Category: Destinations

Malayan matchmaker and stories from the Sireh box

Follow the footsteps of the Peranakan matchmaker at Emerald Hill where the Straits Chinese lived...

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Pasargad – from reverence to irrelevance

In Cyrus the Great's capital in Pasargad, there is nothing but dust to show that...

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Persian Gardens – paradise on earth

Finding Firdaus

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Iran – behind the walled gardens

Proud of its plurality and a wealth of arts and culture, Iranians live happily within...

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Finding Firdaus in Tashkent’s Chorsu Bazaar

Now, if ever there was a Firdaus on earth, it would have to be in Tashkent's...

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Bukhara and the dance of the peacocks

The last Emir of Bukhara before the October Revolution

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In every darkness, we see the light

History of Jewish community in Singapore

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Pyongyang Metro – an underground museum in DPRK

The elaborately artful metro is something the country is both proud and protective about

Uzbekistan – travel info, itinerary and other details

Uzbekistan is the Pearl of the Orient that lies at the crossroads of Silk Route

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Burying the past and resurrecting the future – Lenin/Tamerlane

Goodbye Lenin

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Dil Ba Yoru; Dast Ba Kor

Heart with god and hands at work

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Uzbekistan – Pearl of the Orient 

The old Silk Route gave us paper, silk, tea, spices, pottery and even religion

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