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Tai Ping Koon Restaurant in Hong Kong

April 10, 2025

The legend goes that, in 1930s Hong Kong, a foreign customer at Tai Ping Koon Restaurant couldn’t remember the name of a menu item and asked for “sweet wings,” which a waiter misheard as “Swiss wings.” It’s likely apocryphal, but the name and the dish—chicken wings in a sweet/salty/savory glaze—became one, and Swiss wings are now a Hong Kong classic, found at restaurants across the territory. At Tai Ping Koon, the place where the dish was invented, the wings...

Jump Shots at 6,000 Feet: Inside Oaxaca's...

April 10, 2025

“A-TE-PEC! A-TE-PEC! A-TE-PEC!” It was loud enough in the gymnasium to make one’s eardrums hurt. Fans screamed from the rafters, many decked out in the red and white colors representing the town of San Juan Atepec. People clapped noisemakers, twirled wooden rattles. Spectators overflowed from the bleachers onto the concrete steps and the hardwood floor. At the center of the arena, 10 men from the Oaxacan mountain towns of San Juan Atepec and Natividad took fadeaway jumpers, blocked shots,...

InteleTravel's UK boss: 'I'm rising above the...

April 10, 2025

While consulting for InteleTravel as the company tried to gain Abta membership, Handley-Hughes urged Ferrara to “stop flying all these Americans” to the UK because she was concerned about how the association would view the company. “Abta were looking for recognised names, people they trusted,” said Handley-Hughes. “My first job was getting that crack team together – Jo Kolatsis and Chris Photi, both whom many of you know. Suddenly we became ’The A-Team’ for InteleTravel. “We knew...

Oregon Co-Champion Juniper in Fort Rock, Oregon

April 10, 2025

How do you decide how big a tree is? It can’t just be height or circumference alone; it must be a weighted combination of some kind. And, of course, we want a non-destructive way to measure it; digging up the tree would defeat the purpose. A widely used system, at least in the United States, is the American Forests point system. This is defined as: circumference (in inches) + height (in feet) + one quarter the average crown spread...

Coiba Island Penal Colony in El Trapiche,...

April 10, 2025

It was known as the Alcatraz of Panama. But unlike San Francisco’s infamous prison, the Coiba Island Penal Colony didn’t just have sharks off its shoreline to instill a fear of escape. Inmates also contended with scorching jungle temperatures, intense tropical storms, outdoor prison cells, and ferocious alligators roaming the island. These harsh factors not only encouraged redemption, they also kept human activity away from the island, creating a rich natural biosphere for when the prison reformed into a...

Intrepid Travel names trade lead Joanna Reeve...

April 10, 2025

Reeve, who joined Intrepid more than 12 years ago following a career in TV and media, takes up her new role with immediate effect. She has held various roles with Intrepid, including leading its tailor-made and private group touring divisions before going on to take a leading role overseeing the operator’s trade relationships and activity as head of trade. She steps up to the top job in the UK and Ireland from her post as head of partnerships, with...

This Italian Town Really, Really Likes Ocarinas

April 9, 2025

For thousands of years, humans across the world have played music using some version of the ocarina, a rounded wind instrument that produces a flute-like sound. In ancient China, ocarina-like instruments date back to 5,000 BC, and the Maya and the Aztecs used them in religious ceremonies. But the modern ocarina, a sweet potato–shaped instrument with 10 to 12 holes, was invented, by mistake, in the small Italian town of Budrio. Today, that same town is host to the...

Cordova Fisherman’s Memorial in Cordova, Alaska

April 9, 2025

Dedicated in 1985, The Cordova Fisherman’s monument stands quiet vigil over the town’s south harbor. Cordova stands as Prince William Sound’s gateway to the Gulf of Alaska, which experiences frequent storms as large and turbulent as Atlantic hurricanes. The Joan Jackson designed statue of a mariner seemingly guiding his vessel through a violent storm. He is surrounded by 132 plaques commemorating the lives of the men and women who spent their lives on the sea, including commercial fishermen, underwater...

Fu Garden in Taipei, Taiwan

April 9, 2025

Fu Garden (or Fu Ssu-nien Memorial Garden) sits quietly near the entrance of National Taiwan University. It commemorates Fu Ssu-nien, a prominent intellectual leader of China’s May Fourth Movement and NTU’s president during the turbulent time of the Chinese Civil War. Though his tenure lasted only a year or so between 1949 to until his passing in 1950, Fu played a crucial role in stabilizing the university’s administration. He is known as a champion of liberal values and a defender...

Chan Chi Kee Cutlery Co. in Hong...

April 9, 2025

From meat cleavers to woks to solid wood chopping boards and bamboo steamers, Shanghai Street, in Kowloon, sells it all. It’s Hong Kong’s go-to street for kitchen supplies, and one of the strip’s most legendary stores is Chan Chi Kee Cutlery Co. The current owner claims that the shop was started by his grandfather “Before WWII.” As the name indicates, the brand was originally known for its knives and cleavers. Until the ‘90s, they were made in Hong Kong....

Zenringai (Zen Temple Street) in Hirosaki, Japan

April 9, 2025

Just south of the historic center of Hirosaki is a unique street that seems to slip off the regular tourist radar. Zenringai (or Zenrin sanjūsan-ka-ji), which translates to the “forest of Zen temples,” is just what its name suggests: an avenue with 33 Japanese Buddhist temples, all part of the Sōtō school of Zen. While temple towns abound across Japan, it is rare for Buddhist temples of a single sect to be condensed in one neighborhood like this. It started...

Nine of the best experiences in Abu...

April 9, 2025

09 Apr 2025by Jennifer Morris PARTNER CONTENT From children’s activities to rejuvenating retreats, Abu Dhabi offers something for everyone to see, do and discover this springtime. Abu Dhabi offers something for everyone to see, do and discover this springtime Easter in Abu Dhabi offers a perfect mix of relaxation and excitement, against a backdrop of endless sunshine. The wide variety of Easter-themed activities and offers make Abu Dhabi the ideal destination for your clients’ spring break, alongside pristine beaches, rich...

Comic Sans Bathrooms in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

April 9, 2025

This rest stop in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, located off Green Bay Road, contains one of the Midwest’s best hidden gems: the Comic Sans Bathrooms. Both men’s and women’s bathrooms are adorned with yellow-gold walls and stalls on which you will find a wide variety of center-aligned quotes at haphazard angles. The text selections range in genre; there are inspirational quotes, tokens of sage advice, and tongue-in-cheek witticisms that would be equally at home on Homegoods wall hangings. Regardless of...

Nine things to experience in Abu Dhabi...

April 9, 2025

09 Apr 2025by Jennifer Morris PARTNER CONTENT From children’s activities to rejuvenating retreats, Abu Dhabi offers something for everyone to see, do and discover this springtime. Abu Dhabi offers something for everyone to see, do and discover this springtime Easter in Abu Dhabi offers a perfect mix of relaxation and excitement, against a backdrop of endless sunshine. The wide variety of Easter-themed activities and offers make Abu Dhabi the ideal destination for your clients’ spring break, alongside pristine beaches, rich...

Lin Heung Tea House in Hong Kong

April 9, 2025

It’s not hard to find dim sum in Hong Kong, but finding the type of traditional place you have likely pictured in your mind is getting difficult these days.Ling Heung is thought to be Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum house. The restaurant can trace its roots back to mainland China in the late 19th century, and has been at its current location since 1996. Walk upstairs to a brightly-lit, noisy hall filled with round tables; you’ll most likely be...

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