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- A 'Free Tibet' tour of India's Little Lhasa
- Win Free Nights in Shanghai Xintiandi at Langham Hotels
- Gallery: World's biggest man-made lagoon
- Tokyo to teach tourist taxi drivers where to go
- How to be a Bangkok local: 10 tips on faking it
- A Lamborghini hotel opens in China. It's not (quite) what you think
- You wanna eat? You gotta pay: 10 stupidly expensive restaurants
| A 'Free Tibet' tour of India's Little Lhasa Posted: 18 Jun 2012 09:10 AM PDT by Matthew Bennett
Arriving in McLeod Ganj from anywhere else in India, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd crossed a national border. As the road winds up from Dharamsala, the signs start to appear. "Free Tibet" is sprayed across a wall, "Tibet is not a part of China" on a banner at the side of the road, "Let's get back to Tibet" stuck on a bus window. The people have changed too. Gone are the Indians in lungis smoking beedis, replaced by stocky Tibetans spinning prayer wheels and saffron-clad monks making their way to temple. read more     |
| Win Free Nights in Shanghai Xintiandi at Langham Hotels Posted: 18 Jun 2012 01:01 AM PDT Back by popular demand, CNNGo is partnering with Langham Hotels in Shanghai once again to offer our readers exciting prizes. Two of our readers will win two sets of exciting prizes. Weekend Hideaway in The Langham, Xintiandi Contest ends on 27 June. Hurry and submit your entry today! read more    |
| Gallery: World's biggest man-made lagoon Posted: 18 Jun 2012 12:39 AM PDT by Frances Cha Chalk another one up for the crazy -- but awesome -- things people build. The world's biggest man-made lagoon, also referred to as the world's biggest swimming pool, is located at the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile. It is a kilometer long, up to 35 meters deep and holds 250 million liters of water pumped in from the Pacific Ocean, which is only a short walk away. Indeed, the San Alfonso del Mar Resort seems to be all about loving the sea and trying to simulate the sea without actually being the sea. Case in point: visitors can sail boats, snorkel and scuba dive in the ridiculously large pool, and the resort also features Jacuzzis "with ocean views," and "ocean aquariums" where you can dine with a different kind of "ocean view." Maintenance fees
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| Tokyo to teach tourist taxi drivers where to go Posted: 17 Jun 2012 09:29 PM PDT Aside from sushi, green tea and ramen noodles, pretty much any visitor to Japan will also have sampled the country's incredibly expensive taxis -- usually just the once, though, as it's not just the cost that's a deterrent to repeat business. The more-or-less-accurate assertion made by many that the average taxi driver has no notion where he or she is going is, however, about to be challenged by a new scheme to train cabbies to act as tourist guides while on the job. The brainchild of various taxi-industry groups and the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau, the idea is to school around 50 drivers a year in how to be a more useful resource for sightseers and tourists. There's no detail yet on whether or not that will include a London-style "Knowledge" test that entails learning the name and location of every thoroughfare, nor is there an indication of the possibility of languages other than Japanese being used. Skytree to the foreWhat we do know so far, though, is that when courses start in August, drivers will need to bone up on major tourist spots -- Tokyo Skytree, of course, is prominent in the scant literature made public so far -- and sharpen customer-service skills. read more    |
| How to be a Bangkok local: 10 tips on faking it Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:54 PM PDT Editor's note: Since publishing this article, some readers have expressed concerns that it gives tourists the wrong impression about Bangkok. Therefore we feel it's necessary to point out that it was written in fun as a way of highlighting some of the general observations people make about life in the Thai capital and is in no way meant to be taken as serious advice. As one of the world's most visited cities, Bangkok and its people continue to be judged by long-ingrained stereotypes.
Street food is an acceptable option for Bangkokians when a) you're a student b) when you're on your one-hour lunch break from the office and c) when you're drunk at 2 a.m. Otherwise, find the most ridiculously expensive, opulently decorated, unbelievably inauthentic French/Italian/Japanese/Thai fusion "bistro" to quell your appetite. Preferably in Bangkok's trendy Thonglor area or your neighborhood "community mall."    |
| A Lamborghini hotel opens in China. It's not (quite) what you think Posted: 17 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT by Raemin Zhang When you hear the name Lamborghini you immediately think of one thing: boutique hotels! This, anyway, might be the hope of Tonino Lamborghini. The son of Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of Italy's Lamborghini automotive brand in 1963 (the brand now belongs to Volkswagen), Tonino Lamborghini founded his own eponymously named food and beverage, IT and hospitality business in 1981. His first hotel, a four-star business boutique property located in Collecchio, Parma, Italy, opened in 2006. Now Lamborghini is bringing his famous name -- and a luxury boutique hotel -- to China. read more    |
| You wanna eat? You gotta pay: 10 stupidly expensive restaurants Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:10 AM PDT by Anthea and David Gerrie All over the world people are tucking into meals that cost hundreds of dollars per person. We shed light on the costliest and take a look at whether diners think they're really worth it. Also on CNNGo: World's 15 most expensive hotel suites 1. Aragawa, Tokyo, Japan
This restaurant serves one entree only -- steak, for which diners pay up to a jaw-dropping US$600 per person. Topping Forbes' annual list of the world's most expensive places to dine for the past three years in a row, Aragawa serves select Sanda Wagyu, broiled in a charcoal-fired brick oven. It may have a Michelin star, but Aragawa hides its light under a bushel, speakeasy-style, in the basement of an office building. It doesn't even have a website. read more    |
McLeod Ganj: it's one big perpetual festival of Tibetan independence.
Walking a plank isn't quite as scary in this lagoon. While many of the recent articles on the pool have been about its sheer scale, a lot of the attention has also been focused on the hefty cost of maintenance.
Have no fear, ladies. Bangkok boutiques are filled with dresses like these worn by K-Pop band "A Pink." Boys: A polo shirt (anything from Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith or Comme des Garçons), board shorts and sandals.
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