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...bright, airy, French country-themed boutique is stocked with thongs made of scraps of recycled silk and panties in organic cotton and bamboo...

Author: By Kristen L. Cronon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Organic Sex Appeal | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...rice-paddy view is something of a status symbol in Bali's trendy Seminyak restaurant row, where a high level of Western cookery competes for tourist dollars. The six-month-old Sardine takes the experience one better: you can watch stalks growing under the stars while seated in a bamboo pavilion with massive thatched eaves handcrafted by artisans from an up-country village. It's Trader Vic's, only updated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pack Them In at Sardine Restaurant | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

...might support tigers once again. The winning candidate was the rugged Hupingshan-Houhe reserve, which lies within the tiger's historical range. Its terrain isn't too mountainous (contrary to popular belief, tigers prefer lowlands) and there is plenty of natural vegetation (other areas were blanketed with pine or bamboo trees). The human population, mainly elderly vegetable farmers banished there during Mao's political purges, is sparse and willing to relocate. Not that anyone is likely to stay put when the new neighbors arrive, jokes Tilson. "Once you get face to face with a tiger, you leave," he says. "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of the Cat | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

Avoid Moganshan during the so-called Golden Week holidays like Chinese New Year and National Day (Oct. 1), when tourists flock in by the busload. But for much of the rest of the time, the hills seem still half-forgotten, and it is possible to hike through the bamboo forests (every bamboo marked with the name of the family entitled to harvest it) for hours without meeting another soul. The air is clean, stars are visible in their spangled glory at night, and in the fall and winter a roaring fire in a potbellied stove is complete bliss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run to the Moganshan Hills | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...decompression walk" and encouraged to spend a few minutes in awe of the scenery, "just to appreciate where we are," says Doug Lapuc, resident manager. Activities include cycling, bass fishing and mountain hikes. But Naked Retreats' best feature is serenity. Visitors can wander through dewy tea plantations and bamboo forests, or swim in a reservoir to the buzz of cicadas. Accommodations are basic - the wooden floors creak and there's no air-conditioning - but bungalows come with Western-style kitchens, flat-screen TVs and wireless Internet. See nakedretreats.cn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run to the Moganshan Hills | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

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