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Thailand targets Chinese tourists with 'teary' music video
Off season is on season in these 7 stunning cities
5 new Singapore cocktails and cocktail bars
West Kowloon Cultural District: Hong Kong's ambitious experiment
15 places to party sort of like a rock star
不一樣的 iPhone 照片
8 incredible facts about Mumbai
6 top Thailand travel and food blogs

Thailand targets Chinese tourists with 'teary' music video

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:43 AM PDT

Newsletter Date:

4 October 2011

Newsletter Contents

By City:

Itchy ear has Thailand scratching

6 top Thailand travel and food blogs

Fried crap: A cheat sheet to reading and pronouncing Thai

West Kowloon Cultural District: Hong Kong's ambitious experiment

HK$246,000 bid for first 787 Boeing Dreamliner flight to Hong Kong

The best Hong Kong dim sum

8 incredible facts about Mumbai

How to make money from your hotel room

4 questions you should be asking Indian travel websites

A peek inside Shanghai's agricultural artists' village

Hangzhou's best hotels

The 5-minute Hangzhou guide

5 new Singapore cocktails and cocktail bars

Singapore's Tanjong Pagar railway station to become an events venue?

3 modern European restaurants in Singapore

'You lookin' at me?' Fake book soothes race relations

Tokyo dental fad? Make your teeth look worse

National mourning: Tokyo pays tribute to an expat institution

Indigenous tourism in Australia

All-purpose Sydney magic guide

Sports fans and international travelers face airport strife

Seoul's 7 best French bakeries

The new Bibimbap: A modern take on a Korean food favorite

4 tips for CouchSurfing in Seoul

Off season is on season in these 7 stunning cities

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:22 PM PDT

High season in popular tourist destinations often dulls the charm of travel. Who can appreciate the charms of Tuscany when it takes 45 minutes just to secure a table near the restroom?

Real cities are real cities 365 days a year. In fall and winter, these seven world-class destinations still offer world-class experiences without the distraction of packs of high school classes and flag-waving tour guides.

1. Florence, Italy

Recommended low season: October

From June to August, the quest for "real Italian cooking" sends pizzas spinning out of Florence ovens like Frisbees tossed at throngs of hungry tourists still high on "Eat Pray Love."

5 new Singapore cocktails and cocktail bars

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:56 PM PDT

The hallmark of a good cocktail bartender -- or mixologist -- is the ability to whip, shake, stir, and invent a cocktail to suit individual taste buds and mood.

That's why we like these five new cocktail bars (and their mixologists) that take the time and effort to recommend a bespoke concoction to suit individual palettes and moods.

West Kowloon Cultural District: Hong Kong's ambitious experiment

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:00 PM PDT

You certainly can't say the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) has been starved of attention. Over the past 10 years, the HK$21.6 billion project has been discussed, nitpicked and reworked ad nauseam.

In the lead up to the selection of Norman Foster's "City Park" scheme as the master plan for the district, just about every artist, cultural group and politician in town has had their say on the matter, from the size of the planned theaters, exhibition spaces and museums to the role that "cultural software" -- programming and education -- will play in the district's success.

15 places to party sort of like a rock star

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Strobe lights, high heels, foam parties and tropical drinks accessorized with mini umbrellas ... if you're on the hunt for hedonistic hot spots where you can leave conventions (and often your clothes) at the door, look no further.

Here are the top 15 international destinations for party animals looking to let loose and get wild.

1. Full Moon Party, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand

Each month, when the moon is full, some 20,000 international fun-seekers find themselves at the crescent-shaped beach of Haad Rin for this infamous all-night party.

Hip travelers from around the world pound back buckets of cheap potent booze, watch fire-eaters, and dance to the beat of throbbing techno.

不一樣的 iPhone 照片

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT

資深香港新聞工作者 Liam Fitzpatrick 用 iPhone 拍攝了許多照片，並運用 photo apps 加以修飾點綴。

得出的作品效果讓人眼前一亮。豐富多姿的香港全貌、維港全景與讓人驚艷的香港天際，現於 Fitzpatrick 首個 iPhone 攝影展「Kinky Vicious」中展出。

大多數人用 iPhone 來拍攝近鏡人像或美食，Fitzpatrick 的風景照卻超越了 iPhone 3GS 3 百萬像素相機的鏡頭限制，捕捉不一樣的香港風光。

我們訪問了《時代雜誌》高級編輯 Fitzpatrick，讓他分享其拍攝小技巧，以及如何捕捉更美的維港景像。

CNNGo： 為什麼選用 iPhone 拍攝？

Liam Fitzpatrick: 我也有數碼單反相機，但選擇用 iPhone 純粹是因為我時時刻刻都有 iPhone 在手。

iPhone 給人更大的自由度，現在誰都能隨手用手機拍攝，稍稍編輯一下，然後直接上載至網上。

8 incredible facts about Mumbai

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Mumbai is an incredible city. It's been said before. Sometimes, the city itself seems alive, throbbing. The city is life itself. And like life, you never know what's going to happen next.

Some incredible things, however, take place on a regular basis.

Some, we're used to, and are well known, others not so much.

Spare a thought for those first-time visitors to the city, for everything they encounter, everything they come across, that's too insane to be real, but totally is.

6 top Thailand travel and food blogs

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Unlike Twitter and Facebook, which have become the top sites to announce that you just ate a big sandwich, the art and passion of blogging has never been more serious.

Thailand is blessed with an in-depth blogging scene covering all manner of topics relating to travel, from culture and food to partying. And, of course, the more risqué stuff we can't cover here.

Here's a selection of the top travel-themed blogs -- in no particular order -- with regular updates that give the inside track on Thailand.