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Uma Paro hotel, Bhutan
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Uma Paro hotel, Bhutan

This boutique hotel is perched high on a pine-covered hillside overlooking the pretty Bhutanese township of Paro, the country's cultural heart.

Cappadocia, Turkey
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Cappadocia, Turkey

The strange rock formations dotted across the high plateaus of Turkey's Central Anatolia region were formed by a huge volcanic eruption three million years ago. Over time, the ash, lava and mud deposited by the eruption were eroded, creating the area's bizarre 'fairy-chimney' geography, which exists nowhere else on earth.

Galle, Sri Lanka
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Galle, Sri Lanka

Galle has been a strategic Sri Lankan port since the late 1500s and the scene of many shipwrecks over the subsequent 500 years. As such, there have been plenty of historical treasures to find in the waters of the Indian Ocean just off shore.

Japan's seijin no hi festival
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Japan's seijin no hi festival

This nationwide 'coming of age day' celebration is held each year on the second Monday in January to congratulate those who have reached the nice round number of 20. The tradition goes back well over a thousand years to a time when young princes marked the beginning of their second decade by switching to wearing adult clothes and hairstyles.

Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
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Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

This park, in Sri Lanka's hill country is the only one in the country where it is considered safe to explore on foot as the native elephant population which used to inhabit the area was decimated by colonial hunters.

Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia
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Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia

The city of Kuching, capital of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, is a melting pot of Malaysian, Chinese, Indian and Muslim cultures.