Bangkok

The $300,000 Dinner

In the name of "emotional tourism," a Thai hotel invites 50 people to a $300,000 dinner. But before that, the guests must see how the other half lives

Port of Spain

On the Menu: A National Treasure

Trinidadians celebrate the scarlet ibis as their national bird, but heavy poaching suggests that many are just as happy to enjoy it in a curry

Banda Aceh

Emerging from the Jaws of Despair

The tsunami took everything Hidayat Ali held dear, but he picked himself up and started over

Ometepe

Disaster in a Tourist Mecca. Actors Wanted

A shipwreck, a volcano, corrupt officials and more were all part of the week's entertainment at a Nicaraguan "oasis of peace"

Peretu

Home Alone in Romania

Rural Romania gets desperately needed cash from locals who have gone abroad to work, but it struggles to care for the children they've left behind

Macau

Video: Winners and Losers

It took less than five years for Macau's gambling revenue to surpass that of Las Vegas, but not everyone is getting rich in the casino boom

Las Vegas

The Southwest's Next Dust Bowl?

The massive man-made reservoir supplies 90% of Las Vegas' water — and it's drying up. The growing Southwest tries to do more while drinking less

London

Heathrow's Down-and-Out Jet Set

Disguised in floral shirts and fanny packs, scores of the "delayed passengers" sleeping at Europe's largest airport at night are actually homeless people

Sao Paulo

(Not Such) Bad Boys

Brazil's police have a fearsome reputation, but new policing methods inspired by New York's have helped cut crime and build goodwill

Salisbury Plain

The Not-So-Silent Stones

Stonehenge may be a mecca for tourists and seekers, but their reverie is disrupted by the noise from two highways

Beijing

St. Patrick in the Middle Kingdom

Shamrock green eclipsed communist red near the Forbidden City as the Chinese capital staged its first ever St. Patrick's Day Parade

Rome

Berlusconi to Italy: Come On, You Know You Want To

The enduring allure of a twice, and possibly future, Prime Minister

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