Shibuya. Shinjuku. Harajuku. Most visitors to Tokyo have probably heard of these districts, the places where everything new and noteworthy seems to gather.
Golf took shape around 600 years ago on Scottish soil, and it was on these rugged pastures that a simple game of ball and clubs grew into a global sport.
If the conversation used to stop at the infamous balut (a duck embryo), no thanks to shows like "Fear Factor", it has since moved on, with diners now talking up staples such as adobo, sisig, pancit, lumpia and lechon.
Where the sky ends, a giant lies sleeping, stretched out along a mountain ridge that looks over the Mediterranean Sea.
The moment you arrive in the village of Houtong in northern Taiwan, it takes no time at all to figure out who the real stars are.
Bangkok's street food may be what draws in hungry visitors, but in recent years the city's fine dining scene has grown enormously, giving culinary travelers more reasons than ever to visit Thailand's capital.
That said, this cruise will look nothing like a typical voyage at sea.
The crossing takes about 10 minutes if you stop to soak in the panoramic views of the waterfall, the gorge and the river rushing past through the open grating underfoot, or four minutes if you're muttering prayers and hurrying to reach the far side.
Qasr Al Hosn, regarded as the symbolic birthplace of Abu Dhabi, is arguably the most fascinating site in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Not enough water slides? The effort almost always outweighs the reward, at least when it comes to time.
Right when coffee shops all over the world had started to blur into the same hipster Williamsburg look, something completely different showed up.
Legend has it that when Christopher Columbus landed here in 1492, he called the island "the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen."
Cottar's 1920s Camp is a favourite with guests who want to recreate the world of Out of Africa, only without the malaria, the lion attacks or the plane crashes.
Overwater villas, golden sands and stunning turquoise water are not always what come to mind when you picture a getaway in Doha.
To be fair, it doesn't actually taste bad: it's a lot like crab.
Who wouldn't expect great things from the second largest landmass on the planet? This is a country with enough prosperity, natural beauty and curling talent to serve a population a hundred times its size.
