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Live the Bangkok high life, literally, with a cocktail or two at the open-air Sirocco Restaurant, located at the State Tower. ChinatownBuzzing Chinatown is packed with restaurants, street stalls, centuries-old markets, gold vendors, and some of Bangkok’s best street food. Combine a trip with a visit to Wat Traimit and the Golden Buddha. Tip: Find the “thieves” market and the Sikh temple and

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Saffron-robed monks enter Wat Benchamabophit, the Marble Temple. Southeast Asia’s most dynamic and exciting city, Bangkok is an intoxicating and sometimes jarring mix of modern and ancient. Scattered concrete skyscrapers share space with traditional wooden homes, while gleaming temples to fashion abut temples gleaming with golden Buddha images. Built on the floodplain of the Chao Phraya River,

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Odaiba’s Venus Fort Shopping Complex, billed as a women-only shopping theme park, is a mall morphed into a faux-18th-century Italian village. Ameyoko“All the pungent smells and noisy bustle you could want.”—Wendy Yanagihara, author, Lonely Planet’s Tokyo Encounter guidebook. Street market near Ueno station is a proud throwback; inexpensive clothing and food, plus lots of rabble and fun.

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Mention Tokyo and the images come fast and furious: the whoosh of the bullet train, hundreds of thousands of commuters texting on tiny mobile phones, the precision of a sushi chef, a sumo wrestler thumping the ground. The world’s largest metropolis—nearly 34 million people in commuting distance—may be a blur, but it’s a very genteel one. Look closer and you’ll notice

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The flag of China, here being unfurled atop the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, replaced Britain’s Union Jack in 1997 Dim Sum Cafe .Hong Kong is full of atmospheric cafés and tea houses. Dim sum and wonton noodle soup are staples. Markets and small shops, such as this one selling meats, make the Wan Chai district fascinating to explore.

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More than seven million people live in densely packed Hong Kong. A frantic, hurly-burly mixture of capitalism and exoticism, Hong Kong has been called the “most thrilling city on the planet.” Change is the constant in this city of 6.9 million. Its main attractions lie in Kowloon, which juts from the tip of southern China, and on Hong Kong Island, with its Central downtown district, just

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The Peak 1,800-foot-high (548 meters) Victoria Peak offers great views of Hong Kong's well-developed skyline. Climb beyond the point where the tram drops passengers off via Mount Austin Road to glimpse outlying islands, or stroll on other paths to enjoy views. Horse Races "This local passion takes place from September to June in the suburban town of Shatin on Saturdays and at the

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