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Particularly when you travel to countries within the same region (East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia), you’ll encounter sights, food and local behavior that is shared among the different countries. They may have some local twist or flavor to spring rolls, for example, but it’s basically the same. Different localities would adorn their […]
Bask in luxury in One of Vietnam’s most exclusive oceanfront resorts: The Nam Hai.
For US$500 a night, you can avail of the “Luxury Experience Package” for two, including a three-course dinner, butler service, complimentary laundry and mini-bar, afternoon tea, cocktail hour drinks and canapés, and limousine service for visits to nearby Hoi An and Danang […]
The Informed Traveler has the scoop on two new luxury hotels to open on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand: the W Retreat and Residences-Koh Samui and Conrad Koh Samui Resort and Spa, both scheduled to open late next year.
Definitely something for the upscale travelers to look forward to. If your purchasing power is wihtin […]
Forget luxury wellness resorts. If it’s meditation and soul-searching you’re after, how would you like to try staying in a Buddhist Temple instead?
Temple Stay Korea allows tourists to have a sampling to life in a Buddhist temple and learn, experience and appreciate Korean culture and the lifestyle of Buddhist monks. Organized by the Jogye Order […]
To those of you who failed to catch MV Doulous in Cebu, well, you’ve still got the chance to see the largest floating book fair in the world aboard the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Doulos visits port cities throughout the world, supplying vital literature resources, encouraging inter-cultural understanding, […]
There’s a new Four Seasons hotel to open in Mumbai in a few months (slated to open mid-2007). Mumbai, formerly called Bombay, is more popularly known for being the epicentre of the world’s most electric entertainment scene: Bollywood.
Consistent with the image of luxury this hotel chain is famed for, Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai is centrally […]
Woohoo! Let’s Visit Asia made it to the finals of the 2007 Travvies Travel Blog Awards! I am just so tickled and honored, considering who the judges were.
Now it’s up to you, readers, to cast your votes. This blog is up among 4 other well-deserving blogs (Europe String, JohnnyJet, Newyorkology and Yucatan Living). I really […]
How would you like to win a $20,000 dream trip to anywhere on earth?
Join Conde Nast’s Traveler Dream Trip 20th Anniversary Contest. All you have to do is upload a memorable travel moment—a photograph you took on your travels and a brief explanation of what you’re sharing—to their online contest gallery. I already see […]
Phnom Pehn, Cambodia finds its way to the International Herald Tribune’s travel section recently, with author Stuart Emmrich describing the city as full of contrasts, a mix of old and new, traditional yet nearly
cosmopolitan.
At this moment, Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, seems frozen in time, as the scene in front of you plays out much […]
Here on my part of the sky, we’re in the thick of Carneval season. But that’s not the carnival I’,m talking about. I’m on to a blog carnival, where bloggers submit their entries around a particular theme. Let’s Visit Asia joins the first Carnival of Cities and among the many, here are two other entries […]
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