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...talking about China. On a Saturday morning in early May, Ma, casually clad in a red polo shirt and blue jeans, is marketing Taiwan as a tourist destination to foreign diplomats at a restaurant perched on a forested hillside in the county of Hualien on the island's east coast. The government, he tells them, is upgrading bike trails in the area and hopes to get World Heritage Site status for a nearby gorge, which Ma compares to the Grand Canyon. The diplomats chat about the local hotels and scenic spots for a few moments, but then quickly shift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building Bridges to China | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...Tides's two Mexican locations - in Zihuatanejo on the Pacific Coast and on the Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen - are offering a second room free of charge until September. Room rates start at $355 in Zihuatanejo, and villas at the Riviera Maya resort start at $585. 866-905-9560 (Zihuatanejo) or 800-578-0281 (Riviera Maya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oceanside Luxury Made Affordable (Think Mexico) | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...more, the local wineries will come to you with their wares: the guided tasting each weekend costs $15 to $20 for four glasses. If you buy one of the wines, you can drink it in the hotel's restaurant, which will waive its usual corkage fee. 21780 North Coast Highway 1, Jenner, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oceanside Luxury Made Affordable (Think Mexico) | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

With faux wind towers giving it the appearance of a storybook stronghold from One Thousand and One Nights, Anantara's Desert Islands Resort & Spa stands alone on the shores of Sir Bani Yas - a large island in the Persian Gulf, lying just 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. And in truth, there is a whiff of fantasy about this sand-colored, 64-room property, fringed by cobalt-blue sea on one side and, on the other, a saltwater lagoon fronting desert scrubland and a jumble of rocky central hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Arabian Nights | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Southeast Asia. By the end, he was reduced to his core group of about 250 loyalists. The body of Prabhakaran's son Charles Anthony was recovered first and displayed on television within hours of his death. Prabhakaran's life ended in Mullivaikal, a strip of land on the northeastern coast, a place not much different from where he began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prabhakaran: The Life and Death of a Tiger | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

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