival in Bangkok. Thailand's famed Songkran water festival, which commemorates the kingdom's traditional lunar new year, usually falls in April.

    Songkran in Bangkok

    A story told with photos.

    Thailand AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
  14. Transportation workers in Japan are held to impeccable standards of safety, precision and punctuality. Trains and buses arrive and depart with near-perfect timing. The drivers are neat and trim in their crisp uniforms, and of course, the ubiquitous white gloves.

    Shades of Red

    A story told with photos.

    Japan Robert George
  15. Take a ride on the tram, Tokyo Disneyland.

    Tokyo Disneyland for the Child at Heart

    On a Christmas visit to Disneyland, the author finds out it is both for children and the child at...

    Japan Puspa Malar
  16. Cau Ngu parade in Phan Thiet

    Whale Worship in Phan Thiet: Cau Ngu, Nghinh Ong and the Van Thuy Tu Temple

    In the sleepy fishing town of Phan Thiet, Vietnam, ancient rites of whale worship take place in t...

    Vietnam Adam Bray
  17. A float in the Yasothon parade, Yasothon, Thailand.

    Yasothon's Big Bang

    It's a centuries-old festival practised right across Isaan . It's dangerous, it's breathtaking an...

    Thailand Samantha Brown
  18. Han Lady fetching water, in Lijiang "new" town. Lijiang, Yunnan, China.

    Minorities Are A Part Of The Whole

    The author stops by the Minorities Museum in Yunnan, the most ethnically diverse province in Chin...

    China Graham Simmons
  19. Jackie Chan in Mr. Nice Guy

    Jackie Chan's First Strike and Mr. Nice Guy

    Martial Arts movies are a long-standing tradition in the international film industry, and equally...

    China Will Raus
  20. The Taj Mahal at dawn

    The Taj Mahal at Dawn

    I wake up at 5:00 am in Agra, India. I am excited about visiting the Taj Mahal at sunrise.

    India MaryLou Driedger

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