Web Crawling
CULTURGRAMS
(www.byu.edu/culturgrams)
NETIQUETTE: Open wide with a yawn in Japan, or reach for a second serving of cheese in France, and you may incur the stares--or worse, glares--of your hosts. Mingle with ease and avoid faux pas abroad by ordering a "Culturgram" before you go. Published each August by Utah's Brigham Young University, these insiders' tipsheets share advice on acceptable behavior, clothing, greetings, eating and gift-giving in 167 countries. A full Asian set of 28 places costs $28, or order single country 'grams from $7.
LOST HORDES AND HERDSMAN
(www.tartar.org)
GO-GOODER: Last month, Claire Burges Watson chucked her cushy job as a corporate financier in Hong Kong. Traveling solo by horse and, for part of the journey, by camel, she plans to trek 5,600 km from Ulan Bator to Turkmenistan. Log in for weekly online updates of her self-financed journey, which aims to raise money for an orphanage in Burma and for the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in Mongolia.
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July 19, 1999
Off The Shelf
Thom Henley's decade of leading eco-tours in the region has taken him well off the beaten path
Short Cuts
More stringent restrictions on luggage being checked in at Singapore's Changi Airport
Detour
Chichin Island is an ice-cream cone's throw from Taiwan's southern port city of Kaohsiung
Web Crawling
Avoid faux pas abroad by ordering a "Culturgram" before you go
Main Feature
The ultimate mark of a great hotel? They kiss but don't tell
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