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Hikers on Portugal’s Fishermen’s Path. Photo: LightRocket via Getty Images

Who needs a board to enjoy Portugal’s surf paradise? Hike it instead

It’s Europe’s ‘surf hotspot’, but southern Portugal’s Atlantic coast can be hiked too, on the 200km Fisherman’s Trail of cliffs and beaches.

26 Apr 2025 - 4:44PM

Inspiration for The Shining, the Stanley Hotel to get refit and expansion

25 Apr 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

The best souvenir from Korea? It’s rice for some Japanese visitors

25 Apr 2025 - 1:15PM

How Bangkok has become a hotspot for Latin American cuisine

Chefs in Thailand’s capital are blending Thai and Mexican ingredients to create vibrant Latin American dishes for local palates.

25 Apr 2025 - 12:15PM

Dishes at Ojo Bangkok. Chefs in Bangkok are blending Thai and Mexican ingredients to create vibrant Latin American dishes for local palates. Photo: Ojo Bangkok

How wellness retreat helps influencer cope with ‘frustrating’ disease

Sjogren’s syndrome robs sufferers who include Venus Williams of saliva and tears. Pinky Tobiano finds relief from it at a Philippine retreat.

25 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

Want to take good animal photos? Expert wildlife photographers share tips

Whether you’re a beginner using a smartphone to snap your pet at home or a nature pro with a proper camera, these tips will make you better.

25 Apr 2025 - 4:15AM

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Chinese culture

The changing faces of New York’s 3 most prominent Chinatowns

From Manhattan’s Cantonese enclave to Flushing, where Mandarin rules, the food and language in city’s Chinatowns tell stories of immigration.

24 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

The Chinatown in Lower Manhattan is New York’s oldest, shaped by immigrants from Hong Kong, and from Guangdong and Fujian provinces in mainland China. Photo: Getty Images

Vietnam’s battlefields bringing in tourists and veterans 50 years later

The locations of many of Vietnam’s biggest and most famous battles attract crowds of sightseers and veterans from both sides of the conflict.

15 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

Food and Drinks

TikTokker’s quest to find the best kebabs at Berlin’s subway stations

For more than a year, German TikTok influencer Can F Kennedy has been eating his way through kebab shops in or near Berlin’s subway stops.

23 Apr 2025 - 6:45PMvideocam

Photo booths, now TikTok viral, get a Korean twist in LA cafe

Two university graduates, inspired by how photo booths are ‘a lifestyle for people’ in Korea, have created a ‘high angle’ booth in LA.

23 Apr 2025 - 2:13PM

Prints made at a Genic photo booth in Los Angeles. Photo: TNS

In-depth guide to Florida’s new Universal Epic Universe theme park

Featuring favourites from Nintendo to Harry Potter to How to Train Your Dragon, Universal Epic Universe opens on May 22.

21 Apr 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Guests ride Stardust Racers, a new dueling roller coaster ride in Celestial Park, during a preview day for Universal Epic Universe on April 5, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. The new theme park, the first in Orlando in a generation, is set to open to the public on May 22. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

History of the world’s oldest Chinatown, Binondo, now a foodie paradise

Established in 1594 in the Philippine capital Manila, Binondo has gone from financial hub to culinary hotspot boasting amazing restaurants.

17 Apr 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

Travel news and advice

What to expect as popular travel destinations introduce new fees for tourists

Many popular spots worldwide are introducing tourist fees for the first time or raising those that already exist. We take a look at some.

17 Apr 2025 - 4:05PM

10 great spots in Australia’s Top End for food, drink and nature

From a MasterChef Australia star’s restaurant to cruises in Kakadu National Park, an expert on the Northern Territory’s Top End shares tips.

15 Apr 2025 - 12:45PM

Jim Jim Falls, Kakadu National Park’s biggest waterfall. Photo: Kylie Knott

Chinese culture

Discover the rich history and modern revival of Bangkok’s Chinatown

Thailand’s capital boasts what is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. We examine its growth from the late 1700s to today.

