Travel + Leisure Asia - 09.2019

THAILAND CULTURAL CENTRE THAI TICKET MAJOR Combines acrobatics, theatre, Compagnia Finzi Pasca has performed in 63 cities in 24 ...

T+L READER SPECIALS There are city breaks galore this month, whether it’s in Bangkok Hong Kong or Manila, but don’t overlook a r ...

COURTESY OF THE KIRORO TRAVELANDLEISUREASIA.COM / SEPTEMBER 2019 63 provided the bookings made by September 30. Located due sout ...

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Entering Mahaboudha Temple in Patan, Nepal, page 76. SEPTEMBER 2019 WHEN YOUR NEAREST NEIGHBOR IS A GAUCHO WHO RIDES SIX HOURS T ...

Playing lifeguard at the Sand pool, in JW Marriott Phu Quoc. ...

HOW TO PREP A CORNER OF PARADISE FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD WHILE KEEPING IT AS PRISTINE AS POSSIBLE IS ON THE MINDS OF MANY IN PHU Q ...

THIS DIVE INSTRUCTOR was saying to me in a French accent, scratching his head as he tried to disappoint me nicely but definitive ...

TRAVELANDLEISUREASIA.COM / SEPTEMBER 2019 69 This was the carefree tropical life I was expecting when I touched back down on thi ...

70 SEPTEMBER 2019 / TRAVELANDLEISUREASIA.COM Still, the place that put Phu Quoc on the global map is the JW Marriott, which open ...

THIS WAS THE CAREFREE TROPICAL LIFE I EXPECTED WHEN I TOUCHED BACK DOWN Lobster caught at Nam Nghi, served over the waves at Roc ...

with high coral density, and a great shallow dive spot for beginners, it’s in danger of being trampled to death. Reefs dot the w ...

T HERE’S ONE RESORT that saw all this coming, and without fanfare has been beyond-eco since inception in 2001, although that’s n ...

A different kind of squid fishing at Ink 360, InterContinental. OPPOSITE: The day's dramatic denouement seen from Nam Nghi; anem ...

GETTING THERE There are daily non-stop flights from Bangkok on Bangkok Airways (bangkokair.com) and Kuala Lumpur on AirAsia (air ...

Crowds at Patan's Durbar Square. OPPOSITE: A young monk prays during his morning ritual at Boudhanath Te m p l e. 76 SEPTEMBER 2 ...

WITH ITS MYRIAD LEGENDS AND LEGENDARY TREKS, MYSTICAL NEPAL IS ADVENTURE INCARNATE. TWO DECADES AFTER HIS FIRST VISIT, DUNCAN FO ...

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The ever-seeing eyes of Boudhanath Temple in Kathmandu; a young staff member at Dwarika's Hotel, an art ...

TRAVELANDLEISUREASIA.COM / SEPTEMBER 2019 79 “NOT GONNA HAPPEN,” says Aaron, our two-meter- plus photographer, with a shake of h ...

A view over the courtyard of the Patan Museum Café. OPPOSITE: A Hindu sadhu within the grounds of Shree Pashupatinath Te m p l e ...