Dubai is a magnet for travelers, offering elite attractions and VIP services. Here you can rub shoulders with celebrities, company executives and members of royal families who arrive by helicopter, yacht and supercar.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the top landmark in Abu Dhabi. It draws millions of visitors as the largest and most richly decorated place of worship in the UAE.
Even though Lalibela sits in a remote corner of Ethiopia, the faithful travel here for days, sometimes weeks, and many of them cross the rugged mountains barefoot.
"No moon, no blossoms. I drink my sake, utterly alone."
Malaysian cuisine is a delicious blend of Chinese, Indian and Malay cooking with a lot in common with Indonesian food. Malaysia has an endless list of dishes, and here are 40 of the very best.
Rosewood Luang Prabang is a new resort in Luang Prabang made up of 23 keys, set in a hilltop forest and styled after an early 20th century Laotian hill station, just a 10 minute drive from the city center.
In South Korea, drinking culture and food blend together in the best bars, where bartenders invent award-winning cocktails built around makgeolli and soju.
As one of the most highly connected countries on the planet, South Korea faces a curious challenge: how to convince its citizens to step offline every now and then and simply relax.
Head to Tung Po to taste authentic Hong Kong cuisine and soak up the buzz of a night market set to Michael Jackson classics. It's a place you absolutely have to visit in North Point, Hong Kong.
A team of eight Maasai rangers works in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, playing a vital role in protecting the park's rich fauna and flora.
Of all the classic Italian dishes worth trying, risotto alla Milanese really captures the imagination, and the good news is that it's easy to make even beyond the Milan it's named after.
Today Georgian wine is recovering after nearly 100 years of isolation and damage inflicted by a system that industrialized viticulture and institutionalized the practice of making bad wine. The small country, roughly the size of West Virginia, was the main wine supplier for the entire USSR.
"There is a certain mystery and magic to French cooking that still draws people in. Even the basics, a perfect baguette, flaky pastry, potatoes braised in cream, are stunningly good, even if we can't quite put our finger on what makes them so delicious."
This is Mardin, a city in southeast Turkey where thousands of years of history are visible on every corner.
Taipei, Taiwan - The sweet scent of a thousand sticks of hot incense curls into reverent clouds of smoke on this lucky night of the new moon.
Pole-and-line fishing helps eliminate bycatch, the accidental capture of unwanted fish species, which can become a huge problem with other fishing methods.
Sitting between East and West, in a prime spot along the Silk Road routes, traders passed through here for centuries, bringing spices, ingredients, and culinary influences.
Even in the spots where tips aren't really expected, they turn out to be surprisingly popular.
