Thai new year is a water fight
Songkran began as a gentle blessing with water and has become a nationwide three-day soaking in April, the hottest month.
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Thailand · Asia
External reference (site language): Songkran (Thailand) ↗
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Vietnam grows most of the world's cashews
Vietnam is the largest exporter of processed cashews, and also a leading producer of robusta coffee.
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Vietnam · Asia
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Hanoi has a train street
In the old quarter a working railway runs within arm's reach of house fronts. Residents pull in their chairs twice a day.
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Hanoi, Vietnam · Asia
External reference (site language): Hanoi Train Street ↗
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Ha Long Bay has 1,600 islands
Ha Long Bay's limestone karsts number close to 1,600, most of them uninhabited because the cliffs are too steep.
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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam · Asia
External reference (site language): Hạ Long Bay ↗
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Every day is a journey
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Matsuo Basho
Asia · Asia
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Cambodia's temple is the largest religious monument
Angkor Wat covers about 160 hectares, making it the largest religious structure ever built.
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Angkor, Cambodia · Asia
External reference (site language): Angkor Wat ↗
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Angkor was a megacity
Lidar surveys revealed that medieval Angkor sprawled across roughly 1,000 square kilometres, likely the largest pre-industrial city on Earth.
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Angkor, Cambodia · Asia
External reference (site language): Transport in Cambodia ↗
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Do not seek the footsteps
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
Asia · Asia
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Laos is the most bombed country
More than two million tonnes of ordnance fell on Laos between 1964 and 1973, and clearance teams still work today.
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Laos · Asia
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Luang Prabang wakes before dawn
Hundreds of monks collect alms in silence at sunrise, a daily ritual that has continued for centuries.
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Luang Prabang, Laos · Asia
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Myanmar has thousands of temples in one plain
More than 2,000 brick temples and stupas still stand on the Bagan plain, survivors of over 10,000 built between the 11th and 13th centuries.
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Bagan, Myanmar · Asia
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The moon and sun are travellers
The months and days are the travellers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers.
Matsuo Basho
Asia · Asia
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Indonesia has 17,000 islands
Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with around 17,500 islands, roughly 6,000 of them inhabited.
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Indonesia · Asia
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Bali's calendar has a day of silence
On Nyepi the entire island stops. The airport closes, lights stay off and nobody goes outside for 24 hours.
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Bali, Indonesia · Asia
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Travel brings power
Travel brings power and love back into your life.
Rumi
Asia · Asia
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Komodo dragons live in one place
Komodo dragons are found wild only on a few Indonesian islands and can grow past three metres.
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Komodo, Indonesia · Asia
External reference (site language): Komodo dragon ↗
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Krakatoa was heard 4,800 km away
The 1883 eruption produced possibly the loudest sound in recorded history, audible in Australia and on Rodrigues Island.
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Krakatoa, Indonesia · Asia
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Malaysia's towers are still the tallest twins
The Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin buildings on Earth, joined by a double-decker skybridge at level 41.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Asia
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Don't be satisfied with stories
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
Rumi
Asia · Asia
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Borneo hosts one of the oldest rainforests
Parts of Borneo's rainforest are estimated at 130 million years old, far older than the Amazon.
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Borneo · Asia
External reference (site language): Borneo ↗
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Singapore is growing
Singapore has expanded its land area by roughly a quarter since the 1960s through reclamation, importing sand from abroad.
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Singapore · Asia
External reference (site language): Singapore Airlines ↗
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As you start to walk
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.
Rumi
Asia · Asia
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Singapore banned chewing gum sales
Selling chewing gum has been restricted since 1992, with therapeutic gum available only from pharmacies.
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Singapore · Asia
External reference (site language): Chewing gum sales ban in Singapore ↗
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Philippines has more than 7,600 islands
The Philippine archipelago counts over 7,600 islands, and new surveys keep adding a few more.
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Philippines · Asia
External reference (site language): List of islands of the Philippines ↗
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