Asia
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The best of Bangkok: readers’ travel tipsFrom a condom-themed restaurant to a very sobering medical museum, a snake farm and ubiquitous markets, the frenetic Thai capital is a cornucopia of delights
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Spirituality and skewers at Singapore's Thaipusam festival – in picturesThe vibrant and passionate festival, dedicated to the Hindu god of war, seen through the lens of @everydayasia photographer AikBeng Chia -
Bangkok’s street food under threat from gentrificationMillions of Bangkokians rely on – and love – the city’s myriad street food stalls, but as the city ‘develops’, vendors who have plied their trade for decades could be priced out or forced to move
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Forget skinny lattes. In Hanoi the best coffee comes with egg yolkA milk shortage in the 1940s led an enterprising barman to cast around for alternatives – and so cà phê trúng, Vietnamese egg coffee, was born
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Trans-Siberian Railway: a view from Moscow to Vladivostok – a photo essay
The Guardian picture essay Trans-Siberian Railway: a view from Moscow to Vladivostok – a photo essay
On a 9,288km journey inspired by the centennial anniversary of the railway’s completion in 1916, photographer Annie Ling captures life onboard the Trans-Siberian Railway, and beyond the carriage window -
The Sanctuary in Koh Phangan: a novel balance between hedonistic and healthyA resort in the Gulf of Thailand may be the inspiration for Alex Garland’s The Beach. Brigid Delaney takes a plane and two boats to check it out
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'It’s like the end of the world, so vast it’s oceanic': Otto Bell on MongoliaA new documentary about a young girl hunting with eagles in Mongolia’s Altai mountains casts fresh light on this extraordinary, sparsely populated country and its threatened rural lifestyle
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World view: Japan's sacred Mount Fuji in winterA magical glimpse of Mount Fuji amid a snowy landscape, in a shot taken by artist Mary-Anne Bartlett shortly before the mountain was shrouded in mist once more
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In the first of a new series, Guardian Australia’s intrepid columnist finds she needs either a microchip in her finger or a brick in her walletDiary: there's an art to losing your cash card. And I've perfected it
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Holiday guides Bangkok city guide: what to do plus the best hotels, restaurants and bars