Asia Culture and Sights

address: Chethuphon Rd., Bangkok, Thailand

The king’s official residency from the 1782s through the mid-20th century. One of the most exciting destinations for visitors to Bangkok is the Grand Palace, which includes the highly important shrine ...

You either hate or love this world-renowned backpacker haven. Thai noodle and pancake vendors compete for precious space with gourmet coffee outlets and Western fast food chains; two-dollar-a-night gues...

The grand tomb of the empress Mumtaz-i-Mahal in Agra. Even if you have seen many illustrations, there is nothing like a visit to the Taj Mahal. Magical, like in a dream, the Taj Mahal appears when you a...

Enter the Forbidden City, and feel like an emperor for a single day. In Shenyang, it has been inscribed as an extension of the Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties site inscribed in 1987. The...

This temple has an appropriate name; the walls are lined with renditions of Buddha. Ten thousand Buddhas isn't an exaggeration - in fact, if you count the 13,000 small Buddha statues in the main temple...

Translated - The temple of the dawn. As Ayutthaya lay in ashes after conquest by the Burmese, General Taksin undertook to march the remaining survivors “until the sun rises again” and vowed to erect a t...

Colorful hustle and bustle: Thousands come to the temple of the merciful deity . According to legend, two fishermen pulled a little statue of the godess of mercy, Kannon, out of the Miyato River with th...

The longest man-made structure in the world, begun during the King Dynasty. In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system ...