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My guide, Made, leads me down a stone alleyway, past stalls laden with traditional souvenirs such as keris daggers, wayang kulit shadow puppets and batik fabrics. Although Bali's tourism industry is recovering from the pandemic, there are few customers. At the end of the alley is the Besakih Temple, where we encounter a group of men wearing bright sarongs and...
Throughout Central Europe, 16th-century noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory is infamous for torture and murder. But was she really as evil as history tells it?
Ronan O’Connell ANN/NEW STRAITS TIMES – Compared with the ever-modernising Ho Chi Minh City, with its forest of skyscrapers, Hanoi is the most authentic big city in Vietnam. The long-time national capital, Hanoi is a haven for Vietnamese art forms and has a wonderfully traditional Old Quarter, where ancient lifestyles persist on streets lined by […]
The landmark move includes tourism efforts highlighting 60,000 years of Native culture and is part of a push to reckon with the country’s colonial legacy.
The calculators have been put away until next year - from here on in it’s winner takes all, and on the day at that - bar the finals - so there’s no room for error as the business end of the season gets underway.