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...more than 20 years, suite 1600 at the InterContinental Hong Kong (intercontinental.com) was one of Asia's best-kept secrets. Landscaped terraces, a private solarium and a Jacuzzi with an eye-popping view of the Hong Kong skyline were some of the features that lured guests from movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme to former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. They, and anyone else lucky enough to have spent a night there, probably came away with the feeling that the two-bedroom facility was all but unimprovable. Not true. After a $2.5 million makeover, 1600 has reopened as the hotel...
...improve your chances with medication--like a nicotine patch or gum--and some counseling. If you call a stop-smoking hotline like 1-800-QUITNOW, you'll be given an individualized program that's based on your smoking history and needs. "Quit lines are smoking cessation's best-kept secret," says Schroeder. "They work, patients like them, and they are very convenient...
...Thonglor's busy new nightclubs like Escudor, Gwatamou and Boose. But if hitting the dance floor sounds too energetic after a day of shopping, try the Witch's Tavern, tel: (66-2) 391 9791. Alternatively, drop by Shades of Retro, tel: (66-2) 714 9657. Something of a best-kept secret, Shades of Retro is ostensibly a purveyor of 1970s collectibles?you'll find an impeccable selection of vintage furniture and old vinyl recordings on-site?but it also serves a mean espresso, and functions as a hangout for local hipsters. These days, there's no shortage of them...
...beside the Danube instead. This khaki-colored river (Johann Strauss must have been either color-blind or in the throes of poetic license when he put "Blue" into the title of his famous waltz) is lined with hiking and jogging trails that make it one of the region's best-kept recreational secrets...
...beside the Danube instead. This khaki-colored river (Johann Strauss must have been either color-blind or extending his poetic license when he put "Blue" into the title of his famous waltz) is lined with hiking and jogging trails that make it one of the region's best-kept recreational secrets. The 2,850 km-long Danube kicks off in Germany's Black Forest and flows eastward through 10 countries to the Black Sea . Once part of the Roman Empire's border against barbarian hordes to the north - and of vital strategic importance to contending armies during the two World...