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Beijing: Guides & Tour Operators: Hike the Great Wall: William Lindesay

For a really adventurous time, book a trip with William Lindesay, a Brit who once ran the length of the Great Wall and has made a career out of trying...
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Beijing: Where to Stay: Villas to Rent: Commune by the Great Wall Kempinksi

A series of striking buildings, the Commune by the Great Wall Kempinski complex, attracted world attention when it was unveiled. The concept was intriguing: today’s cutting-edge architecture next to one...
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Beijing: What to See & Do: Sights: Great Wall

It truly is, as Richard Nixon famously (and rather fatuously) said, a great wall built by a great people. But not all parts of the walls are equal. Badaling, the...
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Beijing: What to See & Do: Architecture: Best Beijing Buildings To See

From art correspondent Elena Bowes “Virginia Ibbott, a charming Brit previously with London’s Tate Modern, has recently moved to Beijing to head external relations at the new Ullens Center of...
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Beijing: What to See & Do: Gardens & Parks: Ritan Park

This isn’t the biggest of Beijing’s many parks, but it is arguably the quaintest. Right in the center is an altar, used to make sacrifices to the gods. The park...
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Active/Adventure: Places: China's Wild Wall

From Alex Beard, New York “Our trip with William Lindesay at the Great Wall of China was one of the two or three best things I’ve ever done.  I’ve had...
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Beijing: Introduction: Superlatives

The world’s longest wall. There’s only one Great Wall. It stretches 3,000 miles from the Gobi Desert to the east coast, via Beijing, but it’s dilapidated, or has disappeared, in...
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Beijing: Introduction: Overview

The geopolitical analysts all agree that China is about to become the next superpower: it is a question of when, not if. Its capital city, Beijing, is a place with...
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Beijing: Indagare Insiders: Basil Walter on Beijing

Walter is the founding partner of Basil Walter Architects (www.basilwalter.com), an international firm with offices in New York and Beijing. FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Ding Ding Xiang (14 Dongzhong Jie, Dongcheng District;...
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Beijing: Introduction: Why Go Now

Now is the time to visit, to witness a major nation in the throes of cataclysmic changes. Before, during and for some time after the Games, it will be spick-and-span,...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Washington, DC Recommendations Needed

I live in DC now and I’m from New York. Restaurants: Bistro Lepic (make reservation at wine bar upstairs)202-333-0111. Romantic and not trying to be like NY. Most restaurants here...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Seoul, Korea

hole in the walls!!!! Please, please, please! It’s exactly what my husband and I love! We go to serious, fancy restaurants, but whole in the walls are the best. We...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Italy and Croatia

This just in from a friend who goes to Croatia often: “There are ferries from Italy to Croatia but they are usually overnight and very basic. There is a hydrofoil...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in October?

A well-traveled mom who lives in Portland, ME and has spent summers on Mount Desert Island her whole life sent the following: “Upon arrival in Halifax (a nice medium-size town...
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Discussion Boards:General Information: Instant Postcards

We spent a week in May at Francis Ford Coppola’s Turtle Inn in southern Belize. The hotel’s architecture and décor reminded us of Indonesia and we loved that our seafront...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Phillipines

One of our members who travels frequently to the Philippines sent the following advice on traveling there: In terms of safety: Anything north of Mindanao Island is safe. The trouble...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: What to see and do during the day in Vienna

RESTAURANTS For a typical Austrian lunch, head to the venerable Figlmueller (Wollzeille 5; 43-1-512-6177) which serves the best Wiener Schnitzel in town. There is a new branch only a few...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Paris In The Spring

From a member and part-time Paris resident: “Favorite restaurants….... El Duc.. Old world, seafood Kinugawa …. Japanese, dreary atmosphere but delicious and a be-seen type of place Fred …. little...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Seoul, Korea

A Korean friend of mine suggests the following: Honestly, I have not been there for at least 4-5 years, so I am a little rusty. But here are some places...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: What to see and do during the day in Vienna

CULTURAL SIGHTS With acclaimed theaters, opera houses, museums and musical venues, the Austrian capital has long been one of Europe’s most vibrant cultural destinations. Here’s what’s not to miss: Currently,...
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