Hole-in-One: Philippines
Saturday August 30, 2003
In Cavite Province not far from Manila are two 18-hole championship courses. The courses at the Riviera Golf and Country Club in Silang were designed by golf legends Fred Couples ... Read More
Table for Two: Singapore
Thursday August 28, 2003
If you're looking for dinner with a view, Hai Tien Lo Cantonese Restaurant on the 37th floor of The Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore is probably the place you're after. ... Read More
Life's a Beach: Palawan, Philippines
Wednesday August 27, 2003
Palawan is perhaps the least developed and most enchantingly rustic of the major islands in the Philippines. It lacks completely the the urban sprawl on Luzon. The commercial atmosphere of ... Read More
Hole-in-One: A'Famosa Golf Resort, Malaysia
Saturday August 23, 2003
In the town of Alor Gajah, not far from Malaysia's historic port city of Melaka, is a magnificent sculptured golf course situated on 1100 acres. The course was designed by ... Read More
Sip of the Hot Stuff: Bombay's Tea Centre
Thursday August 21, 2003
The Darjeeling and Nilgiri at the recently renovated Tea Centre in downtown Bombay's Churchgate area are "pure and unadulterated like the mountain air," according to the "Eating Out" section of ... Read More
Life's a Beach: Vung Tau, Vietnam
Wednesday August 20, 2003
There are five beaches along the Vung Tau peninsula, and residents of Ho Chi Minh City take the short (hour or so) ride on a hydrofoil down the Sai Gon ... Read More
Lijiang, China - Headwaters of the Yangtze River
Sunday August 17, 2003
The city of Lijiang, in China's Yunnan Province, is in rare company. It is one of the few cities in the world with a population of over one million people ... Read More
Iraq "Human Shields" May Go to Jail
Saturday August 16, 2003
The handful of American citizens who traveled to Iraq earlier this year to serve as "human shields" against the war now face action by the U.S. Treasury Department, according to ... Read More
Sip of the Hot Stuff: Chiang Mai
Thursday August 14, 2003
Finding good coffee in Chiang Mai, Thailand isn't that hard. Thailand's oldest coffee house chain, Black Canyon, has it for you at two locations in town (Huay Kaew Road and ... Read More
Life's a Beach: the Phi Phi Islands
Wednesday August 13, 2003
Paradise quickly becomes an over used cliche' in any discussion about the beauty of Southeast Asia's islands. Perhaps the term's usage should be restricted to Thailand's Andaman Sea coast. The ... Read More
Making a Difference - in Hong Kong
Sunday August 10, 2003
Think you might like to work in Asia in a ministry setting? Youth With a Mission (YWAM) Hong Kong may be the place for you. YWAM Hong Kong offers ... Read More
Hell on Earth
Saturday August 9, 2003
The city of Nagasaki, Japan, today marked the 58th anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb in 1945 that turned the city into Hell on Earth, according to a ... Read More
Sip of the Hot Stuff: Jerusalem
Thursday August 7, 2003
Strudel Internet Bar was Jerusalem's first Internet cafe'. Located in a neighborhood called "the Russian Compound" in West Jerusalem, Strudel offers more than just a good cup of coffee: it ... Read More
Destination Afghanistan?
Wednesday August 6, 2003
The first flight just landed! A German airline, Lufttransport-Unternehmen, has begun making weekly flights from Duesseldorf, Germany, to Kabul, Afghanistan. This is the first flight to bring civilians into the ... Read More
Life's a Beach: Bali
Wednesday August 6, 2003
Bali has historically been Southeast Asia's leading marriage and honeymoon spot. And while many places in Southeast Asia now claim to be "Paradise on Earth", Bali was the first to ... Read More
Jakarta Marriott Bombed
Tuesday August 5, 2003
With Indonesia awaiting a verdict in the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir, the leader of the Islamic group blamed for an explosion in Bali last year that left over 200 ... Read More