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Even the most harried business traveler has a few empty slots in the itinerary. Here's how to put downtime to work (or take it out on the town) when you find yourself unexpectedly idle in six great Asian cities
Killing time. The very expression denotes an act of violence. Minutes must be massacred, hours dismembered. An appointment is canceled, a sales call falls through. And we are left with that very martial approach to filling a gap in our day. Unless company policy dictates that you respond by nursing cocktails in your hotel bar, why not attempt to enliven, rather than murder, those otherwise lost hours. In this special section, you'll find our suggested diversions for the suddenly idled business traveler—experiences that can, in an afternoon or evening, reveal a bit of what makes six Asian cities unique.
In Tokyo, Time correspondent Lisa Takeuchi Cullen unwinds by dipping into the city's traditional bathhouses. Seoul bureau chief Donald Macintyre takes a walk through four centuries of
Korea's turbulent history and Shanghai bureau chief Hannah Beech discovers a colorized rendering of that city's sepia-toned gilded age. Urban voyeurs can use executive editor Anthony Spaeth's guide to rubbing elbows with New Delhi's élite. In Kuala Lumpur, correspondent Simon Elegant helps us get in touch with our inner artiste. And staff writer Phil Zabriskie discovers some Manila waiters who can't help being short with their customers.
Time is way too precious to be killed. So get off that barstool and go exploring.
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