14 Apr 2025 - 3:05PM

Food hawker stalls serve customers during Chinese New Year in Bangkok’s Chinatown in Thailand. Photo: Getty Images

Amsterdam show celebrates everyday life as depicted by Rembrandt, Vermeer

75 paintings from a private collection of Dutch Old Masters depicting daily life on show to mark 750th anniversary of Amsterdam’s founding.

14 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM

Spacewalks? Summiting Mount Everest? Scott Parazynski’s done both

From Nasa missions to scaling Everest, Scott Parazynski shares his inspiring journey – and his advice for adventurers on how to succeed.

15 Apr 2025 - 9:27PM

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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Become a K-pop idol for a day at Chinese ‘experience’ centre for US$45

At Shanghai’s Chen Go, K-pop fans can choose from 200 outfits, dance on special sets and sign autographs for ‘fans’ at a mock meet-and-greet.

11 Apr 2025 - 12:15PM

Visitors dance while wearing costumes at Chen Go, an “idol experience centre” where fans dress up as K-pop idols and step onto sets carefully designed to resemble backstage dressing rooms and South Korean music programmes, in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters

5 things to do in White Lotus country in northern Koh Samui, Thailand

The north of Samui where season 3 of the HBO series was shot is quieter than the south, with calmer waters and family-friendly attractions.

11 Apr 2025 - 11:33AM

One of the best train routes in the US offers spectacular scenery

Travel from Seattle to New York for five days on Amtrak’s sleeper trains and witness breathtaking scenery from mountains to the Wild West.

10 Apr 2025 - 6:15PM

Church in Netflix hit When Life Gives You Tangerines draws K-drama fans

Gasil Cathedral, a historic Korean church, is the subject of renewed interest thanks to a scene with IU in When Life Gives You Tangerines.

8 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM

A still from the wedding scene in When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Netflix

Universal theme park coming to the UK; will rival Disneyland Paris

UK fans of Harry Potter, Shrek and the Minions are in for a treat. Universal’s first European theme park will be built north of London.

9 Apr 2025 - 1:45PM

A roller coaster in the Universal Beijing Resort in Beijing, China. Photo: Xinhua

In 1994 Vietnam landmines, Viet Cong and the kindness of strangers

Vietnam in 1994 was a place of adventure and the occasional hazard, and one where the people were generous, honest and proud.

9 Apr 2025 - 12:09PM

In Philippines, illegal fishermen turn ecotourism operators

Siargao islanders who used to catch fish illegally and cut down mangroves now replant the trees and run ecotours to the community’s benefit.

7 Apr 2025 - 11:13AM

Martial art you’ve probably never heard of, Moraingy seeks recognition

In Moraingy, combat sport with a 400-year history in Madagascar, Africa, there are no rules. A fan of the martial art hopes to change that.

7 Apr 2025 - 3:17PMvideocam

Practitioners of the martial art Moraingy square up during a bout in Antananarivo, Madagascar. An enthusiast for the sport hopes to professionalise it by bringing interested parties together to write some rules. Photo: AFP

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Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

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There was little festive cheer 75 years ago, as the Battle of Hong Kong raged to a bloody conclusion. Some of the people who lived through the invasion recall how they suddenly found themselves in a war zone

The Battle of Hong Kong: eyewitness accounts

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André Fu in his office in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Bangkok’s landmark Dusit Thani hotel reimagined by André Fu

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The good, bad and ugly sides to a holiday in Kathmandu, Nepal

The good, bad and ugly sides to being a tourist in Kathmandu

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View from the Patan Museum looking onto Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images

Insiders’ guide to Kathmandu, 3 city states that became the Nepalese capital

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Hong Kong artist Chow Chun-fai’s Interview the Interviewer II series of paintings will be on display at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Insights sector. Photo: SC Gallery

The best inspiration is found at home, this artist finds

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