​Conrad Hotels & Resorts has continued its expansion in Japan with the opening of Conrad Osaka on the 33rd to 40th floors of the Nakanoshima Festival Complex between the Umeda and Namba districts. All 164 rooms and suites offer views of the river or Osaka cityscape, with floor-to-ceiling windows. There are four restaurants and the 40 Sky Bar &a...

Naukuchhiatal, in Uttarakhand state in the northern India, is a twin-lake actually. The sprawling bigger one with nine corners and adjoining it, the much smaller with a number of lotuses budding and blooming in it. A place to fill you with its serenity, beauty and tranquillity of nature...  The keen desire to be at Naukuchhiatal some...

Having your fortune told by a white java sparrow is the thing to do in Taiwan's capital. Big Luck Master flits out of his cage toward me so I can lean in to whisper in his ear. I feel ridiculous communicating with a white java sparrow this way. But, if I'm to have my fortune told Taipei-style I have to make a feathered friend. We'd been told by Dav...

​ Mirihi Island Maldives, in the Indian Ocean, which offers clear night skies, is inviting guests to enjoy a series of night-time activities that make the most of the stars. This takes in starlit beach cinemas, night-time snorkelling and diving, moonlight sailing, planet gazing and more, guests will have a chance to reconnect to wonder of the unive...

JOHOR lies at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia surrounded by the Straits of Malacca on the west coast, the South China Sea on the east coast and the Straits of Johor separated from Singapore. Johor has a land area of 18,841 sq.km and it is the third largest state of Malaysia with its population of 2.56 million embraces multi- races. Malay ar...

From street food and casual dumplings to gourmet, the capital of Taiwan has it all. Pilgrimage-worthy dumplings, hot-as-hell devil chicken, stinky tofu, elegant Peking duck, lobster in yellow sauce, oyster omelette, fish eggs fried rice, stir-fried cuttlefish, barbecued pork and cool mango ice. Even with just 72-hours in Taipei, my wife Kerry and I...