Hidden Kerala
India 08.10.2015
David Abram, author of the Rough Guide to Kerala, shares his favourite corners of India’s tropical southwest. The Backwaters Houseboat cruises on traditional kettu vallam rice barges have become the signature experience of Kerala’s Kutti…
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Mumbai and the Excitement of Bollywood
India 28.09.2015
Nothing conveys the vitality of India quite like Bollywood, with the colours, singing and dancing of these films filling viewers with a heightened sense of what the country is all about. Bollywood movies are now popular all over the world,…
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Malaysia's Highlights
Malaysia 03.09.2015
Created in 1963 from a patchwork of former colonial kingdoms, Malaysia is divided into two distinct regions separated by the South China Sea: the Malay Peninsula in the west; and the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo to th…
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Enjoy the Remote Nature of India's Nubra Valley
India 01.09.2015
The Nubra Valley is a lesser known part of India that is well worth getting off the beaten track to find. The mighty Himalayas provide its backdrop and the area, located between Tibet and Kashmir, once had a name that meant Valley of Flower…
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Top Things to Do in Udaipur
India 01.09.2015
With its lakeside setting and a backdrop of the Aravalli Hills, it is not difficult to see why Udaipur has been described as the most romantic place on the whole subcontinent. This is not a new claim either, as Colonel James Tod of the East…
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The World's Busiest Railway - A Look at India and its Trains
India 21.08.2015
A new four-part series is about to come onto our screens looking at the importance of the rail network in India and how it is used by locals every day. The first episode of World's Busiest Railway is set to be broadcast on BBC Two on August…
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Flavours of Indonesia
Indonesia 19.08.2015
No cultural exploration of a country is complete without tasting its food. Asia has long had a reputation for its flavoursome dishes, and Indonesian cuisine packs the punch that you would expect. Here, we run through exactly what you can ex…
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Family Travel in Southeast Asia
Malaysia 12.08.2015
Life throughout Southeast Asia is very family focused. Wherever you travel, you’ll find people pay a lot more attention to children than they tend to back home, particularly foreign ones, which is heartening as a parent. Kids really help br…
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Festivals of Southeast Asia
Thailand 12.08.2015
Symbolizing purity, renewal and the changing of seasons, water is the focus of some of Southeast Asia’s most exuberant and joyous festivals – as you’d expect from a largely agricultural region where millions depend for their livelihoods on…
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Indonesia's Highlights
Indonesia 20.07.2015
Forming a vast flight of stepping stones between mainland Asia and Australia, Indonesia comprises around 15,000 islands that encompass a truly astounding array of landscapes and cultures. While some feel like large countries in themselves,…
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Take in the Tranquillity of Ladakh
India 07.07.2015
The Indian region of Ladakh boasts not only the Himalayas, but also the Karakoram mountain range and the Indus and Zanskar rivers running through it. Such landscape provides the perfect backdrop for exploring this interesting place, with pl…
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The Art and Textiles of Indonesia
Indonesia 07.07.2015
The arts and crafts of Indonesia have for many centuries played an integral part in local religious and cultural life. Far more than mere decoration, woven cloth and painting, in particular, were regarded as a means of revealing the divine…
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