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Brunch like no other
It’s regularly voted one of the best
venues in asia, but on Sunday
afternoon Manhattan Bar at the
regent Singapore plays host to
the city’s only adults-only brunch.
Feast on a button-popping range
of dishes – eggs served with truffles
and caviar, freshly baked bagels
and breads, oysters and seafood,
plus a full range of hot dishes – but
leave room for, well, drinks. When
you choose the free-flowing option,
you can sup on Bloody Marys,
cocktails, wines, beers and, believe
it or not, boozy milkshakes. each
Sunday there are three different
milkshake flavours, dark rums and
maple bourbon to give them a lift,
and a bar full of lollies and fruit
to garnish your creations. Bon
appetite. regenthotels.comCamping in Son Doong Cave
(above) feels like being on
another planet; the Bloody
Mary cart (left) at Manhattan
Bar’s Sunday brunch. VIetNaM StockIMaGeS/ShutterStock(caVe); courteSY reGeNtSINGaPoreVIETNAM
Going underground
It’s hard to believe it was
undiscovered until 1990. a local
man saw clouds billowing from its
entrance and could hear the roar of
a river from inside. unfortunately,
that same man couldn’t find Son
Doong cave again until 2008. this is
the largest cave in the world – 200
metres tall, 100 metres wide and
five kilometres long – and entering
its huge chamber over a 90-metre-
high rock wall is like discovering
another planet. there are jungles,
passages lined with fossils, crystal
clear rivers and other extraordinary
landforms. to preserve this unique
environment in the remote Phong
Nha-ke Bang National Park, only
one operator has permission to run
excursions. Visitors need to embark
on a strenuous trek to get there, but
the effort is completely worthwhile
once you’re standing in the heart
of this otherworldly environment.
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