Tag: top asian destinations
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #1 – northern Vietnam (Part I)
I’ve had a lot of fun counting down my favorite Asian places. Once again, these are only places that I have actually visited. Many of you have offered up some other incredible destinations perhaps worthy of another list. I hope to get to them all some day. But on top of my list, and it…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #2 – Penang, Malaysia
Where to begin? I moved to Penang or Pulau Pinang (Penang Island) in 2006 having never visited before that time. In 2006, it is safe to say that it would not have been #2 on such a list as this, but Penang slowing grows on you, creeping step by step into your chest like a…
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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: #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…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: Not Making the Cut
I was doing an author’s interview recently and the interviewer asked what is my favorite place in Asia. That made me really stop and think. I’ve been fortunate enough to have traveled to some pretty cool places throughout east and southeast Asia. So I decided to do my blog’s first 10 ten series. I’ve compiled…
Author Mark W Sasse 