Places & Attractions
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Horse riding, snowboarding, hiking: Why you should make Kazakhstan your next holiday destination
Almaty, located in southeastern Kazakhstan, is not the current capital (that’ll be Astana) but this city was the apple of…
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In Mongolia’s countryside, the underrated joy of a bucket-list experience without phone reception
Singaporeans abroad frequently proclaim, with equal endearment and exasperation, that we can spot our fellow countrymen by hearing them before…
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Enjoying the sights of Kyoto from the water: Sacred sites and sun-dappled canals
For more than a millennium, Kyoto flourished as the imperial capital of Japan. But in a seismic upheaval known as…
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Why exploring a single street can tell us more about the places we visit than any travel guidebook
Going on a holiday is like this in-built way for us Singaporeans to decompress. We work hard and then look…
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A Japanese port town few foreign tourists know of: Onomichi’s oysters, old temples and Ozu’s Tokyo Story
My first stop was the small, waterfront Sumiyoshi shrine, where its stone lantern was shown in the opening scene of…
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Insider’s guide to Mumbai, India: What to see, where to eat, what to do
Then visit the nearby Mani Bhavan, a three-story building where Mohandas K Gandhi, known as the father of the nation,…
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4 dry gardens in Kyoto where you can find your moment of Zen in the tourist-packed city
Keane installed a swerving “river” with grey river stones set ingeniously on edge rather than flat, giving the flow a…
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Tokyo crowds revel as cherry blossoms reach full bloom
The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) declared on Thursday that the country’s most common and popular “somei yoshino” variety of cherry…
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Quick guide to JB’s trendy Austin Heights: Where to eat, play and stay
There are two other escape rooms nearby around Jalan Austin Heights 8/7 — The Escaper and Enigma Escape JB —…
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Exploring Lampang, a charming riverside city in Northern Thailand that’s away from the crowds
Late that afternoon, we meandered around the town. The weather was perfect, in the mid-80s, and the sky was block-printed…
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