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The ultimate New Zealand road trip
Google launches new flight search tool
Sydney chocolate tour, China's scenic marathons, Bandra's food guide
CNNGo TV: Hanging out in Ulaanbaatar
Qantas seeks name for new Asian carrier
逝者文學：泰國的「悼念冊」
Kampung Baru: The foodie village in the middle of Kuala Lumpur
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Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:37 AM PDT

A road trip is the best way to appreciate New Zealand, as you can cover many of its highlights over the course of a week.

We've curated the ultimate New Zealand road trip, encompassing wine-growing regions, cultural and historical sites and places of unforgettable natural beauty.

Do you live in or have you been to New Zealand? What are your best travel tips?
Let us know with your very own iReport assignment.

North Island

Auckland to Northland and the Bay of Islands

Google launches new flight search tool

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 09:58 PM PDT

Google unveiled a flight search engine yesterday, making it a direct rival to existing travel booking sites.

Now, people searching for flight information (for instance, flights from San Francisco to New York) on Google will see a "Flights" link in the left-hand panel. The link leads to the new flight search page. That page can also be accessed directly at google.com/flights.

Once on the search results page, users will see a page of flight options from different carriers, along with prices, flight times and return flight information.

Sydney chocolate tour, China's scenic marathons, Bandra's food guide

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 08:02 PM PDT

Newsletter Date:

14 September 2011

Newsletter Contents

By City:

Kanchanaburi's 'Death Railway' gets another turn in the spotlight

Bangkok Burger Co., the only place in town to find a Panang burger

Thailand: Famous for beaches, cuisine and … robots?

Frank Gehry's first China project: 'The building designed itself'

Robert Polidori photographs Hong Kong's 'rational planning'

Best 7 bars to watch the Rugby World Cup in Hong Kong

Mumbai's Film City to open to tourists

Where to listen to and buy vinyl in Mumbai

Airport bag spotting: Bollywood's travel style

World's biggest airport planned

Best Shanghainese restaurants in Shanghai

Shanghai calls dibs on British Airways next-generation cabin

Best local neighborhoods in Singapore

Start-stop traffic drives Singapore crazy

Fast facts about Singapore's Restaurant Week

Corpse hotels offer new final destination

Walmart bringing 'real' Japanese food to the United States

Gianni Simone: Never mind tourism, does Japan need more immigration?

The great Sydney chocolate tour

'The Great Gatsby' begins production in Sydney

Win free tickets to Guinness Live Thursdays Final

Seoul's 5 best bibimbap

Bone-setting: The new face of Korea

Quality vs. quantity: Chinese and Japanese tourists go shopping in Korea

CNNGo TV: Hanging out in Ulaanbaatar

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 07:04 PM PDT

It's not exactly New York or London. And it's a far cry from Shanghai or Tokyo as well. But Ulaanbaatar is certainly one of the more unique stops CNNGO has made over the past 18 months.

These days - with Mongolia in the midst of a mining boom - the country's capital is littered with construction cranes ... hotels are booked ... and flights in or out are chocked full. (Obviously in the dead of winter when daily high temperatures still sit well below zero degrees Celsius, it would certainly be a very different picture)

Here's a run through of the sites and places we hit in our week-long dash through Ulaanbaatar:

Qantas seeks name for new Asian carrier

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 06:55 PM PDT

It's still more than a year away from launching, but Qantas is already searching for names for its new Asian subsidiary.

The new Qantas brand will likely be based in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur from late 2012, but will focus on the Chinese executive market.

Fairfax Media reported that intellectual property lawyers are currently trying to trademark the names Red Q or Red Q Express.

Red Sky and One Asia have also been bandied around for the airline, which is aiming to operate a fleet of 24 Airbus A320s within a few years.

逝者文學：泰國的「悼念冊」

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT

逝者文學聽起來或許有點令人毛骨悚然，可是泰國的名流權貴與自豪之人卻撰寫、出版及閱讀多不勝數、富緬懷之情的免費「悼念冊」。

為親愛的逝者在葬禮出版書冊越來越流行，不單讓人一探逝者的生平事跡，還漸漸肩負起保留珍貴文化傳統之重任。

「這是有關逝者的書冊。」 83 歲的 Tieng Nantoe 於平日為僧侶上英文課的 Wat Bovornives 受訪時說。

「六七年前我弟弟過身時，我也親筆寫過類似的書冊。只是一本小冊子，所以不用花多久便完成。」

「他 55 歲時因酗酒過身，可是我在書中並沒有詳述。我只是說他生病了以及他生前是一名上校。」

「Nangsu anuson ngansop」（喪禮悼念冊）會派發給在火化儀式前到來告別遺體的親友。

當中的文字和照片不一定只有悲傷、哀愁或辛酸。書冊裡也包括悼詞或親友憶述的故事、佛經、逝者生前最喜愛菜式的描述及其他有趣的資料。

「我弟弟也回顧了一些往事，寫悼念冊時我把它一併收納。」 Tiend 說。「因於時間倉促，我和親戚完成悼念冊後便用自己的電腦列印約 500 份，派發給參加喪禮的親友。」

「這些悼念冊通常由家屬撰寫。這是一本很好的書冊，因為它告訴我們有關逝者的一切，他的思想、想法與感情。」

Kampung Baru: The foodie village in the middle of Kuala Lumpur

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT

In a small corner of downtown Kuala Lumpur, a slice of village life still exists among the growing metropolis that is Malaysia's capital.

It is a rare survivor of the almighty wrecking ball, swung by those in charge of urban redevelopment.

Kampung Baru, or "new village," has been populated since the 1880s and today has become an amalgamation of seven villages over a 100-hectare area downtown.

Officially listed as a Malay Agricultural Settlement by the British in 1900, Kampung Baru was first established as a pastoral community to attract rural Malays into Kuala Lumpur.