Destinations

Writer and diver Juanita Pienaar travels to Coron to experience the the strange rock formations and otherworldly thermocline of Barracuda Lake in the Philippines.

An intersection between the worlds of life and death, Osorezan is a landscape that rides the strange line between beauty and despair.

Dave Stamboulis travels through the wildly verdant Jyrgalan Valley and over the Sary Mogul River to discover a Kyrgyzstan that is quite different than one might expect.

Luxury travelers wanting to fine dine their way through Thailand’s capital should give the river a break and head for the Sukhothai Bangkok in Sathorn for unique and diverse dining.

This is one of the most intense marathons in the world: the Mount Kinabalu Climbathon, in which runners from around the world race to the top of the famed peak of Borneo.

Smugglers run goods to Iran, oil tankers rest on the Strait of Hormuz, and dolphins swim bright, coral waters surrounded by arid cliffs. This is Khasab.

As a travel destination, Tohoku is booming, and if you find yourself in one of these six prefectures, you’ll want to try the local specialty to get in the spirit.

Bangkok has the food and history, Phuket’s a travel hub for island paradises, Chiang Mai’s got the culture – and Chiang Rai? Well, it’s got something all to itself.

You can go for the animals or the plush hotels, but many who go to Luang Prabang are looking to recharge their soul and this ancient capital has more than enough options.

China has baijiu and Korea has soju – now it’s Thailand’s turn with ya dong. The speakeasy-style Tep Bar in Bangkok’s creative district puts a classy spin on Thailand’s traditional liquor.

The strange, abandoned UFO city of Wanli district north of Taipei is an odd architectural remnant of a forgotten look into the future.

With more than 40,000 residents and just moments from Bornean rainforest, Kampong Ayer in Brunei is less of a water village and more of a city on stilts.