Tag: top 10 asian destinations
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #4 – Beijing, China
My first trip to Beijing was in the summer of 1992 as I flew to Asia for the first time to teach in a summer English course in the northeastern city of Dalian. We were fortunate to stop-over in Beijing during both ways of our trip. The Beijing of 1992 is certainly a far cry…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #5 – Sabah, East Malaysia
Sabah is Malaysia’s most eastern state on the northeastern tip of the large island of Borneo. The charming city of Kota Kinabalu is the capital, and Mount Kinabalu is one of Malaysia’s top hiking destinations, rising more than 13,000 feet into the clouds. I’ve only been to Sabah once, but it has left a lasting…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #7 – Hong Kong
In some ways, I’ve always felt that Hong Kong feels like the anti-Singapore (which was #8 on my list.) Singapore seems western in many ways – especially in infrastructure and city-planning. Hong Kong feels Asian. Hong Kong has the crowded streets, the messiness, the small shops, restaurants, outdoor eateries that make it so fun and…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #10 – Malacca, Malaysia
Malacca is located on the Malay Peninsula, an hour and a half south of Kuala Lumpur and five hours from Johor Bahru and Singapore on the peninsula’s tip. The history of Malacca is what drew me to it; its charm is what keeps me going back. The history stuff first. Malacca was taken over by…
Author Mark W Sasse 