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- Mumbai: 5 places to eat just outside your hotel
- United States extends its Trusted Traveler program to S. Korea and Singapore
- Free Wi-Fi, food at Bangkok Evacuation Center for foreigners. So where are they?
- 15 of the world’s weirdest museums
- Touring historic Hong Kong with Gwulo.com
- Plants and peculiar pets: A stroll through Shanghai’s Flower and Bird Market
- 世界初ジャッキー チェンの博物館
- Picasso's private collection on display
| Mumbai: 5 places to eat just outside your hotel Posted: 13 Nov 2011 09:00 PM PST  There is life beyond the restaurants and coffee shops at the end of your hotel elevator. A walk or short ride away we pick five busy restaurants in three bustling neighborhoods in Mumbai -- where locals go, every night of the week. This is how you get there. Area: Andheri and JuhuHotels: Svenska and JW MarriottCelebrity chef Jiggs Kalra's eatery Punjab Grill makes the most aromatic black lentils in the city (brewed for more than 24 hours) along with the Tandoori duck and fish tikkas and mutton kebabs. In fact just order the "non-veg" platter and some butter naans. The digestive betel nut "paan shots" are best tried and not described.      |
| United States extends its Trusted Traveler program to S. Korea and Singapore Posted: 13 Nov 2011 08:02 PM PST  South Koreans and Singaporeans who travel frequently to the United States will soon be able to skip the long lines at immigration and breeze through automated kiosks. The United States has extended its Trusted Traveler program to include travelers from those countries. The initial arrangement is expected to come into effect in January 2012, according to Yonhap News. Eligible travelers will be pre-screened and allowed to clear immigration and customs at automated kiosks to cut down on waiting time.    |
| Free Wi-Fi, food at Bangkok Evacuation Center for foreigners. So where are they? Posted: 13 Nov 2011 05:15 PM PST  An International Flood Evacuation Center is offering free accommodation in Bangkok -- including meals, electricity and Wi-Fi -- to expats and foreign students and tourists who need emergency shelter from Thailand's toxic, disease-carrying floods. The Evacuation Center has "four Filipinos, a Singaporean, a German and two Burmese," it proudly announced on Saturday on its new Facebook page. More on CNNGo: Updated flood info for tourists    |
| 15 of the world’s weirdest museums Posted: 13 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST  Not every museum is a shimmering beacon of high culture. Some focus on the more exotic aspects of the world. No matter how bizarre, offbeat or outrageous the subject may be, there's probably a museum dedicated to it.
1. Beijing Tap Water Museum, China
This former pipe-house in the center of Beijing has been converted into a museum dedicated to the ins and outs of tap water, including 130 "real objects," models and artifacts such as vintage water coupons dating to the first tap water company in the capital, the Jingshi Tap Water Company.    |
| Touring historic Hong Kong with Gwulo.com Posted: 13 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST  Some people in Hong Kong walk around with their necks craned upward. After all, sights abound in the upper stratosphere of our vertical city. David Bellis, on the other hand, walks with his gaze set firmly on ground level, constantly looking for physical evidence that sheds light on Hong Kong's history. Bellis is the man behind Gwulo: Old Hong Kong, an online repository for all things historical in Hong Kong. On November 16, he'll be giving a talk sponsored by the Royal Asiatic Society titled, "Photos of Old Hong Kong and the Tales They Tell." Gwulo, which logs around 10,000 unique visitors a month, is a crowd-sourced digital archive of Hong Kong's complex history.    |
| Plants and peculiar pets: A stroll through Shanghai’s Flower and Bird Market Posted: 13 Nov 2011 01:57 PM PST Check out the city's hottest pets, from the cuddly to the blood-curdling Don't let the name fool you; Shanghai's flower and bird markets sell much more than their name suggests -- from potted plants and century-old turtles to fighting crickets and oddly shaped stones. Past an imposingly crowded entryway near Metro Line 10 Laoximen Station (老西门站) lies Wan Shang Flower and Bird Market (万商花鸟市场), one of Shanghai's busiest markets selling plants and animals. Vendors boast that Wan Shang's location makes it the best of its kind in Shanghai. The lively market is within walking distance of Shanghai's old town, Yu Garden, Dongtai Lu antique market and the many shopping malls on Huaihai Zhong Lu.    |
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| Picasso's private collection on display Posted: 13 Nov 2011 11:54 AM PST Some 150 works Picasso vowed not to sell are being exhibited in Sydney It's the art that Pablo Picasso didn't want to sell. The Spanish genius kept them at his villa in France until 1973, when he died during a dinner party in Mougins, with the famous last words, "Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink anymore." "Picasso's Picassos" have sat in the Musee National Picasso, Paris. But as that museum is being renovated, its president, Anne Baldassari, is curating a world tour. Sydneysiders now get that chance to have a glass of wine while surrounded by Picasso's most treasured works.    |
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