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Hội An
The 14-hour overnight train from Hanoi to Danang has taken its toll, and the taxi to the outskirts of the small town of Hội An is comparatively restful. Arriving at your hotel, you dump your bags and,...
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Khalsa Diwan
Getting off the busy MTR train at Wan Chai throws you out of the frying pan and into the fire. The crowded station sets off your natural fight instinct and you try to carve your way through the...
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Jongmyo
The old streets of the Insa-dong neighbourhood of Seoul have presented you with labyrinthine choices. Each street seems to lead to an even smaller twistier one. After a lunch of the spicy local nakji...
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Ohel Leah Synagogue
Slogging up the steep streets from Hong Kong’s Central District, you begin to ascend the hills up to the Mid-levels. The old roads, built in a time before cars are narrow and as taxis pass, you feel...
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Chinese Gods 101
The pantheon of Chinese deities is bewildering and unquantifiable. The sheer number of gods and goddesses is near to impossible to categorise and account for. Thousands of local deities are...
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Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám
The motorbikes whizz past as you step out onto the busy street in the middle of the Vietnamese capital. The old wisdom of looking and waiting before crossing a road does not apply here in Hanoi and...
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Shing Wong Temple, Shau Kei Wan
Strolling around the eastern part of Hong Kong Island, you feel far removed from the busy life of Central and Causeway Bay. In Shau Kei Wan, the neighbourhood feels very local. Having taken in the...
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Yi Shing Temple
The heat scorches the air you breathe as you step out of Long Ping MTR station in Yuen Long. Not so much a unified town, as a conglomeration of smaller villages, the area seems out of step with the...
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Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay
The seething masses form a human river at the main crossing in front of Sogo Department Store in the shopping mecca of Causeway Bay. People flock from all over the world to buy clothes and accessories...
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Mèng Miào
The driver of your hired car occasionally turns around to pass comment in Mandarin, stretching your limited knowledge to its limits each time. His bite-sized chunks of amiable conversation keep him...
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Id Kah Mosque
The dusty streets of Kashgar’s old town provide you with many sights. Walking through the streets, covered in a patina of powder, you watch copper craftsmen beating bowls out by hand. Everywhere, the...
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Buddhist Stupas of Southeast Asia 101
When visiting Southeast Asia, you will find a dazzling assortment of different religious buildings. None are more iconic than the Buddhist stupas built to hold relics. While the most famous places...
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Round Tower Churches Map
The round tower churches of England are an incredible Saxon and Norman cultural legacy. These fantastic historical structures feature round, rather than square, towers and were mostly built during the...
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The Western Gate: Xinjiang and the Uyghurs
In the summer of 2015, Tom Billinge of the Temple Trail and Michael Dean of Li Bai Films went on an expedition to Xinjiang province in the far west of China. Once an independent state called East...
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Stanley Mosque: Indian Enforcers to Grade 1 Status
There is a mosque in Hong Kong that nobody knows about. It is not a purposely kept secret, but its accessibility issues keep it under the radar. At the extreme south of Hong Kong island, in the...
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Who is Tin Hau?
In Hong Kong, you can’t escape the name Tin Hau. Everywhere you go, the goddess follows you. Of Hong Kong’s three hundred plus temples, more than eighty are dedicated her. So who is Tin Hau? Tin Hau...
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The Guardians of Aberdeen
On the other side of the mountains from Central, the small town area of Aberdeen has grown from humble origins. Famously the ‘Fragrant Harbour’ from which Hong Kong gets its name, it now has more land...
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Yi Shing Temple
The heat scorches the air you breathe as you step out of Long Ping MTR station in Yuen Long. Not so much a unified town, as a conglomeration of smaller villages, the area seems out of step with the...
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Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay
The seething masses form a human river at the main crossing in front of Sogo Department Store in the shopping mecca of Causeway Bay. People flock from all over the world to buy clothes and accessories...
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Mèng Miào
The driver of your hired car occasionally turns around to pass comment in Mandarin, stretching your limited knowledge to its limits each time. His bite-sized chunks of amiable conversation keep him...
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