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Kuek Jia Yao

An ornate, gold-gilded thangka (Buddhist painting) that the writer brought home from Nepal, with a stone-tipped tool used to polish the gold detailing.

Exploring the mandalas of Nepal

Tracing the history of the Kathmandu Valley through the circle, beyond the temples

Noravank Monastery, built in the 13th century, is situated in a narrow gorge of the Amaghu River in Armenia. The churches’ conical roofs were added during a more recent restoration in the late 1990s.
LIFE & CULTURE

In the land of churches and wine

The beautiful countries of Georgia and Armenia are home to resplendent monasteries and boast a history of winemaking

Bunches of Pinot Noir grapes growing on the Williams Selyem Estate, at an elevation of 30 to 40 metres. The vines are cane-pruned to help with the effects of winter frost in the Russian River Valley AVA, and trained in a six-wire vertical-shoot position (VSP).

A tale of two wineries

Two cult wineries in Northern California showcase radically different winemaking philosophies and business models

The Purbaleunyi Toll Road running parallel to the HSR. Constructed in 1989, it forms part of the existing highway network linking Jakarta and Bandung. The HSR has cut the 3.5-hour drive to a train ride of less than an hour.
THE BROAD VIEW

Indonesia’s HSR as a lasting legacy of Widodo’s presidency

The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway’s potential benefits could be amplified by adopting a holistic master-planning approach to the region’s diverse transportation links

The imposing Castello di Brolio – owned by the Ricasoli family since the 12th century – exemplifies centuries of internecine conflict in Tuscany and marks the modern-day centre of Ricasoli’s extensive plots within the Chianto Classico DOCG.
LIFE & CULTURE

Under the Tuscan sun

A roadtrip through the region’s longstanding tenuta, or estates, offers a glimpse into their deep heritage and unique winemaking philosophies

The writer herding the host family’s cattle to their nighttime pasture before sunset in the Orkhon Valley.
LIFE & CULTURE

On the Eastern Steppe

MONGOLIA is a land of extremes – entirely landlocked and with a population smaller than Singapore spread over the 17th-largest land area of any state, it has the lowest population density in the world...

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