Top Ten Street Markets
Scruffy and chaotic or orderly and refined, the worlds street markets offer fresh, localand often cheapseasonal produce, alongside a slice of local life.
Vietnam: Luxury on a Budget
When economic times turn dire, turn to one of Southeast Asia's shining gems, where a fistful of dong can get you luxe digs, swank meals, and cleansing spa treatments without draining your back account in the process. Here we profile the country's best.
The Generals in Their Labyrinth outside
Before the rains, before the winds, before the tens of thousands of missing and dead, PATRICK SYMMES sneaked into Burma's secret capital, where the military rules from a sun-baked plain, guided by the forecasts of astrologers. A report from the last flight out of a shuttered nation, where, even hours before the cyclone, nobody had a clue.
Where the Walking Shark Lives outside
It's the antithesis of the bleached-out, overfished reefs that divers find around the world—a place where the sea is still bursting with life, and hope for the ocean endures. Pull on a tank in Indonesia's remote Raja Ampat and witness diving's final frontier.
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Pangkor Laut: Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
A Small Gesture: Eyewitness Voluntourism in Vietnam
More than 30 years after the last U.S. helicopter departed from the embassy in Ho Chi Minh City, a young American expatriate does his part to make up for his countrys tragic legacy in Vietnam.