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...years ago, a stroll along the Han River would not have been very pleasurable. Long treated as a convenient receptacle for industrial runoff, the Han is slowly being integrated into the daily life of the city's inhabitants. Where I recall apartments and ramshackle shops crowding the river's concrete banks, large tracts have been opened up, running for several miles through flowerbeds and past Seoul's business and government heart. Here is congestion of a different sort: zealous bikers, skaters and joggers compete with more placid lovers and retirees for room on the new pedestrian thoroughfare. A tree-planting...
...inhabitants still display the unconditional warmth and friendliness toward strangers that were once the hallmark of Thai hospitality everywhere. Motorbikes have replaced elephants as the primary mode of transport, but the panniers hanging from the backs of those Honda Dreams are still made of woven bamboo. And as you stroll through the outskirts of town in the late afternoon, the only sounds you hear besides the 5:15 p.m. call to prayer at the mosque are birdsong...
...movie backdrop for Laurence Olivier's Henry V and Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. Even if it's raining--and by St. Patrick, it's likely to be--spend some time along the trails winding through the 45-acre castle gardens, the equal of any in Europe. A short stroll can take you to the Japanese garden or the pet cemetery, a lovely if slightly surreal highlight. If you have a little more time, Powerscourt Waterfall, the highest in Ireland, is just three miles away...
...Site 59.com are offering three-night packages for less than $400 a person--including airfare and rental car--from many major cities. The same trip a month ago would have cost almost twice that. What's there to do? Pretend you're in Paris! Cruise along the river, stroll the old city, practice French and visit exhibitions of late great national painters (in this case, Jean-Paul Riopelle). For that bistro experience try L'Express. Or go fancier with Toque!'s cold cod soup and leg of lamb...
...Despite the marauding elephants and trigger-happy locals, the best way to explore the sights, sounds and smells of coffee country is to take a random stroll. You may spy wild boars or deer?or a villager hurrying to the forest to collect honey and herbs. Cardamom, pepper, ginger and cinnamon grow in abundance, in both cultivated and wild varieties. The coffee bushes blossom in March and April. Even during the busy November harvest season, when guests are invited to join in the berry picking, any visitor will feel a splendid isolation surrounded by the giant rosewood, fig and mahogany...