http://goasia.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-16T10:00:50Z Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/20/tuk-tuks-in-asia.htm <div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/goasia/1/0/4/0/-/-/s_tuk-tuk.jpg" alt="tuk-tuk" hspace="5" width="170" align="right" /> <p>Photo by Greg Rodgers</p></div> <p>From Bangkok to <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goasia.about.com/od/india/tp/Rajasthan-India.htm">Rajasthan in India</a>, the sputtering, three-wheeled motorcycle taxis known as tuk-tuks clog Asian streets.</p> <p>I've logged countless hours in <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goasia.about.com/od/GettingAround/a/Tuk-Tuks.htm">tuk-tuks</a>, even survived a fender bender in one, but I still get both excited and filled with dread when I first approach a driver.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/20/tuk-tuks-in-asia.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/20/tuk-tuks-in-asia.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:55 +0000 2013-05-20T10:00:55Z http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/16/china-culture-shock.htm <div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/goasia/1/0/b/5/-/-/crowd-in-china.jpg" alt="Crowds in China" hspace="5" width="170" align="right" /> <p>Photo by Greg Rodgers</p></div> <p>Hitting the ground for the first time in busy Asian cities can be challenging and sometimes frustrating.</p> <p>Particularly if you happen to be landing in China or India, in which case, prepare for lots of attention!</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/16/china-culture-shock.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/16/china-culture-shock.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:50 +0000 2013-05-16T10:00:50Z http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/12/great-wall-of-china-from-space.htm <div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/goasia/1/0/8/-/-/-/great-wall-of-china.jpg" alt="great wall of china" hspace="5" width="170" align="right" /> <p>Matt512/Creative Commons</p></div> <p>For years, the claim that the Great Wall of China was the only man-made structure visible from space was generally accepted as a truth.</p> <p>Astronauts claim otherwise. Even Neil Armstrong and Yang Liwei, a Chinese astronaut, have said that the Great Wall is not discernible from space.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/12/great-wall-of-china-from-space.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/12/great-wall-of-china-from-space.htm Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:29 +0000 2013-05-12T10:00:29Z http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/09/why-travel.htm <div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/goasia/1/0/7/-/-/-/angkor-wat-cambodia.jpg" alt="Angkor Wat in Cambodia" hspace="5" width="170" align="right" /> <p>Photo by Greg Rodgers</p></div> <p>Flying isn't as fun as it used to be. No longer do people dress their finest and mill around on the plane to socialize with Singapore slings in hand.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/09/why-travel.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/09/why-travel.htm Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:18 +0000 2013-05-09T10:00:18Z http://goasia.about.com/b/2013/05/05/dalai-lama-schedule-2013.htm <div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/goasia/1/0/B/5/-/-/14th-dalai-lama.jpg" alt="14th dalai lama" hspace="5" width="170" align="right" /> <p>Photo by Christopher Prentiss Michel</p></div> <p>Did you know that the Dalai Lama doesn't care much for Tibet's famous butter tea and prefers to drink it English style instead? 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