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World's 12 worst tourist traps
Shanghai Disneyland design revealed
Snakes on a plate: Japan's first reptile cafe
The 7 biggest misconceptions about Thai food
Shanghai one of China's 'most miserable' cities
No Koreans allowed: Foreigner-only duty-free stores to debut next year
World’s 15 most expensive hotel suites
Worst tourist traps, Thai food myths, stinkiest day trip

World's 12 worst tourist traps

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 04:04 AM PDT

Cross off these overpriced, underwhelming sites from your bucket list

Shanghai Disneyland design revealed

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 12:22 AM PDT

While Shanghai is still loosening the soil for its very own Disneyland, its design details are already on the lips of every Mickey Mouse fan.

A model of the entire Shanghai Disney Resort (上海迪士尼度假区) was displayed at D23 Expo, a fan fair held by Disney last weekend in California, revealing a large number of planning details of the world's smallest Disneyland.

Click to see what mainland China's first Disneyland will look like.

Snakes on a plate: Japan's first reptile cafe

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:19 PM PDT

Coffee beans? Check. Earl Grey? Check. Lace tablecloths? Check. Ginormous snake for draping around customers' necks? Check.

At least, we surmise that's something like the morning start-up routine for staff at Reptiles Café near Tokyo, where visitors come nose to forked tongue with an unhealthy amount of scaly wildlife.

The 7 biggest misconceptions about Thai food

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT

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Shanghai one of China's 'most miserable' cities

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 08:30 PM PDT

For one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, Shanghai is a surprisingly depressing place in which to live -- that's the takeaway from new research on the satisfaction levels of China's city dwellers.

According to the report on the happiness of Chinese residents, published earlier this month, Shanghai is third to last out of 100 Chinese cities when it comes to the happiness of its people.

No Koreans allowed: Foreigner-only duty-free stores to debut next year

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 08:26 PM PDT

Now that China is opening duty-free stores for Chinese locals, Korea Customs Service officials have been racking their brains over how to lure label-loving foreign shoppers back to Korea.

Their answer?

Foreigner-only duty-free shops, which will be sanctioned by the Korean government from next year, reports the Korea Herald Weekender.