Jakarta, ID
Tuesday, May 22 2012, 01:07 AM

Travel

Ambon’s unspoiled underwater world

For many divers, an encounter with a turtle may be an ordinary thing. But for me, getting up close with the…

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  • Enjoying the beauty of Serang

    With urban air increasingly polluted, the natural beauty and cool air of small villages can offer an alternative, relieving fatigue and offering refreshment.

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  • Ethnic minorities, China’s experience

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    Rain was pouring on and off in the town of Lijiang in China’s Yunnan province. But none of the visitors left the arena where a performance was ongoing. They stayed,…

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  • Slow, easy & happy

    When I told friends that I would come to Dili, Timor Leste, some of them wondered and asked since when had the city become a hot holiday destination?

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  • Panda cubs big draw for tourists to Sichuan

    The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is well known for attracting more foreign visitors than the city of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.

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  • Korea's first 'Slow City' in limbo

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    On this small island off the shore of Sinan County, South Jeolla Province, postmen don't bother reading the addresses written on the envelopes. For them, the names are more than…

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  • Two nights in Lombok

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    Are you imagining Bali? Perhaps you should start thinking about Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara as an island that offers different adventures with the same beautiful attractions that Bali does.

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  • Freiburg, the Green City

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    The warmest city in southwest Germany offers a bunch of fascinating attractions for visitors — refreshing green areas, a captivating old town, unique cuckoo clocks and delightful black forest cake.

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  • Vintage & modern Malaysia

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    Kuala Lumpur has emerged as a shopping mecca – together with Singapore and Hong Kong – for Indonesians on the hunt for bargains and with a fetish for international brands.

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  • Small town joys in N. Sumatra

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    Tarutung in the Batak language means durian, the delicious, pungent fruit with the rough skin.

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  • The Trans-Sumatra Highway

    The Trans-Sumatra Highway winds as a two-way, two-lane, fraying ribbon through the length of the island of Sumatra, connecting Banda Aceh in the north and Bandar Lampung in the south…

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