Voyages Of Discovery
Our annual guide to all that's best for your ...

Best Place to Pitch Your Tent
Bhutan

Best Hot Springs
Tidrum Nunnery, Tibet

Discharging Firearms
Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan

Best Garden
Ryoanji Temple Garden, Kyoto, Japan

Best Spirit Encounter
Mount Popa, Burma

Best Animal Encounter
Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong, Vietnam

Best Place to Blow Serious Cash
Dhoni Mighili, The Maldives

Best Restored Treasure
Baltit Fort, Hunza Valley, Pakistan

Best Sacred Tree
Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Best Place to Dream of Stardom
Film City, Bombay, India

Best Urban Refuge
Liu Xian Guan Teahouse, Beijing, China

Best Literary Excursion
Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India

Best Mind Warp
Pyongyang, North Korea

Theatre of the Silence
Hong Kong, China

Extreme Yak Sports
Manali, India

Best Airport Time Filler
Kantarat Golf Course, Bangkok, Thailand

Best Oddball Museum
Meguro Parasitological Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Best Place to See Old China
Lesser Three Gorges, Daning River, China

Best Place to See New China
Three on the Bund, Shanghai, China

Best Pools
InterContinental Hotel, Hong Kong, China

Best Sporting Event
India vs. Pakistan Cricket Matches

Best Tattoo Parlor
Horiyoshi III, Yokohama, Japan

Best Spring Roll
Emperor, Hanoi, Vietnam

Best Waterslide
Waitavala, Fiji

Best Tailoring Bargains
Hoi An, Vietnam

Best Gym with a View
Park Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan

Best Skiing
The Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East

Best Bar in the Middle of Nowhere
Le Jovial Jarai, Banlung, Cambodia

Best View of a Minefield
Tamil Tiger Territory, Sri Lanka

Personal Best
Famous Asians give us their top picks


Caught in the Middle
One of the country’s ethnic minorities fights to survive on the Thailand–Burma border

Enemies at the Gates
A movement to topple President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is gathering strength

Cardinal Rule
A Legacy of Activism

Interview
10 Questions For Kuntoro Mangkusubroto


Taiwan Steps Up
As global competition intensifies, Taiwan's largest electronics makers are fighting back with their own brands

How to Revive A Fading Brand
The goal is to become one of the top three PC sellers by 2008

Real Returns
Investing in the Philippines gives a desperately needed lifeline to the poor

Diversions (TIME Global Adviser)
Summer Camp

"Ou Est l'Hotel?" (TIME Global Adviser)
Don't bother asking in the village of Saint-Arcons-d'Allier, because the hotel is all around you

Time Traveler (TIME Global Adviser)
Flying Start

The Oil Boom (TIME Global Adviser)
Forget the Med. Some of the world's best olive oil comes from farther south

Next Time You're in ... Tasmania (TIME Global Adviser)
The Hot Club of Hobart


Milestones
Events of the Week

Verbatim
Quotes of the Week

Letters
India's War on AIDS